Football match preview: Brest vs Olympique Marseille

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 14.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis-Le Ble (15097 seats)

Match week two of the Ligue 1 campaign and the participants have learned from the first match. Here's the ultimate Brest - Olympique Marseille pre-match guide:

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Olympique Marseille, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Brest form and stats

The previous season, Brest's league results were 13 wins, 9 draws and 16 losses, results that produced 11th place in the Ligue 1. In these 38 matches they scored 49 goals and gave away 57. Performing as the home side in the former season Brest managed 7-4-8 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 29 conceded.

No payout for Brest in their previous match, an away game at Lens that ended in defeat 2-3. Midfield player Belkebla got a match rating of 6.95 in that game, the max score being 10. Belkebla scored one goal and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).

Ahead of that match, Brest lost 2-4 at home to Bordeaux.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

Let's have a look at how Olympique Marseille performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 8 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 63 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 30/16 goals scored/conceded.

Olympique won their last game, 4-1 versus Reims played at home. Midfielder Tavares was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.22. Tavares scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 41 successful passes (of 50 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Strasbourg.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last ten meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for Brest, one draw and seven wins for Olympique Marseille. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique MarseilleL. Suárez Charris
L. Suárez Charris
2 goals
BrestH. Belkebla
H. Belkebla
1 goals
BrestR. Del Castillo
R. Del Castillo
1 goals

Brest missing players

Olympique Marseille missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brest Olympique Marseille
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 4
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 16
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 7
40% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 57%
 
16 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 16
6 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 6
Brest Last season Olympique Marseille
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
13 7   Won W   12 21
9 4   Drew D   3 8
16 8   Lost L   4 9
49 28   Scored S   30 63
57 29   Conceded C   16 38
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
84% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 76%
47% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 45%
24% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 26%
13% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 18%
63% 53%   BTTS BTTS   42% 47%
18% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 39%
18% 21%   Failed to Score F T   16% 21%
 
4.5 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.7
5.4 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.1
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
2 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
10.6 10.9   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 12.9
3.9 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.3
33% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 39%
 
13.1 12.1   Shots against (avg) S A   8.9 8.7
4.8 4.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.7 3.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 3
2 Lille 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Lens 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Montpellier 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Monaco 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Olympique Lyonnais 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Lorient 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Angers SCO 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Nantes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Brest 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Troyes 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 Ajaccio 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Rennes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Auxerre 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
19 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Clermont 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 90 36 19 16 3 0 49 12 19 10 5 4 41 24 54 86
2 Olympique Marseille 38 21 8 9 63 38 19 9 5 5 33 22 19 12 3 4 30 16 25 71
3 Monaco 38 20 9 9 65 40 19 12 4 3 38 16 19 8 5 6 27 24 25 69
4 Rennes 38 20 6 12 82 40 19 14 1 4 50 13 19 6 5 8 32 27 42 66
5 Nice 38 20 7 11 52 36 19 10 4 5 27 21 19 10 3 6 25 15 16 66
6 Strasbourg 38 17 12 9 60 43 19 11 5 3 36 18 19 6 7 6 24 25 17 63
7 Lens 38 17 11 10 62 48 19 9 7 3 35 20 19 8 4 7 27 28 14 62
8 Olympique Lyonnais 38 17 11 10 66 51 19 11 5 3 42 25 19 6 6 7 24 26 15 61
9 Nantes 38 15 10 13 55 48 19 11 4 4 33 20 19 4 6 9 22 28 7 55
10 Lille 38 14 13 11 48 48 19 7 8 4 24 22 19 7 5 7 24 26 0 55
11 Brest 38 13 9 16 49 57 19 7 4 8 28 29 19 6 5 8 21 28 -8 48
12 Reims 38 11 13 14 43 44 19 5 6 8 25 23 19 6 7 6 18 21 -1 46
13 Montpellier 38 12 7 19 49 61 19 7 5 7 27 26 19 5 2 12 22 35 -12 43
14 Angers SCO 38 10 11 17 44 55 19 8 2 9 23 23 19 2 9 8 21 32 -11 41
15 Troyes 38 9 11 18 37 53 19 5 7 7 19 19 19 4 4 11 18 34 -16 38
16 Lorient 38 8 12 18 35 63 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 2 6 11 15 41 -28 36
17 Clermont 38 9 9 20 38 69 19 4 6 9 22 33 19 5 3 11 16 36 -31 36
18 Saint-Etienne 38 7 11 20 42 77 19 4 6 9 24 38 19 3 5 11 18 39 -35 32
19 Metz 38 6 13 19 35 69 19 3 7 9 21 31 19 3 6 10 14 38 -34 31
20 Bordeaux 38 6 13 19 52 91 19 3 7 9 25 33 19 3 6 10 27 58 -39 31

Brest:
Olympique Marseille:
Table
  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 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 3
2 Lille 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Lens 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Montpellier 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Monaco 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Olympique Lyonnais 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Lorient 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Toulouse 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Angers SCO 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Nantes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Brest 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Troyes 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 Ajaccio 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Strasbourg 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Rennes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Auxerre 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
19 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Clermont 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0

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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.