Sports betting tips: Brest vs Lorient - predictions and statistics

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 27.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis-Le Ble (15097 seats)

Brest have harvested 18 of their 32 in total here at their familiar ground. How will they do against Lorient?

Insights:
  • Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lorient have the fewest scored goals (20) in Ligue 1

6-13-23 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Lorient when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 42 matches are 44-75 (scored/conceded).

This looks to be an interesting fixture with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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Brest form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Brest have to build on here at Stade Francis-Le Ble in the Ligue 1. Two home wins in a row for Brest bring valid hopes of a third.

Brest drew their last game, 1-1 away at Reims (placed 14th). Herelle was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.22 out of 10. The defender Herelle won 5 of 6 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Troyes in a game that was won 5-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Brest handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and three defeats.

The Brest fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 12 league matches. Brest have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Lorient form and stats

There's been little loot from Lorient's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 13 away games in the Ligue 1. Lorient only have 0 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 13 away games in a row.

The attacking players of Lorient have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 194 minutes.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Montpellier with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Abergel was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.64/10. Abergel hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 39 successful passes (of 47 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Monaco.

Lorient are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.

The attacking power of Lorient when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. For Lorient, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the sides met previously this season; Lorient - Brest 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Brest wins - draws - Lorient wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrestF. Honorat
F. Honorat
8 goals
BrestS. Mounié
S. Mounié
6 goals
BrestJ. Le Douaron
J. Le Douaron
5 goals

Brest missing players

Lorient missing players

Brest Lorient
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 6 13 25
8 5 2 Won W 0 0 4
8 3 1 Drew D 2 5 9
9 4 1 Lost L 4 8 12
34 20 8 Scored S 7 10 20
37 17 4 Conceded C 14 29 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 88%
96% 92% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 77% 68%
48% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 54% 36%
24% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 54% 28%
8% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 23% 12%
68% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 83% 62% 52%
16% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 24%
16% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 38% 36%
 
4.4 5.1 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.8 4.2
5.3 5.5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.3 5.5
1.6 1.7 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
11.2 12.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 10.5 10.9
4.2 4.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.6 3.4
32% 35% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 21% 24%
 
12.2 10 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 14.7 12.6
4.5 3.4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 5.4 4.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lorient have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lorient have the fewest points (5) away in Ligue 1
  • Lorient have the fewest scored goals (20) in Ligue 1
  • Lorient have yet to win a 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 25 18 5 2 53 22 12 11 1 0 28 6 13 7 4 2 25 16 31 59
2 Olympique Marseille 25 13 7 5 38 23 13 5 5 3 22 15 12 8 2 2 16 8 15 46
3 Nice 25 14 4 7 37 21 13 6 3 4 17 14 12 8 1 3 20 7 16 45
4 Strasbourg 25 12 6 7 48 31 12 7 2 3 27 13 13 5 4 4 21 18 17 42
5 Rennes 25 12 4 9 47 23 13 9 1 3 31 9 12 3 3 6 16 14 24 40
6 Monaco 25 10 8 7 38 27 13 7 4 2 25 11 12 3 4 5 13 16 11 38
7 Nantes 25 11 5 9 34 29 13 8 2 3 22 13 12 3 3 6 12 16 5 38
8 Olympique Lyonnais 25 10 9 6 34 31 13 7 5 1 23 13 12 3 4 5 11 18 3 38
9 Montpellier 25 11 4 10 39 34 13 7 2 4 22 14 12 4 2 6 17 20 5 37
10 Lens 25 10 7 8 40 36 13 6 5 2 23 14 12 4 2 6 17 22 4 37
11 Lille 25 9 9 7 32 35 12 5 5 2 15 16 13 4 4 5 17 19 -3 36
12 Brest 25 8 8 9 34 37 12 5 3 4 20 17 13 3 5 5 14 20 -3 32
13 Angers SCO 25 7 8 10 30 36 12 5 1 6 14 15 13 2 7 4 16 21 -6 29
14 Reims 25 6 10 9 28 29 12 4 4 4 17 12 13 2 6 5 11 17 -1 28
15 Clermont 25 7 6 12 26 41 12 3 4 5 13 16 13 4 2 7 13 25 -15 27
16 Saint-Etienne 25 5 7 13 26 47 13 2 5 6 16 26 12 3 2 7 10 21 -21 22
17 Troyes 25 5 6 14 22 40 12 2 5 5 11 13 13 3 1 9 11 27 -18 21
18 Lorient 25 4 9 12 20 39 12 4 4 4 10 10 13 0 5 8 10 29 -19 21
19 Metz 25 4 9 12 25 45 12 1 4 7 15 25 13 3 5 5 10 20 -20 21
20 Bordeaux 25 4 9 12 37 62 13 2 5 6 20 25 12 2 4 6 17 37 -25 21

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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.