Ligue 1 game preview and numbers: Brest welcome Olympique Lyonnais

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 28.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis-Le Ble (15097 seats)

Brest are banking on their home crowd to support them in this match hosting Olympique Lyonnais. Who will win at Stade Francis-Le Ble?

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

It's quite the trip for Olympique Lyonnais when visiting Brest as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Brest form and stats

With 1 Ligue 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Brest are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The Brest supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Troyes and win 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Grougi when Mounié scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute. Melou (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.04/10. Melou hit one key pass and had 51 successful passes (of 56 total).

Heartbreak before that as Brest lost 0-1 at Nice's place.

Brest are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 1 match at Monaco awaits in four days.

Brest aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Francis-Le Ble in the league, with only {5 goals} from 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Brest defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

Olympique Lyonnais have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-1-5 (7 played).

Olympique Lyonnais's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Nice that finished 1-1. The attacker Lacazette got a match rating of 7.44 in that game. Lacazette scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Nice.

A quick return to home after this game, as Lyon are hosting Clermont in the Ligue 1 only four days away.

Olympique Lyonnais struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these contenders: Brest won one, Olympique Lyonnais were winners in three and we saw six draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisA. Lacazette
A. Lacazette
9 goals
Olympique LyonnaisM. Lemos Martins
M. Lemos Martins
5 goals
BrestR. Del Castillo
R. Del Castillo
4 goals

Brest missing players

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Brest Olympique Lyonnais
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 1 7 15
3 1 1 Won W 1 1 6
4 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
8 3 0 Lost L 0 5 6
16 5 2 Scored S 2 7 23
28 13 1 Conceded C 1 12 18
93% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 73%
53% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 53%
40% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 27%
20% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 20%
67% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 67%
7% 14% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 13%
33% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 20%
 
5.3 6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.9 5.1
4.5 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.3 3.9
1.8 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.8 13 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 22 13.6 13.9
4.5 4.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 11 5.6 5.7
24% 16% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 18% 27%
 
12.2 9.9 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.7 10.5
4.9 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.7 4.3
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Brest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Brest have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Lyonnais have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olympique Lyonnais 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 15 13 2 0 43 9 7 6 1 0 19 7 8 7 1 0 24 2 34 41
2 Lens 15 11 3 1 26 10 8 8 0 0 18 6 7 3 3 1 8 4 16 36
3 Rennes 15 9 4 2 31 14 8 7 0 1 21 6 7 2 4 1 10 8 17 31
4 Olympique Marseille 15 9 3 3 26 13 8 5 1 2 12 7 7 4 2 1 14 6 13 30
5 Lorient 15 8 4 3 26 21 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 4 3 1 14 12 5 28
6 Monaco 15 8 3 4 29 21 8 3 2 3 15 15 7 5 1 1 14 6 8 27
7 Lille 15 8 2 5 27 23 8 5 1 2 15 15 7 3 1 3 12 8 4 26
8 Olympique Lyonnais 15 6 3 6 23 18 8 5 2 1 16 6 7 1 1 5 7 12 5 21
9 Nice 15 5 5 5 15 17 7 2 2 3 6 9 8 3 3 2 9 8 -2 20
10 Clermont 15 5 4 6 19 23 7 3 1 3 8 13 8 2 3 3 11 10 -4 19
11 Reims 15 3 8 4 16 21 7 2 3 2 7 10 8 1 5 2 9 11 -5 17
12 Toulouse 15 4 4 7 20 27 8 3 3 2 13 14 7 1 1 5 7 13 -7 16
13 Troyes 15 3 5 7 26 31 7 1 5 1 10 11 8 2 0 6 16 20 -5 14
14 Montpellier 15 4 2 9 24 29 8 3 1 4 11 13 7 1 1 5 13 16 -5 14
15 Nantes 15 2 7 6 17 24 7 2 4 1 11 9 8 0 3 5 6 15 -7 13
16 Brest 15 3 4 8 16 28 7 1 3 3 5 13 8 2 1 5 11 15 -12 13
17 Auxerre 15 3 4 8 14 31 7 2 3 2 7 9 8 1 1 6 7 22 -17 13
18 Ajaccio 15 3 3 9 14 24 7 1 1 5 6 13 8 2 2 4 8 11 -10 12
19 Strasbourg 15 1 8 6 17 26 8 0 5 3 7 13 7 1 3 3 10 13 -9 11
20 Angers SCO 15 2 2 11 15 34 8 1 1 6 9 18 7 1 1 5 6 16 -19 8

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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.