Edgy top table page-turner in Ligue 1 as Brest have come the 869 miles required to challenge Nice at their Allianz Riviera.
- Nice have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Ligue 1
- Brest is in the best form (4-1-1) in Ligue 1
These teams have little in common geographically as Brest have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both squads have had plentiful rest since their last game. Let's wish for an in-your-face fixture!
Nice form and stats
Nice must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Ligue 1 games here at Allianz Riviera.
Happy days for Nice in their previous game, a fixture away at Monaco (placed 4th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Manager Farioli felt very clever after Boga scored the winning goal against Monaco, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 64th minute. Goalkeeper Bułka got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.45 out of ten. Bułka saved two (!) penalties and topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Paris Saint Germain.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Nice's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 9 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Defensively Nice have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Brest form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Ligue 1 away games so far for Brest with six points collected from three matches.
Brest had fun at their own home (Allianz Riviera) last time out, beating Olympique Lyonnais 1-0. Mounié scored. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Roy when Mounié scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute. Castillo got a match rating of 8.81 in that game, top player of the team. Castillo hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Reims.The visiting Brest have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. As opposed to that, Brest have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior ten meetings featuring these two teams are: six wins for Nice, two draws and two wins for Brest. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Moffi 3 goals |   R. Del Castillo 3 goals |  G. Laborde 2 goals |
Nice missing players
Brest missing players
| Nice | Brest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.8 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 7 | 7.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.5 | 15 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 15.3 | 16.8 |
| 6 | 4.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.3 | 6.7 |
| 22% | 23% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 21% | 20% |
| 8.7 | 7.3 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 15.3 | 11 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.7 | 4.8 |
- All of Brest's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brest have the most points from losing position (6) in Ligue 1
- Brest is in the best form (4-1-1) in Ligue 1
- Nice have not yet lost a game.
- Nice have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Ligue 1
- Nice have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Ligue 1
- Nice have the most clean sheets (3) in Ligue 1
- Nice have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Ligue 1
- Nice have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | Brest | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | Nice | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Paris Saint Germain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 4 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | Strasbourg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Olympique Marseille | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Rennes | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Lille | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Metz | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Nantes | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Reims | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Lorient | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Toulouse | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | Lens | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Olympique Lyonnais | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 2 |
| 18 | Clermont | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
