Reims vs Brest match preview: Even contest expected at Stade Auguste-Delaune II

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 20.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Auguste-Delaune II (21029 seats)

Here's every piece of info you need to know, and some more, going into the Reims - Brest fixture!

Insights:
  • Reims have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

Reims and Brest should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Reims form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Reims at their home stadium (Stade Auguste-Delaune II) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Reims faced defeat in their previous match, away at Nantes (0-1). Midfielder Flips was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.01 (out of ten) in that game. Flips hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Bordeaux.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Reims have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost two.

Reims are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games.

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Brest form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Brest playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Brest are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Impressive finishing from Satriano (2), Honorat (2) and Mounié secured the home win 5-1 against Troyes in their previous game. Midfield player Honorat was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.41/10. Honorat scored two goals, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Rennes wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Brest in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Brest, two draws and six defeats.

Brest find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Brest have conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams get together this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Brest - Reims 1-1. Reims-Brest H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Reims three wins, Brest four wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ReimsH. Ekitike
H. Ekitike
9 goals
BrestF. Honorat
F. Honorat
8 goals
BrestS. Mounié
S. Mounié
6 goals

Reims missing players

Brest missing players

Reims Brest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 4 12 24
6 4 1 Won W 2 3 8
9 3 1 Drew D 2 4 7
9 4 1 Lost L 0 5 9
27 16 7 Scored S 6 13 33
28 11 6 Conceded C 4 19 36
83% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 96%
38% 45% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
21% 27% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 25%
12% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
46% 36% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 67%
33% 45% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
38% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 17%
 
5.1 6.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.6 4.3
5.4 4.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 5.5
2 2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.5 1.6
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 13.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.1 11.1
3.7 4.5 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 4.3
30% 32% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 28% 32%
 
11.6 9.5 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 14.8 12.4
3.4 2.5 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.8 4.6
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Brest's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Brest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Brest have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Reims have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reims have won significantly more 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 PSG 24 18 5 1 52 19 12 11 1 0 28 6 12 7 4 1 24 13 33 59
2 Olympique Marseille 24 13 7 4 38 21 12 5 5 2 22 13 12 8 2 2 16 8 17 46
3 Nice 24 13 4 7 36 21 12 5 3 4 16 14 12 8 1 3 20 7 15 42
4 Strasbourg 24 12 5 7 46 29 12 7 2 3 27 13 12 5 3 4 19 16 17 41
5 Rennes 24 11 4 9 43 22 12 8 1 3 27 8 12 3 3 6 16 14 21 37
6 Monaco 24 10 7 7 37 26 13 7 4 2 25 11 11 3 3 5 12 15 11 37
7 Olympique Lyonnais 24 10 8 6 33 30 13 7 5 1 23 13 11 3 3 5 10 17 3 37
8 Lens 24 10 6 8 39 35 12 6 4 2 22 13 12 4 2 6 17 22 4 36
9 Nantes 24 10 5 9 31 28 12 7 2 3 19 12 12 3 3 6 12 16 3 35
10 Lille 24 9 8 7 32 35 11 5 4 2 15 16 13 4 4 5 17 19 -3 35
11 Montpellier 24 10 4 10 38 34 13 7 2 4 22 14 11 3 2 6 16 20 4 34
12 Brest 24 8 7 9 33 36 12 5 3 4 20 17 12 3 4 5 13 19 -3 31
13 Angers SCO 24 7 8 9 30 35 12 5 1 6 14 15 12 2 7 3 16 20 -5 29
14 Reims 24 6 9 9 27 28 11 4 3 4 16 11 13 2 6 5 11 17 -1 27
15 Clermont 24 6 6 12 24 41 12 3 4 5 13 16 12 3 2 7 11 25 -17 24
16 Troyes 24 5 6 13 21 36 12 2 5 5 11 13 12 3 1 8 10 23 -15 21
17 Lorient 24 4 9 11 20 38 11 4 4 3 10 9 13 0 5 8 10 29 -18 21
18 Saint-Étienne 24 5 6 13 24 45 12 2 4 6 14 24 12 3 2 7 10 21 -21 21
19 Metz 24 4 8 12 25 45 12 1 4 7 15 25 12 3 4 5 10 20 -20 20
20 Bordeaux 24 4 8 12 36 61 12 2 4 6 19 24 12 2 4 6 17 37 -25 20

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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.