Le Havre
Brest
Match summary
Brest won 2-1 away at Le Havre. Brest led 1-0 at half-time.
Kamory Doumbia put Brest ahead from the penalty spot in the 12th minute, Doumbia made it 0-2 in the 51st minute, set up by Mama Baldé, and Rayan Fofana pulled one back to make it 1-2 from the penalty spot in the 79th minute.
The chances backed that up: Brest created 3.02 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Le Havre's 1.61 from 18. Le Havre had a player sent off.
Le Havre dominated territory and possession during this Ligue 1 encounter, controlling fifty-six percent of the ball and recording ninety attacks compared to sixty-five for Brest. Despite enjoying more dangerous attacks, totalling seventy-one against thirty-two, and edging the shot count with eighteen attempts to nineteen, Le Havre failed to match their opponents clinical finishing. Brest proved far more efficient, hitting nine shots on target out of their nineteen total efforts, whereas Le Havre managed just four on target. The expected goals statistics reflected this clinical edge, with Brest accumulating an xG of 3.02 to Le Havre's 1.61, while discipline became a decisive factor as Le Havre received one red card alongside yellow cards.
The match timeline saw Brest draw first blood in the twelfth minute when Kamory Doumbia converted a penalty goal, following a busy opening period that included early yellow cards for Lionel Mpasi-Nzau and D. Digard. Further bookings followed for Didier Digard and Kamory Doumbia before Junior Mwanga received a red card for a professional foul in first-half stoppage time, leaving Le Havre trailing at the interval. Kamory Doumbia extended the lead in the fifty-first minute with a left-footed shot. Rayan Fofana pulled a goal back for Le Havre in the seventy-ninth minute from a penalty goal, but Brest held firm to secure the victory.
