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 Saint-Etienne worry at 15th.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Coupe de France. That game, against Epinal, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Saint-Étienne.
It's quite the trip for Saint-Étienne when visiting Brest as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Brest form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Brest at their home stadium (Stade Francis-Le Blé) is 5 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat.
Brest drew their last game, 0-0 away at Rennes (placed 3rd). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Bordeaux that ended 1-1.
A decent goal production from Brest in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. Brest are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Francis-Le Blé in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Saint-Étienne so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 4-0-8 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Saint-Étienne, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team. Three has not been a lucky number for Saint-Étienne as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Nîmes match.
Saint-Étienne are looking to quickly end their 181 minutes long goal drought in the Ligue 1.
Saint-Étienne play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Epinal. A 0-1 defeat away at Montpellier before that.
Saint-Étienne are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Saint-Étienne have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Saint-Étienne - Brest 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Brest one win, two draws and Saint-Étienne four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Bouanga 7 goals |  R. Hamouma 6 goals |   I. Cardona 5 goals |
Brest missing players
Saint-Étienne missing players
| Brest | Saint-Étienne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 29 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 25 |
| 31 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 38 |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 67% |
| 46% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 54% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 12% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 58% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 21% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 6 | 5.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 281 | 156 | 51 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 124 | 273 |
| 97 | 55 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 46 | 85 |
| 30% | 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 26% | 29% |
- Brest have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Saint-Étienne have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Saint-Étienne haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 46 | 62 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 49 |
| 3 | Rennes | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Lille | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 40 |
| 5 | Monaco | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | Bordeaux | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 33 |
| 10 | Reims | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 33 |
| 11 | Nice | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Nantes | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 33 |
| 13 | Brest | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -2 | 30 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 15 | Saint-Étienne | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 28 |
| 16 | Metz | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 27 |
| 17 | Dijon | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -13 | 24 |
| 19 | Amiens SC | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 21 |
| 20 | Toulouse | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -28 | 13 |