French Ligue 1

Brest vs Lens, 2024-25 Ligue 1

· French Ligue 1
Brest
  • 13': Pierre Lees-Melou
  • Red Card 45'+5': Abdoulaye Ndiaye
FT
1 - 3
Lens
  • 17': Goduine Koyalipou
  • 45'+7': Neil El Aynaoui (P)
  • 90': Wesley Saïd

About

Brest are hosting Lens at Stade Francis-le Blé, Brest, France, starting on . The match is a part of the French Ligue 1.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 13': Goal! Brest 1, Lens 0. Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mathias Pereira Lage.
  • 15': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Massadio Haïdara.
  • 16': Attempt blocked. Anass Zaroury (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 16': Adrien Thomasson (Lens) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 16': Foul by Massadio Haïdara (Brest).
  • 17': Florian Sotoca (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 17': Foul by Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest).
  • 17': Goal! Brest 1, Lens 1. Goduine Koyalipou (Lens) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Anass Zaroury with a cross.
  • 19': Hand ball by Abdallah Sima (Brest).
  • 21': VAR Decision: No Penalty Brest.
  • 23': Foul by Andy Diouf (Lens).
  • 23': Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Foul by Brendan Chardonnet (Brest).
  • 24': Goduine Koyalipou (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Attempt saved. Anass Zaroury (Lens) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Malang Sarr.
  • 26': Foul by Mahdi Camara (Brest).
  • 26': Jonathan Gradit (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Florian Sotoca (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Foul by Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest).
  • 28': Attempt blocked. Florian Sotoca (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Diouf with a cross.
  • 28': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Abdoulaye Ndiaye.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Florian Sotoca (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Goduine Koyalipou.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Goduine Koyalipou (Lens) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anass Zaroury with a cross.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Neil El Aynaoui (Lens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Facundo Medina.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Massadio Haïdara (Brest) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ludovic Ajorque.
  • 33': Delay in match because of an injury Florian Sotoca (Lens).
  • 34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 34': Attempt saved. Mahdi Camara (Brest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ludovic Ajorque.
  • 36': Substitution, Lens. Jeremy Agbonifo replaces Florian Sotoca because of an injury.
  • 39': Attempt saved. Abdallah Sima (Brest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brendan Chardonnet.
  • 39': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Mathew Ryan.
  • 41': Foul by Neil El Aynaoui (Lens).
  • 41': Mahdi Camara (Brest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Mathias Pereira Lage (Brest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Massadio Haïdara.
  • 43': Abdoulaye Ndiaye (Brest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Foul by Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens).
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Adrien Thomasson (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Diouf.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Adrien Thomasson (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 45'+1': Penalty conceded by Abdoulaye Ndiaye (Brest) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 45'+4': VAR Decision: Penalty Lens.
  • 45'+5': Abdoulaye Ndiaye (Brest) is shown the red card.
  • 45'+7': Goal! Brest 1, Lens 2. Neil El Aynaoui (Lens) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 45'+8': Foul by Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens).
  • 45'+8': Massadio Haïdara (Brest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45'+9': First Half ends, Brest 1, Lens 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Brest 1, Lens 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Brest. Julien Le Cardinal replaces Abdallah Sima.
  • 46': Foul by Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens).
  • 46': Massadio Haïdara (Brest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 48': Attempt saved. Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Goduine Koyalipou.
  • 49': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Jonathan Gradit.
  • 50': Offside, Lens. Goduine Koyalipou is caught offside.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the left.
  • 54': Foul by Neil El Aynaoui (Lens).
  • 54': Massadio Haïdara (Brest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrien Thomasson.
  • 62': Offside, Lens. Andy Diouf is caught offside.
  • 66': Delay in match because of an injury Ludovic Ajorque (Brest).
  • 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 66': Substitution, Brest. Kamory Doumbia replaces Ludovic Ajorque because of an injury.
  • 66': Substitution, Brest. Mama Baldé replaces Hugo Magnetti.
  • 67': Attempt saved. Mahdi Camara (Brest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mathias Pereira Lage.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Massadio Haïdara (Brest) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 67': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Jeremy Agbonifo.
  • 68': Delay in match because of an injury Massadio Haïdara (Brest).
  • 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 69': Delay in match (Lens).
  • 71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 72': Foul by Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest).
  • 72': Neil El Aynaoui (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 73': Foul by Jeremy Agbonifo (Lens).
  • 73': Massadio Haïdara (Brest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 74': Delay in match because of an injury Goduine Koyalipou (Lens).
  • 74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Mahdi Camara (Brest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Julien Le Cardinal.
  • 75': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Jonathan Gradit.
  • 76': Brendan Chardonnet (Brest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 76': Foul by Andy Diouf (Lens).
  • 77': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Ruben Aguilar.
  • 77': Brendan Chardonnet (Brest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 77': Foul by Neil El Aynaoui (Lens).
  • 78': Foul by Julien Le Cardinal (Brest).
  • 78': Malang Sarr (Lens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Substitution, Brest. Romain Del Castillo replaces Mahdi Camara.
  • 80': Adrien Thomasson (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 80': Foul by Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest).
  • 80': Delay in match because of an injury Adrien Thomasson (Lens).
  • 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 83': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Julien Le Cardinal.
  • 84': Attempt blocked. Adrien Thomasson (Lens) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Goduine Koyalipou (Lens) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adrien Thomasson.
  • 85': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Brendan Chardonnet.
  • 85': Attempt saved. Malang Sarr (Lens) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Neil El Aynaoui with a cross.
  • 86': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Andy Diouf.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Brendan Chardonnet (Brest) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Romain Del Castillo with a cross following a corner.
  • 86': Substitution, Brest. Romain Faivre replaces Mathias Pereira Lage.
  • 88': Foul by Adrien Thomasson (Lens).
  • 88': Massadio Haïdara (Brest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 89': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Julien Le Cardinal.
  • 90': Substitution, Lens. Wesley Saïd replaces Goduine Koyalipou.
  • 90': Goal! Brest 1, Lens 3. Wesley Saïd (Lens) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrien Thomasson with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+3': Andy Diouf (Lens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Brendan Chardonnet (Brest).
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Lens. Tom Pouilly replaces Ruben Aguilar.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Malang Sarr (Lens).
  • 90'+4': Mama Baldé (Brest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Romain Faivre (Brest) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mama Baldé.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Brest. Conceded by Neil El Aynaoui.
  • 90'+5': Attempt saved. Andy Diouf (Lens) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Wesley Saïd.
  • 90'+5': Corner, Lens. Conceded by Marco Bizot.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Brest 1, Lens 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Brest 1, Lens 3.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 11
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 1
2 Offsides 0
6 Corner Kicks 7
4 Saves 6
55.7 Possession 44.3
17 SHOTS 11
9 ON GOAL 5
0.5 On Target % 0.5
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
428 Accurate Passes 319
492 Passes 385
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
6 Accurate Crosses 3
16 Crosses 19
0.4 Cross % 0.2
54 Long Balls 59
32 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
7 Blocked Shots 4
5 Effective Tackles 9
11 Tackles 16
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
3 Interceptions 10
30 Effective Clearances 19
30 Clearances 19

