Ligue 1 match guide and stats: Brest fight Lens

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 21.November
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis-Le Ble (15097 seats)

Brest have had problems winning points this league season. Can the gang get a victory when Lens come to visit Stade Francis-Le Ble?

Insights:
  • Brest have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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.

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Brest form and stats

Brest's struggle is real here at Stade Francis-Le Ble with only 6 points collected from 6 Ligue 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-2.

A good away victory last time out for Brest, who won 2-1 against Lorient (placed 13th). Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel, defender, was given a rating of 8.02/10 in that game, top of the team. Pierre-Gabriel served one assist, hit two key passes and won 5 of 7 duels.

Before that, Brest had a home game versus Monaco which ended with a victory 2-0.

The Brest fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Lens form and stats

3-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lens in their Ligue 1 matches away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Lens have lost on their last two travels.

Lens won their last game, 4-0 versus Troyes played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Lens was very dominant against Troyes, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Arnaud Kalimuendo, Jonathan Clauss, Przemysław Frankowski and Wesley Saïd providing the goals. Jonathan Clauss got a match rating of 9.13 in that game, top player of the team. Clauss scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 1-2 defeat away at Olympique Lyonnais before that.

Lens has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. Lens have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Brest-Lens H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Brest four wins, Lens four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BrestR. Faivre
R. Faivre
4 goals
BrestF. Honorat
F. Honorat
4 goals
LensW. Saïd
W. Saïd
4 goals

Brest missing players

Lens missing players

Brest Lens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 6 13
2 1 0 Won W 1 3 7
6 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 1 Lost L 0 2 3
16 8 3 Scored S 3 10 25
21 9 5 Conceded C 2 8 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 77%
46% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 54%
23% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 46%
8% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 23%
92% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 54%
8% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 31%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 15%
 
4.7 4.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.5 5.6
5.3 6.3 10 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.8 4
1.6 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.6 10.2 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13.3 14.9
4.2 4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.3 6.2
29% 33% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 31% 31%
 
11.4 9.2 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 11.8 10.3
4.3 3.3 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 2.7
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Brest's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Brest have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 13 11 1 1 29 13 6 6 0 0 16 5 7 5 1 1 13 8 16 34
2 Lens 13 7 3 3 25 14 7 4 2 1 15 6 6 3 1 2 10 8 11 24
3 Nice 13 7 3 3 23 10 7 3 3 1 12 7 6 4 0 2 11 3 13 23
4 Olympique Marseille 13 6 5 2 20 12 7 3 3 1 13 7 6 3 2 1 7 5 8 23
5 Rennes 13 6 4 3 22 12 7 5 1 1 15 4 6 1 3 2 7 8 10 22
6 Montpellier 13 5 4 4 21 19 7 4 2 1 14 8 6 1 2 3 7 11 2 19
7 Olympique Lyonnais 13 5 4 4 21 21 7 4 3 0 15 8 6 1 1 4 6 13 0 19
8 Strasbourg 13 5 3 5 24 18 7 4 1 2 17 7 6 1 2 3 7 11 6 18
9 Angers SCO 13 4 6 3 19 16 6 3 1 2 10 8 7 1 5 1 9 8 3 18
10 Nantes 13 5 3 5 18 16 7 4 1 2 11 7 6 1 2 3 7 9 2 18
11 Monaco 13 5 3 5 17 16 6 3 1 2 10 7 7 2 2 3 7 9 1 18
12 Lille 13 4 4 5 16 19 6 3 2 1 8 8 7 1 2 4 8 11 -3 16
13 Lorient 13 3 6 4 13 20 6 3 2 1 7 5 7 0 4 3 6 15 -7 15
14 Troyes 13 3 4 6 13 21 6 1 3 2 7 8 7 2 1 4 6 13 -8 13
15 Clermont 13 3 4 6 16 26 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 2 4 9 19 -10 13
16 Reims 13 2 6 5 14 17 6 1 3 2 7 8 7 1 3 3 7 9 -3 12
17 Brest 13 2 6 5 16 21 6 1 3 2 8 9 7 1 3 3 8 12 -5 12
18 Bordeaux 13 2 6 5 18 27 7 1 3 3 10 13 6 1 3 2 8 14 -9 12
19 Saint-Etienne 13 1 6 6 15 28 7 1 4 2 9 12 6 0 2 4 6 16 -13 9
20 Metz 13 1 5 7 13 27 6 0 3 3 6 12 7 1 2 4 7 15 -14 8

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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.