Brest vs Lyon

11 January 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Eric Wattellier

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Mahdi Camara 8’
  • Ludovic Ajorque 25’
  • Jordan Veretout 45+2’

Match summary

Brest won 2-1 at home to Lyon. Brest led 2-1 at half-time.

Mahdi Camara put Brest ahead in the 8th minute, Ludovic Ajorque made it 2-0 in the 25th minute, set up by Mahdi Camara, and Jordan Veretout pulled one back to make it 2-1 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Malick Fofana.

There was little between the sides on chances: Brest created 1.30 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Lyon 1.40 from 10.

Match stats

Brest Lyon
11 Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.29 xG 1.40
1.29 Non-penalty xG 1.40
6 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Brest Lyon
Kick-off
Mahdi Camara1-0 (Brest)
8’
Ludovic Ajorque
Assist: Mahdi Camara2-0 (Brest)
25’
45+2’
Jordan Veretout
Assist: Malick Fofana2-1 (Lyon)
Half-time2-1
Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Brest
  • Edimilson Fernandes
Lyon
  • Duje Caleta-Car
  • Tanner Tessmann

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.30 1.40 8’ Mahdi Camara (Brest), 1-0 8’ 25’ Ludovic Ajorque (Brest), 2-0 25’ 45+2’ Jordan Veretout (Lyon), 2-1 45+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.30 1.40 8’ Mahdi Camara (Brest), 1-0 Camara 8’ 25’ Ludovic Ajorque (Brest), 2-0 Ajorque 25’ 45+2’ Jordan Veretout (Lyon), 2-1 Veretout 45+2’
Brest 1.30 xGLyon 1.40 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Lyon attacking Brest attacking 
25’ Ludovic Ajorque (Brest), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 47’ Jordan Veretout (Lyon), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 61’ Mahdi Camara (Brest), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 68’ Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 28’ Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 66’ Tanner Tessmann (Lyon), from a corner, 0.17 xG, off target 78’ Pereira Lage (Brest), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 8’ Ludovic Ajorque (Brest), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 45’ Corentin Tolisso (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 72’ Edimilson Fernandes (Brest), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 17’ Corentin Tolisso (Lyon), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 8’ Mahdi Camara (Brest), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 62’ Mama Baldé (Brest), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 84’ Said Benrahma (Lyon), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 43’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ Massadio Haidara (Brest), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 29’ Tanner Tessmann (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Mama Baldé (Brest), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 60’ Duje Caleta-Car (Lyon), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 73’ Mama Baldé (Brest), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Brendan Chardonnet (Brest), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 25’ Ludovic Ajorque (Brest), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 47’ Jordan Veretout (Lyon), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 61’ Mahdi Camara (Brest), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 68’ Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 28’ Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 66’ Tanner Tessmann (Lyon), from a corner, 0.17 xG, off target 78’ Pereira Lage (Brest), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 8’ Ludovic Ajorque (Brest), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 45’ Corentin Tolisso (Lyon), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 72’ Edimilson Fernandes (Brest), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 17’ Corentin Tolisso (Lyon), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 8’ Mahdi Camara (Brest), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 62’ Mama Baldé (Brest), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 84’ Said Benrahma (Lyon), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 43’ Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ Massadio Haidara (Brest), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 29’ Tanner Tessmann (Lyon), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Mama Baldé (Brest), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 60’ Duje Caleta-Car (Lyon), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 73’ Mama Baldé (Brest), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Brendan Chardonnet (Brest), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marco Bizot GK900 0.000.000
Kenny Lala DEF900 0.000.000
Brendan Chardonnet DEF901 0.010.000
Niakhate Ndiaye DEF900 0.000.000
Massadio Haidara DEF521 0.040.111
Hugo Magnetti MID900 0.000.000
Mahdi Camara MID90112 0.370.471
Edimilson Fernandes MID901 0.080.031
Kamory Doumbia MID820 0.000.373
Ludovic Ajorque FWD9012 0.570.052
Mama Baldé FWD823 0.090.000
Jordan Amavi Sub380 0.000.000
Romain Del Castillo Sub80 0.000.121
Pereira Lage Sub81 0.120.000
Abdallah Sima Sub10 0.000.000
Luc Zogbe Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brest win 28% Avg odds 3.46
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.51
Lyon win 45% Avg odds 2.10

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brest LWLWL
Lyon DWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lyon 4-3 Brest, 14 Apr 24 Next meeting: Lyon 2-1 Brest, 02 Mar 25  All Brest vs Lyon meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.