Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nantes & Brest face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Nantes form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the 32nd finals.6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Nantes so far this season.
Nantes's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Lorient. The home side are looking to build on that result. The forward Muani was named "man of the match" for Nantes with the rating of 7.81/10. Muani scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Prior to that, an away loss at Nice in the Ligue 1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Nantes have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost four.
The Nantes fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. Nantes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Brest form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the 16th finals.3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Brest playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
Brest are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the fixture against Lille. Bizot (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.4. Bizot topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-2 defeat away at PSG before that.Brest are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and nine defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Brest have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Brest struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Nantes-Brest H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nantes seven wins, Brest two wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Kolo Muani 8 goals |  L. Blas 7 goals |   R. Faivre 7 goals |
Nantes missing players
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| Nantes | Brest | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 33 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 17 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.2 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | ||
| 11.3 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 53 |
| 2 | Nice | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 35 |
| 5 | Rennes | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 34 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Monaco | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Lens | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Nantes | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 32 |
| 10 | Lille | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Olympique Lyonnais | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| 13 | Brest | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Reims | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Clermont | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Troyes | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 29 | -19 | 20 |
| 18 | Metz | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -19 | 19 |
| 19 | Lorient | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -20 | 17 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -25 | 12 |
