Ligue 1 fixture preview and numbers: Brest meet Nantes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 03.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis-Le Ble (15097 seats)

Points have been hard to come by for Brest so far, and you could say the same about Nantes. These brave battlers have a chance to get some important points here.

Insights:
  • Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Nantes could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Coupe de France game only four sleeps ago.

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Brest form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Brest have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 15 games. When Brest hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Auxerre, Troyes, Angers SCO, Brest, Ajaccio and Strasbourg), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Two home wins in a row for Brest bring valid hopes of a third.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Brest, as their goalkeeper Marco Bizot has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Ligue 1.

Brest drew their last game, 0-0 away at Ajaccio (placed 19th). Midfielder Melou was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.82 (out of ten) in that game. Melou hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Nice.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Brest have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Brest are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 1 match at Lorient awaits in four days.

Brest has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Brest defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Nantes form and stats

There's been little loot from Nantes's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 16 away games in the Ligue 1. Nantes only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 6 draws.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Coupe de France home loss versus Toulouse with 1-5 on the scoreboard.

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Troyes.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Nantes in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Nantes, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

After this away game Nantes return home for a Ligue 1 game against Strasbourg. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Nantes have conceded 25 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Nantes have managed a streak of 7 consecutive matches without losing (5-2-0) when facing Brest.

The two sides met each other earlier this match year: Nantes - Brest 4-1.

Top Goalscorers

BrestJ. Le Douaron
J. Le Douaron
8 goals
NantesM. Abdallah
M. Abdallah
8 goals
NantesL. Blas
L. Blas
7 goals

Brest missing players

Nantes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brest Nantes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 4 Played P 5 16 32
7 4 2 Won W 1 2 6
11 5 1 Drew D 3 6 14
14 6 1 Lost L 1 8 12
35 18 7 Scored S 4 16 35
48 23 3 Conceded C 3 25 46
88% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 81% 84%
69% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 72%
50% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 50% 50%
31% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 31%
12% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 12%
59% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 53%
22% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 60% 31% 28%
31% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 34%
 
4.7 5.4 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.2 4.8
5.6 4.7 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.7 5.2
1.7 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
11.3 12.5 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 10.9 12.1
3.8 4.1 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.2 4.3
29% 29% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 24% 25%
 
13.7 11.4 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 12.9 12.9
5.1 4.5 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.4 5.1
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 32 24 3 5 75 31 16 12 2 2 37 19 16 12 1 3 38 12 44 75
2 Olympique Marseille 32 20 7 5 59 31 16 8 4 4 29 20 16 12 3 1 30 11 28 67
3 Lens 32 19 9 4 54 25 16 14 1 1 34 11 16 5 8 3 20 14 29 66
4 Monaco 32 18 7 7 66 46 16 9 2 5 36 27 16 9 5 2 30 19 20 61
5 Lille 33 17 8 8 60 40 17 11 4 2 36 23 16 6 4 6 24 17 20 59
6 Rennes 32 16 5 11 51 34 16 12 0 4 33 12 16 4 5 7 18 22 17 53
7 Olympique Lyonnais 33 15 8 10 52 37 16 7 5 4 24 14 17 8 3 6 28 23 15 53
8 Reims 32 11 14 7 40 34 16 7 5 4 24 18 16 4 9 3 16 16 6 47
9 Clermont 32 13 7 12 35 43 16 6 3 7 15 27 16 7 4 5 20 16 -8 46
10 Nice 32 11 12 9 39 31 16 5 6 5 19 16 16 6 6 4 20 15 8 45
11 Lorient 32 12 9 11 43 44 16 7 4 5 21 16 16 5 5 6 22 28 -1 45
12 Toulouse 32 12 5 15 48 54 16 6 4 6 26 25 16 6 1 9 22 29 -6 41
13 Montpellier 32 12 4 16 48 52 17 7 2 8 26 25 15 5 2 8 22 27 -4 40
14 Auxerre 32 8 9 15 30 53 16 5 6 5 15 22 16 3 3 10 15 31 -23 33
15 Strasbourg 33 7 11 15 44 55 17 4 6 7 22 25 16 3 5 8 22 30 -11 32
16 Nantes 32 6 14 12 35 46 16 4 8 4 19 21 16 2 6 8 16 25 -11 32
17 Brest 32 7 11 14 35 48 15 4 5 6 18 23 17 3 6 8 17 25 -13 32
18 Troyes 32 4 10 18 41 69 15 1 9 5 16 24 17 3 1 13 25 45 -28 22
19 Ajaccio 33 6 4 23 22 61 16 3 2 11 9 25 17 3 2 12 13 36 -39 22
20 Angers SCO 32 3 5 24 25 68 17 2 3 12 17 33 15 1 2 12 8 35 -43 14

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 32 24 3 5 75 31 16 12 2 2 37 19 16 12 1 3 38 12 44 75
2 Olympique Marseille 32 20 7 5 59 31 16 8 4 4 29 20 16 12 3 1 30 11 28 67
3 Lens 32 19 9 4 54 25 16 14 1 1 34 11 16 5 8 3 20 14 29 66
4 Monaco 32 18 7 7 66 46 16 9 2 5 36 27 16 9 5 2 30 19 20 61
5 Lille 33 17 8 8 60 40 17 11 4 2 36 23 16 6 4 6 24 17 20 59
6 Rennes 32 16 5 11 51 34 16 12 0 4 33 12 16 4 5 7 18 22 17 53
7 Olympique Lyonnais 33 15 8 10 52 37 16 7 5 4 24 14 17 8 3 6 28 23 15 53
8 Reims 32 11 14 7 40 34 16 7 5 4 24 18 16 4 9 3 16 16 6 47
9 Clermont 32 13 7 12 35 43 16 6 3 7 15 27 16 7 4 5 20 16 -8 46
10 Nice 32 11 12 9 39 31 16 5 6 5 19 16 16 6 6 4 20 15 8 45
11 Lorient 32 12 9 11 43 44 16 7 4 5 21 16 16 5 5 6 22 28 -1 45
12 Toulouse 32 12 5 15 48 54 16 6 4 6 26 25 16 6 1 9 22 29 -6 41
13 Montpellier 32 12 4 16 48 52 17 7 2 8 26 25 15 5 2 8 22 27 -4 40
14 Auxerre 32 8 9 15 30 53 16 5 6 5 15 22 16 3 3 10 15 31 -23 33
15 Strasbourg 33 7 11 15 44 55 17 4 6 7 22 25 16 3 5 8 22 30 -11 32
16 Nantes 32 6 14 12 35 46 16 4 8 4 19 21 16 2 6 8 16 25 -11 32
17 Brest 32 7 11 14 35 48 15 4 5 6 18 23 17 3 6 8 17 25 -13 32
18 Troyes 32 4 10 18 41 69 15 1 9 5 16 24 17 3 1 13 25 45 -28 22
19 Ajaccio 33 6 4 23 22 61 16 3 2 11 9 25 17 3 2 12 13 36 -39 22
20 Angers SCO 32 3 5 24 25 68 17 2 3 12 17 33 15 1 2 12 8 35 -43 14

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.