Ligue 1 preview: Can Nice edge out victory against Brest?

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 06.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Riviera (36178 seats)

Nice have won 16 points running out as the host team. Brest have 10 points as the visiting team. Are we looking at a home win?

Insights:
  • Nice have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Brest have scored at least twice as many goals away as Nice have scored home.

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.

These are active days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Köln.

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Nice form and stats

With 1 Ligue 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Nice are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The Nice boss Favre and his players return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Köln in the Europa Conference League. Defender Atal got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. Atal served one assist, hit two key passes and won 9 of 17 duels.

In the game before, an away victory in the Ligue 1 match versus Lorient with a 2-1 scoreline.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Nice have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Both teams to score! That has happened in 5 league games in a row for this side. Will it happen again?

Nice aren't scoring a lot here at Allianz Riviera in the league, with only {5 goals} from 6 games. Nice have conceded 9 from these games.

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Brest form and stats

Brest have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-1-4 (7 played).

Brest delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Reims (placed 13th) in their previous match. Midfield player Honorat was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.91/10. Honorat hit five key passes.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Clermont at their stadium, the result 3-1.

Brest are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Brest has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these sides: Nice won six, Brest triumphed in two and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

NiceA. Delort
A. Delort
5 goals
NiceN. Pépé
N. Pépé
3 goals
BrestR. Del Castillo
R. Del Castillo
3 goals

Nice missing players

Brest missing players

Nice Brest
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 1 7 13
4 1 0 Won W 1 2 2
4 2 2 Drew D 0 1 4
5 3 1 Lost L 0 4 7
13 5 2 Scored S 3 11 14
16 9 3 Conceded C 1 14 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
69% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 77%
38% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 54%
8% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 71% 46%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 23%
62% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 69%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
31% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 31%
 
4.5 5.7 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 5.3
4.4 4.3 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.7 4.6
1.8 1.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.8
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.1 14.2 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 19 10.6 11.5
3.8 4.3 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 11 4.9 4.5
27% 19% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 32% 24%
 
12 13 12 Shots against (avg) S A 14 14.1 12.1
4 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.1 4.7
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Brest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Brest have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Brest have scored at least twice as many goals away as Nice have scored home.
  • Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Nice have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Nice have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Nice 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 PSG 13 11 2 0 36 8 6 5 1 0 14 7 7 6 1 0 22 1 28 35
2 Lens 13 9 3 1 22 8 7 7 0 0 16 5 6 2 3 1 6 3 14 30
3 Rennes 13 8 3 2 28 12 7 6 0 1 19 5 6 2 3 1 9 7 16 27
4 Lorient 13 8 3 2 24 18 6 4 1 1 11 7 7 4 2 1 13 11 6 27
5 Olympique Marseille 13 7 3 3 22 11 7 4 1 2 11 7 6 3 2 1 11 4 11 24
6 Monaco 13 7 3 3 25 18 7 3 2 2 13 12 6 4 1 1 12 6 7 24
7 Lille 13 7 1 5 25 22 6 4 0 2 13 14 7 3 1 3 12 8 3 22
8 Olympique Lyonnais 13 6 2 5 22 16 7 5 1 1 15 5 6 1 1 4 7 11 6 20
9 Clermont 13 5 3 5 17 20 6 3 0 3 7 12 7 2 3 2 10 8 -3 18
10 Nice 13 4 4 5 13 16 6 1 2 3 5 9 7 3 2 2 8 7 -3 16
11 Toulouse 13 4 4 5 19 23 7 3 3 1 13 12 6 1 1 4 6 11 -4 16
12 Troyes 13 3 4 6 24 28 6 1 4 1 9 10 7 2 0 5 15 18 -4 13
13 Reims 13 2 7 4 14 20 6 1 3 2 6 10 7 1 4 2 8 10 -6 13
14 Montpellier 13 4 0 9 22 27 7 3 0 4 10 12 6 1 0 5 12 15 -5 12
15 Nantes 13 2 6 5 15 21 6 2 3 1 9 7 7 0 3 4 6 14 -6 12
16 Auxerre 13 3 3 7 13 25 7 2 3 2 7 9 6 1 0 5 6 16 -12 12
17 Strasbourg 13 1 7 5 14 21 7 0 4 3 6 12 6 1 3 2 8 9 -7 10
18 Brest 13 2 4 7 14 26 6 0 3 3 3 12 7 2 1 4 11 14 -12 10
19 Ajaccio 13 2 2 9 8 20 6 0 1 5 2 11 7 2 1 4 6 9 -12 8
20 Angers SCO 13 2 2 9 14 31 7 1 1 5 8 16 6 1 1 4 6 15 -17 8

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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.