Delightful dogfight as daring Brest duels with determined Amiens SC

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Date: Sat 25.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis-Le Blé (15097 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Ligue 1, with both Brest and Amiens SC experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 18th place.

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 Brest and Amiens SC.

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Brest form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Brest at their home stadium (Stade Francis-Le Blé) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

A nice win for Brest last time playing, versus Amiens SC. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Alexandre Mendy and Irvin Cardona scoring for the victors. In the preceding match a 5-2 victory visiting Toulouse.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Brest handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D1-L2.

Brest have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Francis-Le Blé with 15 goals in 10 league matches. Brest are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Francis-Le Blé in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.

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Amiens SC form and stats

Amiens SC have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-3-6 (10 played). Bitter travels for Amiens SC as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Saint-Étienne match.

Two away games in a row for Amiens SC, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Brest in the Ligue 1. A draw for Amiens SC before that, at their own venue hosting Reims (1-1).

Amiens SC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Amiens SC have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Amiens SC have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Amiens SC - Brest 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Brest won 1 game, 3 matches ended with a draw and Amiens SC has 6 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6

Top Goalscorers

Amiens SCJ. Mendoza Valencia
J. Mendoza Valencia
5 goals
BrestI. Cardona
I. Cardona
4 goals
Amiens SCS. Guirassy
S. Guirassy
4 goals

Brest missing players

Amiens SC missing players

Brest Amiens SC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 4 11 21
7 5 2 Won W 1 1 4
7 5 1 Drew D 2 3 6
7 1 0 Lost L 1 7 11
28 17 5 Scored S 5 12 24
27 7 1 Conceded C 6 25 41
90% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
48% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 73% 67%
29% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 38%
14% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 10%
48% 45% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 82% 76%
33% 55% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
29% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 18% 14%
 
4 4.2 5 Corners For (avg) C F 6 4 3.6
6 5.8 7 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.5 5.3 5
1.5 1.4 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 1.9
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 2 4
 
236 138 38 Total Shots T S 45 98 173
87 52 15 Shots on Target S O 17 36 63
32% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 33% 38%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Amiens SC's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Amiens SC has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
  • Amiens SC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Amiens SC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Amiens SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Amiens SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Brest have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Paris Saint Germain 20 16 1 3 50 14 10 8 1 1 27 6 10 8 0 2 23 8 36 49
2 Olympique Marseille 21 12 6 3 30 21 11 7 3 1 17 9 10 5 3 2 13 12 9 42
3 Rennes 21 11 4 6 26 19 10 6 1 3 15 11 11 5 3 3 11 8 7 37
4 Nantes 20 10 2 8 19 18 10 6 1 3 10 7 10 4 1 5 9 11 1 32
5 Lille 20 9 4 7 24 22 10 8 2 0 18 5 10 1 2 7 6 17 2 31
6 Montpellier 20 8 6 6 28 20 10 7 1 2 19 8 10 1 5 4 9 12 8 30
7 Angers SCO 21 8 6 7 23 25 11 6 3 2 16 7 10 2 3 5 7 18 -2 30
8 Olympique Lyonnais 20 8 5 7 31 19 9 3 2 4 11 6 11 5 3 3 20 13 12 29
9 Reims 20 7 8 5 17 13 10 3 6 1 9 5 10 4 2 4 8 8 4 29
10 Monaco 20 8 5 7 35 33 10 6 1 3 25 18 10 2 4 4 10 15 2 29
11 Nice 21 8 5 8 30 29 11 6 3 2 21 13 10 2 2 6 9 16 1 29
12 Strasbourg 20 8 3 9 23 25 10 6 2 2 18 12 10 2 1 7 5 13 -2 27
13 Bordeaux 20 7 5 8 29 24 10 4 2 4 16 9 10 3 3 4 13 15 5 26
14 Brest 20 6 7 7 26 26 10 4 5 1 15 6 10 2 2 6 11 20 0 25
15 Saint-Étienne 20 7 4 9 22 31 10 3 4 3 11 13 10 4 0 6 11 18 -9 25
16 Dijon 20 5 6 9 15 22 10 4 4 2 11 10 10 1 2 7 4 12 -7 21
17 Metz 20 4 8 8 18 28 10 3 4 3 12 11 10 1 4 5 6 17 -10 20
18 Amiens SC 20 4 6 10 23 39 10 3 3 4 12 16 10 1 3 6 11 23 -16 18
19 Nîmes 20 3 6 11 15 33 10 3 2 5 9 11 10 0 4 6 6 22 -18 15
20 Toulouse 20 3 3 14 21 44 10 3 0 7 11 19 10 0 3 7 10 25 -23 12

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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.