Game Information

Competition: French Ligue 1

Venue: Stade Francis-le Blé
Location: Brest, France
Attendance: 15,049

Ligue 1 Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Paris Saint-Germain 9 +11 20
2 Lens 9 +6 19
3 Marseille 9 +13 18
4 Lyon 9 +4 18
Full Standings

Line-Ups

BRE Brest (4-3-3)

No. Name
40 Marco Bizot (GK)
3 Abdoulaye Ndiaye Red Card
5 Brendan Chardonnet
22 Massadio Haidara
6 Edimilson Fernandes
20 Pierre Lees-Melou
8 Hugo Magnetti
45 Mahdi Camara
19 Ludovic Ajorque
17 Abdallah Sima
26 Mathias Pereira Lage
Brest Substitutes:
Romain Del Castillo, Jonas Martin, Kamory Doumbia, Julien Le Cardinal, Mama Baldé, Hamidou Makalou, Luc Zogbe, Romain Faivre, Grégoire Coudert.

RCL Lens (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
30 Mathew Ryan (GK)
20 Malang Sarr
14 Facundo Medina
24 Jonathan Gradit
23 Neil El Aynaoui
28 Adrien Thomasson
21 Anass Zaroury
2 Ruben Aguilar
19 Goduine Koyalipou
18 Andy Diouf
7 Florian Sotoca
Lens Substitutes:
Angelo Fulgini, Wesley Saïd, Nampalys Mendy, Adam Delplace, Nidal Celik, Jeremy Agbonifo, Kyllian Antonio, Hamzat Ojediran, Tom Pouilly.

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