The season has been rough for Brest so far, while Lorient have won many games. Will the guests take another scalp at Stade Francis-Le Ble?
- Brest is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Lorient have scored more than double the goals of Brest.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Lorient have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-14-21 (win-draw-loss) from 41 matches.
Both contenders have had adequate rest since their last match. Let's aim for an in-your-face match!
Brest form and stats
The total Ligue 1 statistics playing at home this season for Brest are 0-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Brest travelled for their previous game, a trip to Auxerre that ended 1-1. Belkebla (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Belkebla hit one key pass and had 65 successful passes (of 70 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Ajaccio (0-1).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Brest have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Brest aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Francis-Le Ble in the league, with only 2 goals from 4 games. As for conceded goals, Brest's unpleasant statistic is 10 goals surrendered.
Lorient form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1. Lorient have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
Impressive finishing from Bris secured the home win 2-1 against Lille in their previous game. Bris came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Lille last time out, making the manager Bris feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder Fée was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Fée hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Auxerre.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Lorient in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Lorient, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Lorient are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. Lorient have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Brest victories, two draws and four Lorient wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Moffi 6 goals |  D. Faissal Ouattara 4 goals |   J. Le Douaron 2 goals |
Brest missing players
Lorient missing players
| Brest | Lorient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 78% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 78% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 60% | 56% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 78% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 22% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.3 | 6.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 3 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | 6.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.9 | 11.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.8 | 11.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 28% | 15% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 43% | 40% |
| 11.2 | 8.8 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 15.8 | 15 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
- Brest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Brest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Brest have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Ligue 1
- Brest have yet to win a game at home.
- Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Brest is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Lorient have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Lorient have scored in all their matches so far.
- Lorient have scored more than double the goals of Brest.
- Lorient have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Lorient 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 23 | 25 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Lorient | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Lens | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Monaco | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Rennes | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | Lille | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Clermont | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Montpellier | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Troyes | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Nice | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Auxerre | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 8 |
| 15 | Angers SCO | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -12 | 8 |
| 16 | Nantes | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Reims | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Brest | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 6 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 20 | Ajaccio | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 4 |
