This is the real thing, this is Ligue 1 and this is Montpellier - Brest. Prepare with our thorough preview!
- Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both teams have had adequate rest since their last competitive action. Let's look for an in-your-face game!
Montpellier form and stats
The complete Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Montpellier are 7-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).
The Montpellier goalkeeper Jonas Omlin is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 1.
Happy days for Montpellier in their previous game, a fixture away at Bordeaux (placed 20th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. The goalie Omlin was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.93 out of ten. Omlin saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Montpellier drew at home versus Nice.Montpellier have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade de la Mosson with 24 goals in 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Montpellier's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Brest form and stats
The visitors are W4-D5-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.
Brest are travelling again after losing away to Angers SCO in their previous match (0-1). The attacker Belaïli got a match rating of 7.41 in that game. Belaïli hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
A loss against Olympique Marseille was the result prior to that, in a home game.21 goals have been conceded by Brest in these games. More than 55 percent of these were let in from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of games.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved encountered each other earlier this campaign: Brest - Montpellier 0-4. Montpellier-Brest H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Montpellier five wins, Brest zero wins, five draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Honorat 9 goals |   S. Mavididi 8 goals |  S. Wahi 8 goals |
Montpellier missing players
Brest missing players
| Montpellier | Brest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 43 | 24 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 36 |
| 40 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 43 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 87% | 86% |
| 45% | 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | 45% |
| 41% | 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 13% | 24% |
| 21% | 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 48% | 47% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 73% | 62% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 7% | 17% |
| 24% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 5.8 | 4.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 14.5 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.8 |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 36% | 30% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | 32% |
| 16.2 | 13 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 14.6 | 12.7 |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
- Brest 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 59 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 32 | 65 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 18 | 53 |
| 3 | Rennes | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 63 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 35 | 52 |
| 4 | Nice | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 50 |
| 5 | Strasbourg | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 48 |
| 6 | Lille | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 46 |
| 7 | Monaco | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 44 |
| 8 | Lens | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 44 |
| 9 | Nantes | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 42 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 42 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 41 |
| 12 | Reims | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 36 |
| 13 | Brest | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -7 | 35 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -9 | 32 |
| 15 | Troyes | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -15 | 29 |
| 16 | Lorient | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -19 | 28 |
| 17 | Clermont | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -23 | 28 |
| 18 | Saint-Etienne | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -22 | 27 |
| 19 | Metz | 29 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 23 |
| 20 | Bordeaux | 29 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 70 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 41 | -32 | 22 |
