Brest favourites for feisty fight facing Toulouse

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Francis-Le Ble (15097 seats)

2nd position in the Ligue 1 table for Brest right now, a tip-top achievement. The home team fans hope for more joy as 11th-placed Toulouse visit Stade Francis-Le Ble.

Insights:
  • Brest have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Brest have created more than twice as many corners as Toulouse.

Toulouse have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

The visiting Toulouse played their last game only three days ago, a Europa League match.

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Brest form and stats

Brest have collected seven points from their first three Ligue 1 games here at Stade Francis-Le Ble, a promising start.

Brest are confident in defense, having played 251 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The home team returns to Stade Francis-Le Ble after drawing with Nice (placed 4th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Brassier was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.82 out of 10. The defender Brassier won 5 of 5 duels.

Before that, Brest had a home game versus Olympique Lyonnais which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Brest handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats.

Brest are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Brest have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Toulouse form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Toulouse have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.

The club members enjoyed Toulouse's previous match versus LASK Linz, a Europa League win (1-0) played at home. Defender Suazo was the best team player with a rating of 8.4. Suazo scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 7 of 8 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Metz in the Ligue 1.

Toulouse are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Toulouse as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. 5 goals have been conceded by Toulouse in these games.

Head 2 Head

Brest have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when playing Toulouse.

Top Goalscorers

BrestR. Del Castillo
R. Del Castillo
3 goals
ToulouseZ. Aboukhlal
Z. Aboukhlal
3 goals
ToulouseF. Magri
F. Magri
2 goals

Brest missing players

Toulouse missing players

Brest Toulouse
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 0 4 7
4 2 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 2
8 4 0 Scored S 0 3 9
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 5 8
71% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 86%
57% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 86%
43% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 57%
14% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 57%
43% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 29%
43% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 29%
 
6.9 7.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.2 3.1
5.1 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.2 6.3
2.6 2.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.4 18.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.2 9.3
6 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.8 4
19% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 32%
 
11.1 6.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17.8 15.7
4.3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4.1
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Brest have created more than twice as many corners as Toulouse.
  • Brest have not yet lost a game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monaco 7 4 2 1 18 10 4 3 0 1 9 3 3 1 2 0 9 7 8 14
2 Brest 7 4 2 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 14
3 Reims 7 4 1 2 13 8 3 2 0 1 5 2 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 13
4 Nice 7 3 4 0 8 4 4 1 3 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 5 3 4 13
5 Paris Saint Germain 7 3 3 1 14 6 4 2 1 1 9 4 3 1 2 0 5 2 8 12
6 Rennes 7 2 5 0 13 7 4 2 2 0 12 6 3 0 3 0 1 1 6 11
7 LOSC Lille 7 3 2 2 10 9 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 1 2 1 6 7 1 11
8 Strasbourg 7 3 1 3 7 9 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 1 0 2 1 5 -2 10
9 Montpellier 7 2 3 2 12 9 3 0 2 1 3 5 4 2 1 1 9 4 3 9
10 Le Havre 7 2 3 2 10 9 4 2 0 2 6 5 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 9
11 Toulouse 7 2 3 2 9 8 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 1 1 2 3 5 1 9
12 Olympique Marseille 7 2 3 2 9 11 3 2 1 0 4 1 4 0 2 2 5 10 -2 9
13 Nantes 7 2 2 3 12 14 4 1 2 1 10 9 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 8
14 Metz 7 2 2 3 7 13 3 0 2 1 4 5 4 2 0 2 3 8 -6 8
15 Lens 7 2 1 4 7 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 0 3 4 9 -5 7
16 Lorient 7 1 3 3 10 15 4 1 2 1 7 7 3 0 1 2 3 8 -5 6
17 Clermont 7 0 2 5 5 12 4 0 1 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 3 6 -7 2
18 Olympique Lyonnais 7 0 2 5 3 13 3 0 1 2 2 8 4 0 1 3 1 5 -10 2

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Read more about Ligue 1

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.