Season ticket holders at Stade Francis-Le Ble haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Brest languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Montpellier will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
These teams have little in common geographically as Montpellier have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Brest form and stats
6 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Brest have to build on here at Stade Francis-Le Ble in the Ligue 1.
Brest are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 217 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Dante (own goal)).
Brest lost their last game at Reims (placed 5th) after a 0-1 scoreline. 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 Ble with 21 goals in 14 league matches. Brest have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Montpellier form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Montpellier so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-8 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Montpellier as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Amiens SC match.
Montpellier play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-5 to Rennes (placed 3rd). Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Strasbourg.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Rennes was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Montpellier have conceded 24 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Montpellier - Brest 4-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Brest won one, Montpellier won six and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Cardona 6 goals |   F. Mollet 6 goals |
Brest missing players
Montpellier missing players
| Brest | Montpellier | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 34 | 21 | 9 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 35 |
| 37 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 24 | 34 |
| 89% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 93% |
| 68% | 71% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 57% | 61% |
| 46% | 36% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 43% | 50% |
| 29% | 21% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 29% |
| 14% | 14% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 11% |
| 46% | 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 43% | 43% |
| 29% | 43% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 7% | 29% |
| 36% | 21% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 57% | 36% |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 330 | 184 | 72 | Total Shots | T S | 49 | 138 | 357 |
| 112 | 63 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 38 | 121 |
| 30% | 33% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 24% | 29% |
- Brest have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Montpellier have scored away.
- Montpellier have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 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 |