There's seemingly a considerable contrast in form between these teams based on the league table so far, with Nice ahead of Brest by 9 points.
- Nice have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Ligue 1
- Brest have yet to win a game.
Both sides have had ample time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an active fixture!
Brest have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Nice form and stats
Nice must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Ligue 1 games here at Allianz Riviera.
A good away victory last time out for Nice, who won 3-0 against Saint-Etienne (placed 20th). Walter Benítez, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.02 out of 10 in that game. Benítez stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Heartbreak before that as Nice lost 0-1 at Lorient's place.Nice can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 6 times. From these home matches, Nice have conceded only 2 goals.
Brest form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Brest failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligue 1 home match vs Metz (placed 18th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfielder Franck Honorat was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.6. Honorat hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
A 1-3 defeat away at Nantes before that.The visiting Brest have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 4 games. The Brest manager M. Der Zakarian has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Nice wins - draws - Brest wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Gouiri 5 goals |  K. Dolberg 3 goals |  H. Boudaoui 2 goals |
Nice missing players
Brest missing players
| Nice | Brest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.1 | 4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 4 | 1.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 11.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.2 | 10.9 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 26% |
- All of Brest's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Brest have scored in all their matches so far.
- Brest have yet to win a game.
- Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nice have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nice have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nice have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Ligue 1
- Nice have the most clean sheets (5) in Ligue 1
- Nice have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Nice have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Lens | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Nice | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | Angers SCO | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Lorient | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Monaco | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Lille | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Nantes | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Reims | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Strasbourg | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Rennes | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 15 | Clermont | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Bordeaux | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Troyes | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 18 | Metz | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 19 | Brest | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 3 |