Nice vs Brest Preview & Prediction 09 May 2021

With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Nice fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Brest.

Insights:

Nice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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.

Nice are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Brest are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Nice form and stats

6-3-8 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Nice so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager A. Ursea led his Nice to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at Lille. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Allianz Riviera. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Montpellier in a game that was won 3-1.

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

Nice has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Nice have conceded 26 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Brest form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Brest so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-11 (win-draw-lose).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Saint-Étienne with the score of 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Brest have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were one victory, three draws and ten defeats.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Brest have conceded 30 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Brest - Nice 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Nice victories, five draws and two Brest wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Gouiri

12 goals

F. Honorat

8 goals

I. Cardona

7 goals

Nice missing players

Brest missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Nice				Brest
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
35	17	5	Played	P	5	17	35
13	6	2	Won	W	2	3	11
7	3	1	Drew	D	0	3	7
15	8	2	Lost	L	3	11	17
44	22	7	Scored	S	7	16	48
47	26	10	Conceded	C	7	30	61
91%	94%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	94%	94%
83%	82%	100%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	80%	76%	83%
60%	76%	100%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	60%	59%	66%
20%	24%	40%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	35%	43%
6%	6%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	20%	6%	23%
54%	59%	80%	BTTS	BTTS	60%	47%	63%
26%	18%	0%	Clean Sheets	C S	20%	18%	17%
29%	29%	20%	Failed to Score	F T	20%	41%	26%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
1.9	1.6	2.2	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.4	1.3	1.6
3	1	1	Red cards	R C	0	3	4

10.7	11.4	12.6	Shots (avg)	S (	12.2	10.2	11.8
3.6	3.6	4	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	3.8	3.1	4
35%	36%	35%	Goal Efficiency	G E	37%	30%	34%

Nice			First Half	Brest
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
35	17	5	Played	P	5	17	35
10	5	2	Won	W	2	4	12
13	6	2	Drew	D	1	4	9
12	6	1	Lost	L	2	9	14
21	12	4	Scored	S	3	5	26
23	13	3	Conceded	C	3	13	30
71%	76%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	76%	83%
43%	53%	60%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	20%	24%	46%
9%	12%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	20%	6%	20%
3%	6%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	9%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	3%
17%	24%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	6%	26%
51%	47%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	40%	41%	37%
60%	53%	40%	Failed to Score	F T	60%	76%	54%

Nice			Second Half	Brest
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
35	17	5	Played	P	5	17	35
11	5	1	Won	W	2	5	8
15	7	2	Drew	D	1	4	13
9	5	2	Lost	L	2	8	14
23	10	3	Scored	S	4	11	22
24	13	7	Conceded	C	4	17	31
80%	82%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	82%	74%
46%	47%	80%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	60%	59%	51%
9%	6%	20%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	20%	24%	23%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	3%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
29%	24%	40%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	29%	34%
49%	47%	20%	Clean Sheets	C S	60%	41%	40%
43%	47%	40%	Failed to Score	F T	40%	47%	51%

Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:

