Ligue 1 fixture preview and numbers: Brest host Lille

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 11.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis-Le Ble (15097 seats)

Brest have some points to catch up on from their 17th place, and the job starts vs Lille. Read more!

Insights:
  • Brest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Brest form and stats

With 1 Ligue 1 win, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Brest are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Brest are returning here after visiting Avranches in a Coupe de France match and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. The striker Slimani outdid all others in that game and managed a match rating of 8.15 out of 10. Slimani signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Monaco (0-1).

Brest are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 1 match at Toulouse awaits in four days.

Brest aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Francis-Le Ble in the league, with only {7 goals} from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Brest with 17 goals conceded in these matches.

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Lille form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.

The club members enjoyed Lille's previous fixture versus Troyes, a Coupe de France win (2-0) played at home.

A draw for Lille before that, at their own venue hosting Reims (1-1).

Fancy a bet on few goals? 5 league matches in a row with this side have had zero, one or two goals.

A new game in only four days for Lille, the Ligue 1 home match versus Troyes. Busy days.

Lille has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games.

Head 2 Head

Brest have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Lille.

Top Goalscorers

LilleJ. David
J. David
10 goals
BrestR. Del Castillo
R. Del Castillo
4 goals
LilleJ. Bamba
J. Bamba
4 goals

Brest missing players

Lille missing players

Brest Lille
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 4 8 17
3 1 1 Won W 3 4 9
4 3 1 Drew D 1 1 3
10 4 1 Lost L 0 3 5
18 7 4 Scored S 10 14 30
33 17 5 Conceded C 3 8 24
94% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 82%
53% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 59%
41% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 29%
24% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
65% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 71%
6% 12% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 24%
35% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 6%
 
5.4 6 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.8 5.3
4.7 4.8 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.1 3.8
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12 13.4 15 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 14.4 14.7
4.6 4.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.2 5
23% 19% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 41% 35%
 
12.7 10.6 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 6 7.8 8.8
5.2 4.6 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.2 2.6 3.4
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Brest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lille 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 17 14 2 1 46 13 8 7 1 0 21 8 9 7 1 1 25 5 33 44
2 Lens 17 12 4 1 29 11 9 9 0 0 21 7 8 3 4 1 8 4 18 40
3 Olympique Marseille 17 11 3 3 34 15 9 6 1 2 18 8 8 5 2 1 16 7 19 36
4 Rennes 17 10 4 3 34 18 9 8 0 1 23 7 8 2 4 2 11 11 16 34
5 Monaco 17 10 3 4 33 23 9 4 2 3 16 15 8 6 1 1 17 8 10 33
6 Lorient 17 9 4 4 28 24 8 4 1 3 12 11 9 5 3 1 16 13 4 31
7 Lille 17 9 3 5 30 24 9 5 2 2 16 16 8 4 1 3 14 8 6 30
8 Olympique Lyonnais 17 7 3 7 27 21 9 5 2 2 16 7 8 2 1 5 11 14 6 24
9 Clermont 17 6 4 7 20 25 8 3 1 4 8 15 9 3 3 3 12 10 -5 22
10 Reims 17 4 9 4 20 23 8 3 3 2 10 11 9 1 6 2 10 12 -3 21
11 Nice 17 5 6 6 16 19 8 2 3 3 6 9 9 3 3 3 10 10 -3 21
12 Toulouse 17 5 4 8 23 33 9 4 3 2 15 14 8 1 1 6 8 19 -10 19
13 Troyes 17 4 6 7 29 33 8 1 6 1 10 11 9 3 0 6 19 22 -4 18
14 Montpellier 17 5 2 10 27 31 9 3 1 5 12 15 8 2 1 5 15 16 -4 17
15 Nantes 17 3 8 6 18 24 8 3 4 1 12 9 9 0 4 5 6 15 -6 17
16 Ajaccio 17 4 3 10 15 26 8 2 1 5 7 13 9 2 2 5 8 13 -11 15
17 Brest 17 3 4 10 18 33 8 1 3 4 7 17 9 2 1 6 11 16 -15 13
18 Auxerre 17 3 4 10 16 35 8 2 3 3 9 12 9 1 1 7 7 23 -19 13
19 Strasbourg 17 1 8 8 20 31 9 0 5 4 9 16 8 1 3 4 11 15 -11 11
20 Angers SCO 17 2 2 13 16 37 9 1 1 7 10 20 8 1 1 6 6 17 -21 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.