Brest vs Montpellier

4 May 2025 · Ligue 1 · 2024/25 · Referee Romain Lissorgue

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Romain Del Castillo 15’

Match summary

Brest saw off Montpellier 1-0. Brest led 1-0 at half-time.

Romain Del Castillo put Brest ahead from a corner in the 15th minute, set up by Mahdi Camara.

The chances backed that up: Brest created 1.34 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Montpellier's 0.41 from 6.

Match stats

Brest Montpellier
16 Shots 6
5 Shots on Target 1
4 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.34 xG 0.41
1.34 Non-penalty xG 0.41
8 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Brest Montpellier
Kick-off
Romain Del Castillo
Assist: Mahdi Camara1-0 (Brest)
15’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Brest
  • Pierre Lees-Melou
Montpellier
  • Rabby Nzingoula
  • Khalil Fayad

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 1.34 0.41 15’ Romain Del Castillo (Brest), 1-0 15’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.34 0.41 15’ Romain Del Castillo (Brest), 1-0 Castillo 15’
Brest 1.34 xGMontpellier 0.41 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Montpellier attacking Brest attacking 
3’ Mahdi Camara (Brest), set piece, 0.55 xG, off target 14’ Ludovic Ajorque (Brest), set piece, 0.13 xG, blocked 41’ Pereira Lage (Brest), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 30’ Tanguy Coulibaly (Montpellier), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 5’ Enzo Tchato Mbiayi (Montpellier), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 26’ Khalil Fayad (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 48’ Romain Del Castillo (Brest), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 44’ Khalil Fayad (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 15’ Romain Del Castillo (Brest), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 54’ Ludovic Ajorque (Brest), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 59’ Pereira Lage (Brest), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Ludovic Ajorque (Brest), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ Pereira Lage (Brest), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 77’ Pereira Lage (Brest), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Mahdi Camara (Brest), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Pereira Lage (Brest), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 49’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 14’ Pereira Lage (Brest), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 35’ Khalil Fayad (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Lucas Mincarelli Davin (Montpellier), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Niakhate Ndiaye (Brest), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 3’ Mahdi Camara (Brest), set piece, 0.55 xG, off target 14’ Ludovic Ajorque (Brest), set piece, 0.13 xG, blocked 41’ Pereira Lage (Brest), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 30’ Tanguy Coulibaly (Montpellier), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 5’ Enzo Tchato Mbiayi (Montpellier), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 26’ Khalil Fayad (Montpellier), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 48’ Romain Del Castillo (Brest), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 44’ Khalil Fayad (Montpellier), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 15’ Romain Del Castillo (Brest), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 54’ Ludovic Ajorque (Brest), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 59’ Pereira Lage (Brest), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Ludovic Ajorque (Brest), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ Pereira Lage (Brest), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 77’ Pereira Lage (Brest), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Mahdi Camara (Brest), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Pereira Lage (Brest), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 49’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 35’ Khalil Fayad (Montpellier), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 14’ Pereira Lage (Brest), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Lucas Mincarelli Davin (Montpellier), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Niakhate Ndiaye (Brest), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marco Bizot GK900 0.000.000
Kenny Lala DEF900 0.000.042
Brendan Chardonnet DEF900 0.000.000
Niakhate Ndiaye DEF901 0.010.000
Massadio Haidara DEF900 0.000.000
Pierre Lees-Melou MID902 0.040.192
Mahdi Camara MID9012 0.580.122
Kamory Doumbia MID710 0.000.000
Romain Del Castillo FWD7112 0.130.093
Ludovic Ajorque FWD843 0.240.082
Pereira Lage FWD906 0.330.031
Hugo Magnetti Sub190 0.000.000
Abdallah Sima Sub190 0.000.000
Mama Baldé Sub60 0.000.000
Jonas Martin Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brest win 70% Avg odds 1.35
Draw 18% Avg odds 5.35
Montpellier win 12% Avg odds 8.09

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

Form going into the game

Brest WWDLL
Montpellier LLLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Montpellier 3-1 Brest, 10 Nov 24 All Brest vs Montpellier 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.