Ligue 1: Brest - Nice pre-match thoughts and the hard facts

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 16.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis-Le Ble (15097 seats)

Brest have some catching up to do from their 16th position, and they have a chance against Nice. Read more!

Insights:
  • Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Ligue 1

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Nice, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Basel. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Brest form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue 1 this season. Brest have only managed 3 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Stade Francis-Le Ble.

The home team returns to Stade Francis-Le Ble after drawing with Reims (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Midfield player Melou got a match rating of 7.91 in that game, the max score being 10. Melou scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Toulouse in a game that was won 3-1.

Brest are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. Brest have conceded 23 from these games.

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Nice form and stats

6-6-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nice in their Ligue 1 matches away. Visiting Nice has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Basel in their previous outing. The Europa Conference League battle ended 2-2. Moffi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.15. Moffi scored two goals.

A 0-2 loss hosting PSG before that.

A quick return to home after this game, as Nice are hosting Basel in the Europa Conference League only four days away.

Nice have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 20 goals have been scored. Nice are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent fixtures involving these sides have all finished as Nice victories. Will history repeat itself?

The most recent reported match involving both these sides is the Nice - Brest 1-0 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

NiceG. Laborde
G. Laborde
8 goals
BrestJ. Le Douaron
J. Le Douaron
7 goals
NiceN. Pépé
N. Pépé
6 goals

Brest missing players

Nice missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brest Nice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 14 5 Played P 4 15 30
6 3 1 Won W 1 6 11
10 5 1 Drew D 3 6 12
14 6 3 Lost L 0 3 7
34 17 6 Scored S 5 20 38
48 23 14 Conceded C 4 14 28
90% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
73% 79% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 67%
53% 57% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 47% 37%
33% 29% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 13% 13%
13% 14% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
63% 64% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 53%
17% 21% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 30%
30% 29% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 27%
 
4.7 5.6 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 3.5 4.7
5.7 4.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.6 4.3
1.7 1.6 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.5 1.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.2 12.4 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 11.2 12.9
3.8 4.2 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.6
30% 29% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 31% 27%
 
14.1 11.4 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 12.7 11.8
5.2 4.4 5.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4 3.7
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nice have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nice have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Ligue 1
  • Nice have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 30 22 3 5 70 29 15 11 2 2 34 18 15 11 1 3 36 11 41 69
2 Lens 30 18 9 3 50 22 15 13 1 1 31 11 15 5 8 2 19 11 28 63
3 Olympique Marseille 30 18 7 5 54 29 15 7 4 4 26 19 15 11 3 1 28 10 25 61
4 Monaco 30 17 7 6 63 42 15 8 2 5 33 26 15 9 5 1 30 16 21 58
5 Lille 30 15 7 8 54 38 15 9 4 2 31 22 15 6 3 6 23 16 16 52
6 Rennes 30 15 5 10 48 33 15 11 0 4 30 12 15 4 5 6 18 21 15 50
7 Olympique Lyonnais 30 13 8 9 47 33 15 7 5 3 23 12 15 6 3 6 24 21 14 47
8 Reims 30 11 14 5 40 29 15 7 5 3 24 16 15 4 9 2 16 13 11 47
9 Nice 30 11 12 7 38 28 15 5 6 4 18 14 15 6 6 3 20 14 10 45
10 Lorient 30 12 9 9 42 40 15 7 4 4 21 15 15 5 5 5 21 25 2 45
11 Clermont 30 11 7 12 31 41 15 5 3 7 13 26 15 6 4 5 18 15 -10 40
12 Toulouse 30 11 5 14 46 52 15 6 4 5 25 23 15 5 1 9 21 29 -6 38
13 Montpellier 30 11 4 15 46 50 16 6 2 8 25 25 14 5 2 7 21 25 -4 37
14 Nantes 30 6 13 11 32 42 15 4 7 4 17 19 15 2 6 7 15 23 -10 31
15 Auxerre 30 7 8 15 27 51 14 4 5 5 12 20 16 3 3 10 15 31 -24 29
16 Brest 30 6 10 14 34 48 14 3 5 6 17 23 16 3 5 8 17 25 -14 28
17 Strasbourg 30 5 11 14 38 52 15 3 6 6 18 22 15 2 5 8 20 30 -14 26
18 Troyes 30 4 9 17 38 64 15 1 9 5 16 24 15 3 0 12 22 40 -26 21
19 Ajaccio 30 6 3 21 21 55 15 3 1 11 9 25 15 3 2 10 12 30 -34 21
20 Angers SCO 30 3 5 22 23 64 16 2 3 11 16 31 14 1 2 11 7 33 -41 14

Brest:
Nice:
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 30 22 3 5 70 29 15 11 2 2 34 18 15 11 1 3 36 11 41 69
2 Lens 30 18 9 3 50 22 15 13 1 1 31 11 15 5 8 2 19 11 28 63
3 Olympique Marseille 30 18 7 5 54 29 15 7 4 4 26 19 15 11 3 1 28 10 25 61
4 Monaco 30 17 7 6 63 42 15 8 2 5 33 26 15 9 5 1 30 16 21 58
5 Lille 30 15 7 8 54 38 15 9 4 2 31 22 15 6 3 6 23 16 16 52
6 Rennes 30 15 5 10 48 33 15 11 0 4 30 12 15 4 5 6 18 21 15 50
7 Olympique Lyonnais 30 13 8 9 47 33 15 7 5 3 23 12 15 6 3 6 24 21 14 47
8 Reims 30 11 14 5 40 29 15 7 5 3 24 16 15 4 9 2 16 13 11 47
9 Nice 30 11 12 7 38 28 15 5 6 4 18 14 15 6 6 3 20 14 10 45
10 Lorient 30 12 9 9 42 40 15 7 4 4 21 15 15 5 5 5 21 25 2 45
11 Clermont 30 11 7 12 31 41 15 5 3 7 13 26 15 6 4 5 18 15 -10 40
12 Toulouse 30 11 5 14 46 52 15 6 4 5 25 23 15 5 1 9 21 29 -6 38
13 Montpellier 30 11 4 15 46 50 16 6 2 8 25 25 14 5 2 7 21 25 -4 37
14 Nantes 30 6 13 11 32 42 15 4 7 4 17 19 15 2 6 7 15 23 -10 31
15 Auxerre 30 7 8 15 27 51 14 4 5 5 12 20 16 3 3 10 15 31 -24 29
16 Brest 30 6 10 14 34 48 14 3 5 6 17 23 16 3 5 8 17 25 -14 28
17 Strasbourg 30 5 11 14 38 52 15 3 6 6 18 22 15 2 5 8 20 30 -14 26
18 Troyes 30 4 9 17 38 64 15 1 9 5 16 24 15 3 0 12 22 40 -26 21
19 Ajaccio 30 6 3 21 21 55 15 3 1 11 9 25 15 3 2 10 12 30 -34 21
20 Angers SCO 30 3 5 22 23 64 16 2 3 11 16 31 14 1 2 11 7 33 -41 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.