National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Olympique Lyonnais or Brest that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Olympique Lyonnais and Brest.
It's quite the trip for Brest when visiting Olympique Lyonnais as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
Last season their Coupe de la Ligue adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Olympique Lyonnais at their home stadium (Groupama Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Olympique Lyonnais, their manager R. Garcia and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
A good away victory last time out for Olympique Lyonnais, who won 7-0 against Bourg-en-Bresse. 1-1 away at Reims before that.
As mentioned above, Olympique Lyonnais "killed" Bourg-en-Bresse in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Olympique Lyonnais home games with this odds we find eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.
The manager R. Garcia will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bordeaux in only three days.
Olympique Lyonnais has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Olympique Lyonnais have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Brest form and stats
They also participated in Coupe de la Ligue last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Brest so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Brest as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Angers SCO match.
Brest play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Lorient. Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Montpellier's place.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Brest played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.
The schedule is very tough for Brest now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligue 1 game at Toulouse is waiting in only three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Brest as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. For Brest, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Olympique Lyonnais, 5 draws and 0 wins for Brest. Over 2,5 goals: 1 time; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Dembélé 10 goals |  M. Depay 9 goals |   C. Battocchio 3 goals |
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
Brest missing players
| Olympique Lyonnais | Brest | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 15 | Scored | S | 8 | 29 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 21 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 340 | 172 | Total Shots | T S | 118 | 282 | ||
| 131 | 67 | Shots on Target | S O | 36 | 102 | ||
| 31% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 45 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 38 |
| 3 | Rennes | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Lille | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 31 |
| 5 | Nantes | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 6 | Reims | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Monaco | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 10 | Nice | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Strasbourg | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 12 | Olympique Lyonnais | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 26 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 26 |
| 14 | Saint-Étienne | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Brest | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Dijon | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | Metz | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 18 | Amiens SC | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | Nimes | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -19 | 12 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -20 | 12 |