The odds favour Olympique Lyonnais in this fixture against Brest, but the away side will resist to the bitter end. Here's our match preview!
- Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Brest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
Brest have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. Olympique Lyonnais are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, having lost their two previous games here.
Olympique Lyonnais are returning here after visiting Ajaccio and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Lepenant and Lacazette scored the goal(s). At last, a league win after three matches without. Lacazette has scored in three games in a row. Outstanding! Lopes, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.31 out of 10 in that game. Lopes topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the game before, a strong away win at Chambery. A Coupe de France game.
The manager Blanc will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Troyes in only three days.
The Lyon fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Olympique Lyonnais are not conceding a lot of goals here at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Brest form and stats
Brest have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-2-6 (10 played).
Brest had fun at their own home (Parc Olympique Lyonnais) last time out, beating Angers SCO 4-0. Honorat, Mounié, Douaron and Melou scored. Those three points felt nice as this side had gone four league fixtures without winning. As you can tell from the results above, Brest was very dominant against Angers SCO, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Honorat, Mounié, Douaron and Melou providing the goals. Honorat got a match rating of 9.14 in that game, top player of the team. Honorat scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit six key passes.
The game before was the Coupe de France-battle against Lens, a home loss (1-3).
A new game in only four days for Brest, the Ligue 1 home match versus Lens. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Brest have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Brest have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Brest - Olympique Lyonnais 2-4 was the product when this pair of participants previously did battle, also in this season. Olympique Lyonnais-Brest H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lyon four wins, Brest one win, five draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lacazette 12 goals |   S. Mounié 4 goals |  R. Del Castillo 4 goals |
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
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| Olympique Lyonnais | Brest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 30 | 17 | 14 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 23 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 34 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 70% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 20% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 20% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 20% |
| 60% | 60% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 60% |
| 20% | 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 35% |
| 5.3 | 6.4 | 8.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.3 | 15.7 | 19.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 11.2 | 11.7 |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 27% | 30% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 10.9 | 9.4 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 14.9 | 12.7 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5 |
- Brest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Olympique Lyonnais haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 34 | 48 |
| 2 | Lens | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 45 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 43 |
| 4 | Monaco | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 38 |
| 5 | Rennes | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 37 |
| 6 | Lorient | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 35 |
| 7 | Lille | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| 8 | Clermont | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -3 | 29 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| 10 | Nice | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 11 | Reims | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 26 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 26 |
| 13 | Nantes | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 22 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -10 | 20 |
| 15 | Troyes | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Brest | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 18 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -11 | 15 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -20 | 15 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -27 | 13 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -28 | 8 |
