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Saint-Étienne recovers a 0-1 deficit to prevail over Brest 2-1 with M. Camara scoring a double

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SAINT-ETIENNE. Saint-Étienne manages to find the solution against Brest to win 2-1. M. Camara was the key to score 2 goals.

SAINT-ETIENNE. Saint-Étienne manages to find the solution against Brest to win 2-1. M. Camara was the key to score 2 goals. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was Brest to strike first with an early goal of F. Honorat at the 9′. Then it was a goal in the 14′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Camara gave the win to Saint-Étienne in the 39′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Brest was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Eric Wattellier who had the assistance of Djemel Zitouni and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Alexandre Perreau Niel.

Match Statistics

Brest was in firm control of the ball 61% while Saint-Étienne was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Brest was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Saint-Étienne was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Saint-Étienne shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Brest shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

No yellow cards were issued to Saint-Étienne. On the opposite side, Brest received 2 yellow cards (R. Pierre-Gabriel and H. Belkebla).

After this match, Saint-Étienne will have 27 points to stay in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Brest will stay with 39 points to stay in the 12th place.

Match Events

  • 9'
    9'

    F. Honorat

  • 14'
    14'

    M. Camara

  • 36'
    36'

    L. Brassier

    B. Chardonnet

  • 39'
    39'

    M. Camara

  • 60'
    60'

    I. Cardona

    Y. Belaili

  • 60'
    60'

    J. Faussurier

    R. Del Castillo

  • 60'
    60'

    A. Nordin

    W. Khazri

  • 68'
    68'

    M. Trauco

    S. Thioub

  • 75'
    75'

    R. Pierre-Gabriel

  • 77'
    77'

    H. Magnetti

    L. Agoume

  • 77'
    77'

    J. Uronen

    R. Pierre-Gabriel

  • 83'
    83'

    Z. Youssouf

    A. Bakayoko

  • 83'
    83'

    A. Aouchiche

    R. Boudebouz

  • 90'
    90'

    H. Belkebla

Next match

In the upcoming Ligue 1 match, Saint-Étienne will play away with Bordeaux on the 20th of April with a 13-8 head to head in favor of Bordeaux (12 draws).

Brest will host Olympique Lyonnais on the 20th of April with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (7 draws).

Saint-Étienne: Formation and Lineups

Saint-Étienne started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Pascal Dupraz chose to play with the following team: Paul Bernardoni (6.4), Abdoulaye Bakayoko (7.0), Eliaquim Mangala (6.8), Mickael Nade (6.8), Sada Thioub (6.5), Mahdi Camara (7.8), Lucas Gourna-Douath (6.4), Gabriel Silva (7.0), Ryad Boudebouz (6.6), Wahbi Khazri (6.6) and Denis Bouanga (8.1).

Substitutes

Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: W. Khazri for A. Nordin (60′), S. Thioub for M. Trauco (68′), A. Bakayoko for Z. Youssouf (83′) and R. Boudebouz for A. Aouchiche (83′).

Top player: Denis Bouanga

Probably the most impressive player in Saint-Étienne was Denis Bouanga even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 19 passes (68% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 18. He performed 7 crosses.

Brest: Formation and Lineups

Brest started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

On the opposite side, Michel Der Zakarian played with: Marco Bizot (6.2), Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (6.5), Brendan Chardonnet (6.6), Christophe Herelle (6.8), Jean-Kevin Duverne (6.1), Romain Del Castillo (6.2), Haris Belkebla (7.4), Lucien Agoumé (6.8), Youssef Belaïli (6.2), Franck Honorat (7.4) and Steve Mounié (6.6).

Substitutes

Brest made 5 changes: B. Chardonnet for L. Brassier (36′), Y. Belaili for I. Cardona (60′), R. Del Castillo for J. Faussurier (60′), L. Agoume for H. Magnetti (77′) and R. Pierre-Gabriel for J. Uronen (77′).

Top player: Haris Belkebla

The player who no doubt impressed Brest the most was Haris Belkebla.

His rating is (7.4) with 46 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 16.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1

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