Ligue 1 game preview and facts: Brest fight Clermont

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis-Le Ble (15097 seats)

Clermont know they are going on a back-breaking trip to Brest and their Stade Francis-Le Ble. This article has all the information you require before the fixture.

Insights:
  • Clermont is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 1

It's quite the trip for Clermont when visiting Brest as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

Brest and Clermont should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Brest form and stats

6 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Brest have to build on here at Stade Francis-Le Ble in the Ligue 1. Ever since the Paris Saint Germain game Brest has been unbeatable here at Stade Francis-Le Ble producing four straight wins.

Brest's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Auxerre (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Castillo got a match rating of 8.21 in that game, the max score being 10. Castillo hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Lorient.

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 Brest have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 5.

Brest are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 17 games. On the other hand, Brest have conceded 23 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Clermont form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Clermont have produced an overall stat of 7-5-5 so far.

Impressive finishing from Kyei (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Olympique Lyonnais in their previous game. The attacker Kyei got a match rating of 8.41 in that game. Kyei scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 1-1 draw at Auxerre's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Clermont have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The visiting Clermont have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 17 games.

Head 2 Head

Brest have pulled off a sequence of 8 consecutive games without losing (4-4-0) when facing Clermont.

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Clermont - Brest 1-3.

Top Goalscorers

BrestJ. Le Douaron
J. Le Douaron
10 goals
ClermontG. Kyei
G. Kyei
9 goals
ClermontM. Saracevic
M. Saracevic
7 goals

Brest missing players

Clermont missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brest Clermont
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 6 17 35
9 6 2 Won W 3 7 15
11 5 1 Drew D 3 5 8
15 6 3 Lost L 0 5 12
39 21 7 Scored S 9 21 39
50 23 14 Conceded C 4 17 45
89% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 88% 91%
69% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 71% 77%
49% 47% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 41% 46%
29% 24% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 17%
11% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
57% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 59% 54%
26% 35% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 26%
29% 24% 33% Failed to Score F T 17% 24% 29%
 
4.7 5.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.5 4.1
5.3 4.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 4.4 3.9
1.6 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 1.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
11.5 12.5 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.4 10.4
3.9 4.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 3.8
28% 28% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 31% 29%
 
13.4 11.4 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 14.1 13.1
5 4.5 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 4.5 4.5
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Clermont is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligue 1

  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 35 26 3 6 84 35 18 13 2 3 43 22 17 13 1 3 41 13 49 81
2 Lens 35 22 9 4 59 27 18 16 1 1 38 13 17 6 8 3 21 14 32 75
3 Olympique Marseille 35 22 7 6 65 35 18 10 4 4 34 22 17 12 3 2 31 13 30 73
4 Monaco 35 19 8 8 68 51 18 9 3 6 36 31 17 10 5 2 32 20 17 65
5 Lille 35 17 9 9 60 41 17 11 4 2 36 23 18 6 5 7 24 18 19 60
6 Rennes 35 18 5 12 60 38 18 14 0 4 41 14 17 4 5 8 19 24 22 59
7 Olympique Lyonnais 35 16 8 11 58 43 17 8 5 4 29 18 18 8 3 7 29 25 15 56
8 Clermont 35 15 8 12 39 45 18 8 3 7 18 28 17 7 5 5 21 17 -6 53
9 Lorient 35 14 10 11 49 47 17 8 4 5 23 17 18 6 6 6 26 30 2 52
10 Nice 35 13 12 10 42 34 17 6 6 5 21 17 18 7 6 5 21 17 8 51
11 Reims 35 12 14 9 42 37 17 8 5 4 25 18 18 4 9 5 17 19 5 50
12 Montpellier 35 13 5 17 57 58 18 7 3 8 27 26 17 6 2 9 30 32 -1 44
13 Toulouse 35 12 7 16 48 55 18 6 5 7 26 26 17 6 2 9 22 29 -7 43
14 Strasbourg 35 9 11 15 48 55 18 5 6 7 24 25 17 4 5 8 24 30 -7 38
15 Brest 35 9 11 15 39 50 17 6 5 6 21 23 18 3 6 9 18 27 -11 38
16 Auxerre 35 8 10 17 32 57 17 5 7 5 16 23 18 3 3 12 16 34 -25 34
17 Nantes 35 6 15 14 35 50 17 4 8 5 19 23 18 2 7 9 16 27 -15 33
18 Ajaccio 35 6 5 24 22 66 17 3 3 11 9 25 18 3 2 13 13 41 -44 23
19 Troyes 35 4 10 21 42 77 17 1 9 7 17 28 18 3 1 14 25 49 -35 22
20 Angers SCO 35 3 5 27 29 77 18 2 3 13 18 35 17 1 2 14 11 42 -48 14

Brest:
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 Paris Saint Germain 35 26 3 6 84 35 18 13 2 3 43 22 17 13 1 3 41 13 49 81
2 Lens 35 22 9 4 59 27 18 16 1 1 38 13 17 6 8 3 21 14 32 75
3 Olympique Marseille 35 22 7 6 65 35 18 10 4 4 34 22 17 12 3 2 31 13 30 73
4 Monaco 35 19 8 8 68 51 18 9 3 6 36 31 17 10 5 2 32 20 17 65
5 Lille 35 17 9 9 60 41 17 11 4 2 36 23 18 6 5 7 24 18 19 60
6 Rennes 35 18 5 12 60 38 18 14 0 4 41 14 17 4 5 8 19 24 22 59
7 Olympique Lyonnais 35 16 8 11 58 43 17 8 5 4 29 18 18 8 3 7 29 25 15 56
8 Clermont 35 15 8 12 39 45 18 8 3 7 18 28 17 7 5 5 21 17 -6 53
9 Lorient 35 14 10 11 49 47 17 8 4 5 23 17 18 6 6 6 26 30 2 52
10 Nice 35 13 12 10 42 34 17 6 6 5 21 17 18 7 6 5 21 17 8 51
11 Reims 35 12 14 9 42 37 17 8 5 4 25 18 18 4 9 5 17 19 5 50
12 Montpellier 35 13 5 17 57 58 18 7 3 8 27 26 17 6 2 9 30 32 -1 44
13 Toulouse 35 12 7 16 48 55 18 6 5 7 26 26 17 6 2 9 22 29 -7 43
14 Strasbourg 35 9 11 15 48 55 18 5 6 7 24 25 17 4 5 8 24 30 -7 38
15 Brest 35 9 11 15 39 50 17 6 5 6 21 23 18 3 6 9 18 27 -11 38
16 Auxerre 35 8 10 17 32 57 17 5 7 5 16 23 18 3 3 12 16 34 -25 34
17 Nantes 35 6 15 14 35 50 17 4 8 5 19 23 18 2 7 9 16 27 -15 33
18 Ajaccio 35 6 5 24 22 66 17 3 3 11 9 25 18 3 2 13 13 41 -44 23
19 Troyes 35 4 10 21 42 77 17 1 9 7 17 28 18 3 1 14 25 49 -35 22
20 Angers SCO 35 3 5 27 29 77 18 2 3 13 18 35 17 1 2 14 11 42 -48 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.