Nice have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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	Lille	35	22	10	3	59	22	18	10	6	2	28	11	17	12	4	1	31	11	37	76
2	Paris Saint Germain	35	24	3	8	79	27	18	12	1	5	40	14	17	12	2	3	39	13	52	75
3	Monaco	34	22	5	7	71	38	17	11	5	1	39	17	17	11	0	6	32	21	33	71
4	Olympique Lyonnais	34	19	10	5	67	35	17	10	3	4	36	19	17	9	7	1	31	16	32	67
5	Lens	35	15	11	9	55	48	17	7	6	4	28	23	18	8	5	5	27	25	7	56
6	Olympique Marseille	35	15	11	9	50	43	18	9	5	4	29	21	17	6	6	5	21	22	7	56
7	Rennes	35	15	9	11	48	37	17	8	3	6	23	20	18	7	6	5	25	17	11	54
8	Montpellier	35	12	11	12	55	59	18	7	3	8	34	35	17	5	8	4	21	24	-4	47
9	Metz	35	12	10	13	42	42	17	5	4	8	18	22	18	7	6	5	24	20	0	46
10	Nice	35	13	7	15	44	47	17	6	3	8	22	26	18	7	4	7	22	21	-3	46
11	Reims	35	9	15	11	41	43	17	4	8	5	15	18	18	5	7	6	26	25	-2	42
12	Saint-Étienne	35	11	9	15	41	53	17	4	6	7	19	28	18	7	3	8	22	25	-12	42
13	Angers SCO	35	11	8	16	34	53	17	5	3	9	16	25	18	6	5	7	18	28	-19	41
14	Brest	35	11	7	17	48	61	18	8	4	6	32	31	17	3	3	11	16	30	-13	40
15	Bordeaux	35	11	6	18	37	52	18	6	4	8	16	21	17	5	2	10	21	31	-15	39
16	Strasbourg	35	10	8	17	44	54	17	4	4	9	18	25	18	6	4	8	26	29	-10	38
17	Lorient	35	10	8	17	46	62	18	9	2	7	29	28	17	1	6	10	17	34	-16	38
18	Nantes	35	7	13	15	39	53	17	2	8	7	17	27	18	5	5	8	22	26	-14	34
19	Nîmes	35	8	8	19	35	64	18	3	5	10	20	34	17	5	3	9	15	30	-29	32
20	Dijon	35	3	9	23	24	66	18	1	6	11	8	27	17	2	3	12	16	39	-42	18

Nice:

OGC Nice

Brest:

Brest

Table

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Lille	35	22	10	3	59	22	18	10	6	2	28	11	17	12	4	1	31	11	37	76
2	Paris Saint Germain	35	24	3	8	79	27	18	12	1	5	40	14	17	12	2	3	39	13	52	75
3	Monaco	34	22	5	7	71	38	17	11	5	1	39	17	17	11	0	6	32	21	33	71
4	Olympique Lyonnais	34	19	10	5	67	35	17	10	3	4	36	19	17	9	7	1	31	16	32	67
5	Lens	35	15	11	9	55	48	17	7	6	4	28	23	18	8	5	5	27	25	7	56
6	Olympique Marseille	35	15	11	9	50	43	18	9	5	4	29	21	17	6	6	5	21	22	7	56
7	Rennes	35	15	9	11	48	37	17	8	3	6	23	20	18	7	6	5	25	17	11	54
8	Montpellier	35	12	11	12	55	59	18	7	3	8	34	35	17	5	8	4	21	24	-4	47
9	Metz	35	12	10	13	42	42	17	5	4	8	18	22	18	7	6	5	24	20	0	46
10	Nice	35	13	7	15	44	47	17	6	3	8	22	26	18	7	4	7	22	21	-3	46
11	Reims	35	9	15	11	41	43	17	4	8	5	15	18	18	5	7	6	26	25	-2	42
12	Saint-Étienne	35	11	9	15	41	53	17	4	6	7	19	28	18	7	3	8	22	25	-12	42
13	Angers SCO	35	11	8	16	34	53	17	5	3	9	16	25	18	6	5	7	18	28	-19	41
14	Brest	35	11	7	17	48	61	18	8	4	6	32	31	17	3	3	11	16	30	-13	40
15	Bordeaux	35	11	6	18	37	52	18	6	4	8	16	21	17	5	2	10	21	31	-15	39
16	Strasbourg	35	10	8	17	44	54	17	4	4	9	18	25	18	6	4	8	26	29	-10	38
17	Lorient	35	10	8	17	46	62	18	9	2	7	29	28	17	1	6	10	17	34	-16	38
18	Nantes	35	7	13	15	39	53	17	2	8	7	17	27	18	5	5	8	22	26	-14	34
19	Nîmes	35	8	8	19	35	64	18	3	5	10	20	34	17	5	3	9	15	30	-29	32
20	Dijon	35	3	9	23	24	66	18	1	6	11	8	27	17	2	3	12	16	39	-42	18