Nimes vs Brest

23 August 2020 · Ligue 1 · 2020/21 · Referee Jérémie Pignard

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Kévin Denkey 8’
  • Birger Meling 31’
  • Romain Philippoteaux 69’
  • Moussa Koné 84’

Match summary

Nimes won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Brest. Nimes led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kévin Denkey put Nimes ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Birger Meling and Birger Meling made it 2-0 in the 31st minute, set up by Romain Philippoteaux. In the second half, Romain Philippoteaux made it 3-0 in the 69th minute, set up by Kévin Denkey and Moussa Koné made it 4-0 in the 84th minute, set up by Zinedine Ferhat.

The chances backed that up: Nimes created 2.15 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Brest's 0.47 from 10. Brest had a player sent off.

Match stats

Nimes Brest
12 Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
2.15 xG 0.47
2.15 Non-penalty xG 0.47
7 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Nimes Brest
Kick-off
Kévin Denkey
Assist: Birger Meling1-0 (Nimes)
8’
Birger Meling
Assist: Romain Philippoteaux2-0 (Nimes)
31’
Half-time2-0
Romain Philippoteaux
Assist: Kévin Denkey3-0 (Nimes)
69’
Moussa Koné
Assist: Zinedine Ferhat4-0 (Nimes)
84’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Nimes
  • Lucas Deaux
  • Yassin Benrahou
Brest
  • Brendan Chardonnet
  • Ronael Pierre Gabriel
  • Jean-Kevin Duverne
  • Julien Faussurier

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 2.15 0.47 8’ Kévin Denkey (Nimes), 1-0 8’ 31’ Birger Meling (Nimes), 2-0 31’ 69’ Romain Philippoteaux (Nimes), 3-0 69’ 84’ Moussa Koné (Nimes), 4-0 84’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.15 0.47 8’ Kévin Denkey (Nimes), 1-0 Denkey 8’ 31’ Birger Meling (Nimes), 2-0 Meling 31’ 69’ Romain Philippoteaux (Nimes), 3-0 Philippoteaux 69’ 84’ Moussa Koné (Nimes), 4-0 Koné 84’
Nimes 2.15 xGBrest 0.47 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brest attacking Nimes attacking 
62’ Loïck Landre (Nimes), from a corner, 0.51 xG, off target 69’ Romain Philippoteaux (Nimes), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 8’ Kévin Denkey (Nimes), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 46’ Kévin Denkey (Nimes), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 89’ Kévin Denkey (Nimes), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 52’ Brendan Chardonnet (Brest), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 84’ Moussa Koné (Nimes), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 7’ Loïck Landre (Nimes), from a corner, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 31’ Birger Meling (Nimes), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 17’ Kévin Denkey (Nimes), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 34’ Romain Faivre (Brest), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 26’ Yassin Benrahou (Nimes), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 34’ Irvin Cardona (Brest), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 6’ Yassin Benrahou (Nimes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 46’ Franck Honorat (Brest), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 59’ Romain Faivre (Brest), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 37’ Jeremy Le Douaron (Brest), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 54’ Brendan Chardonnet (Brest), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 61’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 60’ Jeremy Le Douaron (Brest), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Julien Faussurier (Brest), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Romain Faivre (Brest), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 62’ Loïck Landre (Nimes), from a corner, 0.51 xG, off target 69’ Romain Philippoteaux (Nimes), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 8’ Kévin Denkey (Nimes), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 46’ Kévin Denkey (Nimes), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 89’ Kévin Denkey (Nimes), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 52’ Brendan Chardonnet (Brest), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 84’ Moussa Koné (Nimes), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 7’ Loïck Landre (Nimes), from a corner, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 31’ Birger Meling (Nimes), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 34’ Romain Faivre (Brest), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 17’ Kévin Denkey (Nimes), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 26’ Yassin Benrahou (Nimes), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 34’ Irvin Cardona (Brest), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 6’ Yassin Benrahou (Nimes), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 46’ Franck Honorat (Brest), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 59’ Romain Faivre (Brest), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 37’ Jeremy Le Douaron (Brest), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 54’ Brendan Chardonnet (Brest), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 61’ Zinedine Ferhat (Nimes), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 60’ Jeremy Le Douaron (Brest), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Romain Faivre (Brest), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 5’ Julien Faussurier (Brest), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Baptiste Reynet GK900 0.000.000
Renaud Ripart DEF900 0.000.292
Loïck Landre DEF902 0.610.000
Pablo Martinez DEF900 0.000.000
Birger Meling DEF82111 0.090.401
Adrián Cubas MID850 0.000.000
Lucas Deaux MID590 0.000.000
Zinedine Ferhat MID9011 0.030.141
Yassin Benrahou MID592 0.110.071
Romain Philippoteaux MID90111 0.410.754
Kévin Denkey FWD90114 0.760.411
Lamine Fomba Sub310 0.000.000
Moussa Koné Sub3111 0.140.000
Florian Miguel Sub80 0.000.000
Sidy Sarr Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nimes win 41% Avg odds 2.29
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.30
Brest win 30% Avg odds 3.20

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

Form going into the game

Nimes WWLLL
Brest DWDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nimes 3-0 Brest, 31 Aug 19 Next meeting: Brest 1-1 Nimes, 11 Apr 21  All Nimes 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.