Lens vs Brest

7 August 2022 · Ligue 1 · 2022/23 · Referee Thomas Léonard

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

  • Florian Sotoca 27’, 62’, 65’
  • Haris Belkebla 66’
  • Romain Del Castillo 82’ (pen)

Match summary

Lens won 3-2 at home to Brest. Lens led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Florian Sotoca put Lens ahead in the 27th minute. In the second half, Sotoca made it 2-0 with a header in the 62nd minute, set up by Przemyslaw Frankowski, Sotoca made it 3-0 in the 65th minute, set up by Seko Fofana, Haris Belkebla pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 66th minute, set up by Franck Honorat, and Romain Del Castillo made it 3-2 from the penalty spot in the 82nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 3.35 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Brest's 1.04 from 6. Florian Sotoca had a penalty saved for Lens.

Match stats

Lens Brest
17 Shots 6
7 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
3.32 xG 1.04
2.56 Non-penalty xG 0.28
7 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Lens Brest
Kick-off
Florian Sotoca1-0 (Lens)
27’
Half-time1-0
Florian Sotoca
Assist: Przemyslaw Frankowski2-0 (Lens)
62’
Florian Sotoca
Assist: Seko Fofana3-0 (Lens)
65’
66’
Haris Belkebla
Assist: Franck Honorat3-1 (Brest)
82’
Romain Del Castillo
Penalty3-2 (Brest)
Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Lens
  • Kevin Danso
  • David Pereira Da Costa
Brest
  • Brendan Chardonnet
  • Lilian Brassier
  • Pierre Lees-Melou
  • Mohamed Youcef Belaïli

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.35 1.04 27’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 1-0 27’ 62’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 2-0 62’ 65’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 3-0 65’ 66’ Haris Belkebla (Brest), 3-1 66’ 82’ Romain Del Castillo (Brest), 3-2 82’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.35 1.04 27’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 1-0 Sotoca 27’ 62’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 2-0 Sotoca 62’ 65’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 3-0 Sotoca 65’ 66’ Haris Belkebla (Brest), 3-1 Belkebla 66’ 82’ Romain Del Castillo (Brest), 3-2 Castillo 82’
Lens 3.35 xGBrest 1.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brest attacking Lens attacking 
33’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 82’ Romain Del Castillo (Brest), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 63’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.52 xG, saved 65’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 47’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 41’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 62’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.29 xG, goal 60’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 85’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 18’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 60’ Irvin Cardona (Brest), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 52’ Pereira Lage (Brest), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 27’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 57’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 63’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+7’ Franck Honorat (Brest), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 39’ Seko Fofana (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Haris Belkebla (Brest), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 86’ Franck Honorat (Brest), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 49’ Facundo Medina (Lens), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 33’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 82’ Romain Del Castillo (Brest), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 63’ David Pereira Da Costa (Lens), open play, 0.52 xG, saved 65’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 47’ Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 41’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 62’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.29 xG, goal 60’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 85’ Kevin Danso (Lens), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 18’ Loïs Openda (Lens), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 60’ Irvin Cardona (Brest), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 52’ Pereira Lage (Brest), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 27’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 57’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 63’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+7’ Franck Honorat (Brest), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 39’ Seko Fofana (Lens), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Haris Belkebla (Brest), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 86’ Franck Honorat (Brest), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 49’ Facundo Medina (Lens), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Brice Samba GK900 0.000.000
Facundo Medina DEF901 0.010.000
Kevin Danso DEF901 0.120.000
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.071
Przemyslaw Frankowski MID8011 0.380.425
Deiver Machado MID870 0.000.131
Salis Abdul Samed MID900 0.000.000
Seko Fofana MID9011 0.050.401
Florian Sotoca MID8138 1.730.422
David Pereira Da Costa MID721 0.520.000
Loïs Openda FWD803 0.540.902
Wesley Said Sub180 0.000.000
Ignatius Ganago Sub100 0.000.000
Jimmy Cabot Sub100 0.000.121
Patrick Berg Sub90 0.000.000
Massadio Haidara Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 59% Avg odds 1.61
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.07
Brest win 17% Avg odds 5.53

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

Form going into the game

Lens DDWWD
Brest WWLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Lens 0-1 Brest, 05 Mar 22 Next meeting: Brest 1-1 Lens, 05 Feb 23  All Lens vs Brest 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.