It was Lens against Nice last weekend, and it ended up being Brest-Marseille in Game Week 2. A fixture that the lesser fancied team edged on xG, but weren’t quite able to convert into points.
xG Brest Marseille 1.95-1.26 (Actual Score Brest 2 Marseille 3)
xG of individual goals
0-1 Marseille Florian Thauvin xG (0.05)
0-2 Marseille Caleta-Car xG (0.49)
1-2 Brest Faivre xG (0.06)
1-3 Marseille Caleta-Car xG (0.06)
2-3 Brest Charbonnier xG (0.52)
xG of some major chances that didn’t result in goals
Charbonnier 66′ xG (0.32)- for SB29
Tavares 88′ xG (0.29)- for SB29
Balerdi 84′ xG (0.46)-for OM
Brest had been taken to the cleaners last weekend by Nimes, but put on a much improved performance in what was a very open game against Andre-Villas Boas’ side. They had nearly 3/5ths of possession, 10 corners to 2, and had 19 shots to 7, 16 of which were inside the box.
Full time post match stats (Stade Brestois on the left, Olympique Marseille on the right)
L’Equipe newspaper player ratings SB29 vs OM
Not much to choose between the two sides in the player ratings- Brest gave OM a bit of a scare here, as can be seen below. Thauvin excellent- a goal and two assists for him.
