Brest vs Nantes betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 02.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis-Le Ble (15097 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Brest are in the 13th position while the guesting Nantes worry at 18th.

Insights:
  • Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nantes have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligue 1

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Relegation threatens Brest who should definitely be looking for some points here. Nantes are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Brest form and stats

8-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Brest so far this season. The home fans are hungry for more even though Brest have been steadily collecting points here at Stade Francis-Le Ble through three straight draws.

It's back home for Brest, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Saint-Étienne away with the result 2-1. Gaëtan Charbonnier (2) found the net in that victory. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Lens.

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 18 matches with the results: Won eleven, drawn five and lost two.

The Brest fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 17 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Brest defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Nantes form and stats

Nantes, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligue 1, have only collected 17 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 4-5-8 (17 played).

It's the second away game in a row for Nantes, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Strasbourg (placed 15th) in the Ligue 1 last time out. A loss against Olympique Lyonnais was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Nantes in our archives, and the results are: one win for Nantes, five draws and eleven defeats.

The visiting Nantes have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 17 games. 25 goals have been conceded by Nantes in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Nantes - Brest 3-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Brest two wins, one draw and Nantes four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrestF. Honorat
F. Honorat
8 goals
NantesL. Blas
L. Blas
8 goals
BrestI. Cardona
I. Cardona
7 goals

Brest missing players

Nantes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brest Nantes
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 6 17 34
11 8 4 Won W 1 4 6
7 4 1 Drew D 1 5 13
16 5 1 Lost L 4 8 15
47 31 13 Scored S 7 18 35
57 27 9 Conceded C 10 25 52
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 88% 91%
65% 71% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 50%
41% 47% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 18%
21% 35% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 3%
62% 76% 83% BTTS BTTS 67% 65% 71%
18% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 9%
26% 12% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
11.6 13.1 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.8 10.2
3.9 4.7 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3
35% 39% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 34% 34%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nantes have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ligue 1

  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 34 23 3 8 77 26 17 11 1 5 38 13 17 12 2 3 39 13 51 72
2 Monaco 34 22 5 7 71 38 17 11 5 1 39 17 17 11 0 6 32 21 33 71
3 Lille 33 20 10 3 54 20 17 9 6 2 26 11 16 11 4 1 28 9 34 70
4 Olympique Lyonnais 33 19 10 4 65 32 16 10 3 3 34 16 17 9 7 1 31 16 33 67
5 Lens 34 15 11 8 54 46 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 8 5 4 26 23 8 56
6 Olympique Marseille 34 15 10 9 49 42 17 9 4 4 28 20 17 6 6 5 21 22 7 55
7 Rennes 34 15 9 10 48 36 17 8 3 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 25 16 12 54
8 Montpellier 34 12 11 11 54 57 17 7 3 7 33 33 17 5 8 4 21 24 -3 47
9 Nice 34 13 7 14 44 45 17 6 3 8 22 26 17 7 4 6 22 19 -1 46
10 Metz 34 11 10 13 37 41 17 5 4 8 18 22 17 6 6 5 19 19 -4 43
11 Reims 34 9 14 11 39 41 17 4 8 5 15 18 17 5 6 6 24 23 -2 41
12 Angers SCO 34 11 8 15 34 51 17 5 3 9 16 25 17 6 5 6 18 26 -17 41
13 Brest 34 11 7 16 47 57 17 8 4 5 31 27 17 3 3 11 16 30 -10 40
14 Saint-Étienne 34 10 9 15 39 52 17 4 6 7 19 28 17 6 3 8 20 24 -13 39
15 Strasbourg 34 10 7 17 43 53 17 4 4 9 18 25 17 6 3 8 25 28 -10 37
16 Bordeaux 34 10 6 18 36 52 17 5 4 8 15 21 17 5 2 10 21 31 -16 36
17 Lorient 34 9 8 17 44 62 17 8 2 7 27 28 17 1 6 10 17 34 -18 35
18 Nantes 34 6 13 15 35 52 17 2 8 7 17 27 17 4 5 8 18 25 -17 31
19 Nîmes 34 8 7 19 33 62 17 3 4 10 18 32 17 5 3 9 15 30 -29 31
20 Dijon 34 3 9 22 23 61 17 1 6 10 7 22 17 2 3 12 16 39 -38 18

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  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 34 23 3 8 77 26 17 11 1 5 38 13 17 12 2 3 39 13 51 72
2 Monaco 34 22 5 7 71 38 17 11 5 1 39 17 17 11 0 6 32 21 33 71
3 Lille 33 20 10 3 54 20 17 9 6 2 26 11 16 11 4 1 28 9 34 70
4 Olympique Lyonnais 33 19 10 4 65 32 16 10 3 3 34 16 17 9 7 1 31 16 33 67
5 Lens 34 15 11 8 54 46 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 8 5 4 26 23 8 56
6 Olympique Marseille 34 15 10 9 49 42 17 9 4 4 28 20 17 6 6 5 21 22 7 55
7 Rennes 34 15 9 10 48 36 17 8 3 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 25 16 12 54
8 Montpellier 34 12 11 11 54 57 17 7 3 7 33 33 17 5 8 4 21 24 -3 47
9 Nice 34 13 7 14 44 45 17 6 3 8 22 26 17 7 4 6 22 19 -1 46
10 Metz 34 11 10 13 37 41 17 5 4 8 18 22 17 6 6 5 19 19 -4 43
11 Reims 34 9 14 11 39 41 17 4 8 5 15 18 17 5 6 6 24 23 -2 41
12 Angers SCO 34 11 8 15 34 51 17 5 3 9 16 25 17 6 5 6 18 26 -17 41
13 Brest 34 11 7 16 47 57 17 8 4 5 31 27 17 3 3 11 16 30 -10 40
14 Saint-Étienne 34 10 9 15 39 52 17 4 6 7 19 28 17 6 3 8 20 24 -13 39
15 Strasbourg 34 10 7 17 43 53 17 4 4 9 18 25 17 6 3 8 25 28 -10 37
16 Bordeaux 34 10 6 18 36 52 17 5 4 8 15 21 17 5 2 10 21 31 -16 36
17 Lorient 34 9 8 17 44 62 17 8 2 7 27 28 17 1 6 10 17 34 -18 35
18 Nantes 34 6 13 15 35 52 17 2 8 7 17 27 17 4 5 8 18 25 -17 31
19 Nîmes 34 8 7 19 33 62 17 3 4 10 18 32 17 5 3 9 15 30 -29 31
20 Dijon 34 3 9 22 23 61 17 1 6 10 7 22 17 2 3 12 16 39 -38 18

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