📏 Form Guide

Brest

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Brest will be hoping for a better result after the 4-3 Ligue 1 loss in their previous game against Lyon.

In that game, Brest managed 48% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For Brest, the goals were scored by Steve Mounié (60') and Romain Del Castillo (64', 67'). On the other side, Lyon had 16 shots at goal with 8 on target. Corentin Tolisso (18'), Alexandre Lacazette (70'), Nico Tagliafico (79') and Ainsley Maitland-Niles (105') scored for Lyon.

Over their last 6 fixtures, Éric Roy's Brest have seen rewards for their attempts on goal 10 times which gives them an average number of goals per match of 1.67.

Leading up to this clash, Brest:

• have not emerged victorious against Monaco in their previous 4 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 9 league matches at home. It's been impressive.

Monaco

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Monaco head into the encounter following a 1-0 Ligue 1 win against Rennes in their last fixture.

In that game, Monaco managed 52% possession and 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Monaco was Maghnes Akliouche (25'). On the other side, Rennes had 12 shots on goal with 7 on target.

In the course of their 6 latest matches, Adi Hütter's Monaco have managed to stick the ball in the net 12 times thus yielding them a goals scored per game average of 2.

Coming into this contest, Monaco have not been beaten in their last 7 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 28/02/2021 shows us that Brest have won 1 of these and Monaco 5, with the number of drawn games being 0.

In all, 16 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 5 of them from Les Ty' Zefs and 11 being from Les Rouge et Blanc. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The last league fixture featuring the two was Ligue 1 match day 11 on 05/11/2023 when it finished Monaco 2-0 Brest.

In that match, Monaco had 46% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The goals were scored by Denis Zakaria (17') and Aleksandr Golovin (70').

At the other end, Brest got 15 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

The referee was Eric Wattellier.

📋 Team News: Brest

The Brest boss Éric Roy will be happy not to have any fitness worries at all before this clash with a fully healthy squad to choose from.

📋 Team News: Monaco

Monaco manager Adi Hütter has multiple availability issues to deal with. Caio Henrique (Cruciate ligament tear), Guillermo Maripán (Knee injury), Mohamed Camara (Knee injury) and Aleksandr Golovin (Ankle injury) are those who can’t be considered. Thilo Kehrer cannot play in this game through suspension.

🧠 Prediction

Our assessment is that Monaco and Brest won’t have much between them here, and goals could be hard to come by.

That’s why our selection here is for a very even match with a 0-0 scoreline at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 15:04 21/04/2024