Le Mans
Brest
Match summary
Le Mans and Brest shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was 1-1 at half-time.
In the first half, Romain Del Castillo put Brest ahead in the 31st minute, set up by Kamory Doumbia and Dame Gueye equalised in first-half stoppage time, set up by Louis Mafouta. In the second half, Louis Mafouta put Le Mans in front in the 55th minute, set up by Adil Bourabaa and Kamory Doumbia equalised from a corner in the 62nd minute.
Brest had the better of the chances, with 2.97 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots to Le Mans's 0.77 from 8.
Le Mans and Brest played out a draw in this Ligue 1 fixture, finishing with a final score of Le Mans 2 - Brest 2 after the teams were level 1-1 at half-time. Despite sharing equal possession at fifty percent each, the visitors dominated the territorial battle and shot counts significantly. Brest recorded twenty-six shots compared to eight for Le Mans, with seven and five hitting the target respectively. Brest also won ten corners to one, generated sixty-one dangerous attacks against twenty-three, and posted an expected goals total of 2.97 compared to Le Mans at 0.77. Both sides committed fouls resulting in one yellow card each.
The scoring opened in the thirty-first minute when Romain Del Castillo put Brest ahead with a left-footed shot. Ludovic Ajorque received a yellow card for a foul in the forty-third minute before Dame Gueye equalised with a left-footed shot in the forty-fifth plus first minute just before half-time. Alexandre Lauray received a yellow card for a foul in the fifty-first minute. Louis Mafouta then scored with a left-footed shot in the fifty-fifth minute to give Le Mans a 2-1 lead. Kamory Doumbia secured the 2-2 draw for Brest by scoring with a right-footed shot in the sixty-second minute.
