Nîmes 1-2 Brest: result and report
Ligue 2 · Friday 9 December 2016
Result
Nîmes 1-2 Brest
Ligue 2 · Friday 9 December 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Nîmes 1-2 Brest: match report
Nîmes lost to Brest 1-2 in Ligue 2 on Friday 9 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-2.
Neal Maupay opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Nîmes's goal came from T. Savanier (38', penalty). Brest scored through Neal Maupay (9') and Julien Faussurier (22').
Discipline: Nîmes received 2 yellow cards; Brest received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nîmes were 10th on 22 points from 17 and Brest 1st on 33 points from 17. Nîmes went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Brest 2nd with 67.
Nîmes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brest in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Grougi of Brest (8.0), ahead of Téji Savanier (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nîmes win, 3 draws and 2 for Brest.
Going into the match Nîmes's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Brest's W-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Neal Maupay
- 18'Yellow card · Luciano Castan
- 22'Goal · Julien Faussurier
- 27'Yellow card · A. Marin
- 38'Penalty goal · T. Savanier
- 62'Yellow card · F. Garcia
- 70'Yellow card · Zakaria Diallo
Head-to-head
Team news
Nîmes line-up (4-4-2)
Yan Marillat, Gaëtan Paquiez, Fethi Harek, Zie Diabate, Anthony Marin, Téji Savanier, Florian Fabre, Théo Valls, Ousmane Cissokho, Rachid Alioui, Christian Kouakou
Brest line-up (4-3-3)
Joan Hartock, Louis Nganioni, Gaëtan Belaud, Luciano Castán, Zakaria Diallo, Bruno Grougi, Cristian Battocchio, Alexandre Coeff, Bryan Pelé, Neal Maupay, Dale Pelayo