Lens mount stunning three-goal comeback to snatch draw against Brest in Ligue 1

[p]Fresh from booking their spot in the Coupe de France final on Tuesday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lens/IBmris38/"]Lens[/a] knew another positive performance was needed in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brest/Cr4VGaUl/"]Brest[/a] to keep their Ligue 1 title hopes alive.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sima-abdallah/xzssoNnp/"]Abdallah Sima[/a] wasted an early chance for the visitors, and Pierre Sage’s men were soon punished in the seventh minute when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guindo-daouda/4Q2w7cuh/"]Daouda Guindo[/a] powered a superb 25-yard strike into the bottom corner for his first goal of the campaign[/b][/p][embed guid="dbb29fcd-75ab-4a5d-926f-d8b1d3783c50" url="https://x.com/Ligue1_ENG/status/2047752152609693761" social-type="twitter" /][p]Having emerged victorious from 14 of their previous 15 league matches this term against sides currently in the bottom half of the table, Lens went in pursuit of a swift response, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thomasson-adrien/4bTqh1H2/"]Adrien Thomasson[/a] fired wide from the edge of the box. [/p][p][b]However, it was the hosts who doubled their lead before the half-hour mark, with Guindo turning provider this time, delivering an inch-perfect cross for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tousart-lucas/YJUO3rKf/"]Lucas Tousart[/a] to head home a rare goal.[/b][/p][p]Sima spurned another glorious opportunity for Les Sang et Or, failing to convert a close-range header, and grateful for that reprieve, Brest duly added a third on the stroke of half time.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ajorque-ludovic/MPlU0iTh/"]Ludovic Ajorque[/a] picked out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dina-eric/0daEaUg4/"]Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe[/a] on the edge of the box, and the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/eintracht-frankfurt/8vndvXTk/"]Eintracht Frankfurt[/a] loanee swept a clinical finish beyond [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/risser-robin/zHRwZwXF/"]Robin Risser[/a] to give the Pirates a commanding advantage.[/b][/p][p]Shell-shocked by his side’s first-half display, Sage made four changes in the early stages of the second period, including the introduction of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thauvin-florian/SMbMSc26/"]Florian Thauvin[/a].[/p][p][b]The Frenchman had an immediate impact for the visitors, capitalising on a mistake from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/coulibaly-soumaila/YLVl99Q1/"]Soumaïla Coulibaly[/a] to emphatically find the net.[/b][/p][embed guid="a8e21d89-2206-490a-a0a0-d174ab102693" url="https://x.com/Ligue1_ENG/status/2047769431758000591" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Buoyed by that lifeline, Lens scored a second just four minutes later, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abdulhamid-saud/OOentN4R/"]Saud Abdulhamid[/a]’s cross was expertly volleyed home by Sima to set up a fascinating final 25 minutes.[/b][/p][p]Les Sang et Or continued to commit numbers forward in pursuit of an unlikely equaliser, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/coudert-gregoire/zHCAxaZn/"]Grégoire Coudert[/a] stood firm in the hosts’ goal to deny [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sangare-mamadou/fycPEpMH/"]Mamadou Sangaré[/a], while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/saint-maximin-allan/lfmyPFLA/"]Allan Saint-Maximin[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/edouard-odsonne/0nQoakto/"]Odsonne Édouard[/a] fired agonisingly against the woodwork.[/p][p][b]Despite all those missed chances, a leveller finally arrived in the fourth minute of stoppage time when Saint-Maximin picked up a pass from Sangaré and unleashed a terrific curled effort into the far corner to snatch a dramatic point at the death.[/b][/p][image alt="Match stats" id="9819b17a-c3cb-4a3b-9883-21a4a974fb15" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="8739ae99-31cc-4c1e-b3ea-4eac85e603c1" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]The draw also keeps Sage’s side within three points of leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]PSG[/a], albeit having played a game more.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guindo-daouda/4Q2w7cuh/"]Daouda Guindo[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brest/Cr4VGaUl/"]Stade Brestois[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/brest-Cr4VGaUl/lens-IBmris38/?mid=jXBFVTNp"]See all the stats from the match here[/a][/b][/p]