Brest vs Rennes match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 17.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis-Le Ble (15097 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Brest have their presumed home advantage while Rennes are ahead 7 points in the Ligue 1 table.

Insights:
  • Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rennes has the most points from losing position (12) in Ligue 1

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Brest form and stats

19 points is a decent return from 9 Ligue 1 games here at Stade Francis-Le Ble for Brest. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Brest are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Paris Saint Germain. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Nice.

Brest's goalkeeper Gautier Larsonneur was extremely busy against Paris Saint Germain, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.

Goals decide football matches and Brest are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.

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Rennes form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Rennes's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Olympique Lyonnais that finished 2-2. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Nantes.

Drawing 2-2 against Olympique Lyonnais after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager J. Stéphan needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.

Rennes has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. It's not easy to score on Rennes as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Rennes - Brest 2-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Brest victory, three draws and six Rennes wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrestF. Honorat
F. Honorat
5 goals
BrestS. Mounié
S. Mounié
5 goals
BrestR. Faivre
R. Faivre
4 goals

Brest missing players

Rennes missing players

Brest Rennes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 1 9 19
8 6 2 Won W 1 4 9
2 1 0 Drew D 0 4 6
9 2 1 Lost L 0 1 4
30 19 6 Scored S 1 14 28
34 14 5 Conceded C 0 8 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
89% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 78% 79%
74% 78% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 58%
47% 56% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 16%
26% 44% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
58% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 58%
21% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 44% 26%
21% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.3 12.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 15 13 13
4.6 5.2 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 3.9
34% 40% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 39% 38%
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.
  • Rennes has the most points from losing position (12) 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 Olympique Lyonnais 19 11 7 1 39 18 9 6 3 0 22 8 10 5 4 1 17 10 21 40
2 Paris Saint Germain 19 12 3 4 43 11 10 7 1 2 25 5 9 5 2 2 18 6 32 39
3 Lille 19 11 6 2 33 14 10 6 3 1 18 6 9 5 3 1 15 8 19 39
4 Monaco 19 10 3 6 36 27 10 6 3 1 23 13 9 4 0 5 13 14 9 33
5 Rennes 19 9 6 4 28 21 10 5 2 3 14 13 9 4 4 1 14 8 7 33
6 Olympique Marseille 17 9 5 3 25 16 8 4 3 1 14 9 9 5 2 2 11 7 9 32
7 Angers SCO 19 9 3 7 25 30 9 4 1 4 9 12 10 5 2 3 16 18 -5 30
8 Montpellier 19 8 4 7 31 32 10 4 1 5 17 20 9 4 3 2 14 12 -1 28
9 Lens 18 8 3 7 28 28 9 4 2 3 15 14 9 4 1 4 13 14 0 27
10 Bordeaux 19 7 5 7 20 21 10 4 3 3 10 8 9 3 2 4 10 13 -1 26
11 Brest 19 8 2 9 30 34 9 6 1 2 19 14 10 2 1 7 11 20 -4 26
12 Metz 19 6 7 6 20 18 10 4 3 3 12 10 9 2 4 3 8 8 2 25
13 Nice 18 6 5 7 22 25 9 2 2 5 10 18 9 4 3 2 12 7 -3 23
14 Reims 19 5 6 8 27 29 9 3 2 4 9 11 10 2 4 4 18 18 -2 21
15 Strasbourg 19 6 2 11 28 32 9 2 2 5 11 14 10 4 0 6 17 18 -4 20
16 Saint-Étienne 19 4 7 8 20 29 9 2 4 3 9 11 10 2 3 5 11 18 -9 19
17 Nantes 19 3 8 8 19 31 9 2 5 2 10 14 10 1 3 6 9 17 -12 17
18 Dijon 19 2 8 9 12 26 10 0 5 5 3 10 9 2 3 4 9 16 -14 14
19 Lorient 19 3 3 13 20 38 9 2 1 6 11 17 10 1 2 7 9 21 -18 12
20 Nimes 19 3 3 13 14 40 10 1 1 8 9 23 9 2 2 5 5 17 -26 12

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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.