Lens vs Brest

23 December 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Bastien Dechepy

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga 11’
  • Florian Sotoca 34’ (pen)
  • Gaëtan Charbonnier 90+4’ (pen)

Match summary

Lens beat Brest 2-1. Lens led 2-0 at half-time.

Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga put Lens ahead with a header in the 11th minute, set up by Florian Sotoca, Florian Sotoca made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 34th minute, and Gaëtan Charbonnier pulled one back to make it 2-1 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Lens created 2.03 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Brest's 1.18 from 10.

Match stats

Lens Brest
11 Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 6
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.03 xG 1.18
1.27 Non-penalty xG 0.42
8 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Lens Brest
Kick-off
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga
Assist: Florian Sotoca1-0 (Lens)
11’
Florian Sotoca
Penalty2-0 (Lens)
34’
Half-time2-0
90+4’
Gaëtan Charbonnier
Penalty2-1 (Brest)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Brest
  • Ronael Pierre Gabriel
  • Jean-Kevin Duverne

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 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.03 1.18 11’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), 1-0 11’ 34’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 2-0 34’ 90+4’ Gaëtan Charbonnier (Brest), 2-1 90+4’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.03 1.18 11’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), 1-0 Muinga 11’ 34’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), 2-0 Sotoca 34’ 90+4’ Gaëtan Charbonnier (Brest), 2-1 Charbonnier 90+4’
Lens 2.03 xGBrest 1.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brest attacking Lens attacking 
34’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+4’ Gaëtan Charbonnier (Brest), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 57’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.45 xG, off target 90+5’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 90+2’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 61’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+1’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 19’ Romain Faivre (Brest), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 58’ Steve Mounie (Brest), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 11’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 18’ Franck Honorat (Brest), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 73’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Irvin Cardona (Brest), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Irvin Cardona (Brest), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 37’ Romain Faivre (Brest), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 21’ Christophe Herelle (Brest), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 30’ Steve Mounie (Brest), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Romain Philippoteaux (Brest), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 34’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+4’ Gaëtan Charbonnier (Brest), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 57’ Florian Sotoca (Lens), open play, 0.45 xG, off target 90+5’ Gaël Kakuta (Lens), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 90+2’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 61’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+1’ Ignatius Ganago (Lens), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 58’ Steve Mounie (Brest), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 11’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 19’ Romain Faivre (Brest), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 18’ Franck Honorat (Brest), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 73’ Massadio Haidara (Lens), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Irvin Cardona (Brest), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ Simon Banza (Lens), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Irvin Cardona (Brest), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 37’ Romain Faivre (Brest), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 21’ Christophe Herelle (Brest), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 30’ Steve Mounie (Brest), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Romain Philippoteaux (Brest), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga (Lens), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jean-Louis Leca GK860 0.000.000
Steven Fortes DEF900 0.000.081
Jonathan Gradit DEF900 0.000.000
Loic Bade DEF900 0.000.000
Clement Michelin MID900 0.000.000
Ismael Boura MID660 0.000.000
Seko Fofana MID900 0.000.081
Yannick Cahuzac MID650 0.000.000
Florian Sotoca MID90112 1.210.363
Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga MID7413 0.160.451
Simon Banza FWD861 0.050.142
Cheick Oumar Doucoure Sub250 0.000.000
Massadio Haidara Sub242 0.140.111
Gaël Kakuta Sub161 0.280.051
Ignatius Ganago Sub42 0.190.000
Wuilker Fariñez Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lens win 46% Avg odds 2.08
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.57
Brest win 28% Avg odds 3.41

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

Form going into the game

Lens LWLWL
Brest WLWDD

Last five league games before this one, oldest first. Select one to open it.

Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Brest 1-1 Lens, 18 Apr 21  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.