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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 14.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis-Le Blé (15097 seats)

Struggling Brest will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Lille in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Brest and Lille 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

Overall Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Brest are 6-6-2 (wins-draw-losses).

Stress levels are on the rise for Brest's attacking players as they have now played 217 minutes without scoring in a league game. Dante (own goal) was their last goal scorer.

Brest faced defeat in their previous match, away at Reims (0-1). Before that game, the home loss against Angers SCO with the scoreline 0-1.

The penalty miss from Alexandre Mendy in the defeat against Reims was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.

Brest have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Francis-Le Blé with 21 goals in 14 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 11 from 14 matches.

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Lille form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Lille have produced an overall stat of 4-2-7 so far. It’s been three wins in a row for Lille on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

291 minutes! That's how long the Lille goalkeeper Mike Maignan and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Lille go into this game after a win, the home game against Olympique Lyonnais that ended 1-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Nantes.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lille as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Lille have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Lille - Brest 1-0. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: one win for Brest, zero draws and six wins for Lille. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Lille
V. Osimhen
13 goals
LilleL. Rémy
L. Rémy
7 goals
Brest
I. Cardona
6 goals

Brest missing players

Lille missing players

Brest Lille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 13 28
8 6 1 Won W 0 4 15
10 6 2 Drew D 0 2 4
10 2 1 Lost L 3 7 9
34 21 2 Scored S 1 11 35
37 11 2 Conceded C 4 18 27
89% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
68% 71% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 69% 68%
46% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 43%
29% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 7%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
46% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 39%
29% 43% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 43%
36% 21% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 31% 21%
 
4.2 4.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.5 5.5
5.9 5.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 4.5 4
1.6 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 1.9
2 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
330 184 51 Total Shots T S 35 150 348
112 63 17 Shots on Target S O 11 56 132
30% 33% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 20% 27%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 27 22 2 3 75 24 14 12 1 1 44 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 51 68
2 Olympique Marseille 28 16 8 4 41 29 14 8 4 2 21 14 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 56
3 Rennes 28 15 5 8 38 24 14 9 2 3 25 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 14 50
4 Lille 28 15 4 9 35 27 15 11 2 2 24 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 8 49
5 Reims 28 10 11 7 26 21 14 5 7 2 12 7 14 5 4 5 14 14 5 41
6 Nice 28 11 8 9 41 38 15 8 4 3 28 20 13 3 4 6 13 18 3 41
7 Olympique Lyonnais 28 11 7 10 42 27 13 5 4 4 17 7 15 6 3 6 25 20 15 40
8 Montpellier 28 11 7 10 35 34 14 10 2 2 26 10 14 1 5 8 9 24 1 40
9 Monaco 28 11 7 10 44 44 14 8 2 4 29 22 14 3 5 6 15 22 0 40
10 Angers SCO 28 11 6 11 28 33 15 8 3 4 20 13 13 3 3 7 8 20 -5 39
11 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 13 7 3 3 22 14 14 4 2 8 10 18 0 38
12 Bordeaux 28 9 10 9 40 34 13 4 5 4 19 12 15 5 5 5 21 22 6 37
13 Nantes 28 11 4 13 28 31 14 6 2 6 11 11 14 5 2 7 17 20 -3 37
14 Brest 28 8 10 10 34 37 14 6 6 2 21 11 14 2 4 8 13 26 -3 34
15 Metz 28 8 10 10 27 35 14 5 4 5 18 17 14 3 6 5 9 18 -8 34
16 Dijon 28 7 9 12 27 37 14 6 6 2 20 15 14 1 3 10 7 22 -10 30
17 Saint-Étienne 28 8 6 14 29 45 14 4 6 4 15 18 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 30
18 Nîmes 28 7 6 15 29 44 14 6 2 6 17 15 14 1 4 9 12 29 -15 27
19 Amiens SC 28 4 11 13 31 50 14 3 5 6 17 23 14 1 6 7 14 27 -19 23
20 Toulouse 28 3 4 21 22 58 13 3 0 10 11 24 15 0 4 11 11 34 -36 13

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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.