📏 Form Guide

Brest

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Brest will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 4-1 Ligue 1 defeat in their last game at the hands of Marseille.

In that match, Brest had 46% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Brest was Abdallah Sima (25'). Marseille got 11 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Amine Gouiri (8', 45', 63') and Mason Greenwood (37') scored for Marseille.

Fixtures involving Brest have tended to be absorbing encounters lately with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past half dozen clashes, a total of 24 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 4 goals per game) with 11 of them coming from Brest. Historical results aside, we’ll just have to find out if that trend will persist here in this match.

Montpellier

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Last time out, Montpellier drew 0-0 in the Ligue 1 match with Reims.

In that game, Montpellier had 54% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Reims had 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

In 5 of the prior six clashes involving Montpellier, a comparatively low number of goals have been struck between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game within that spell comes out as a mere 2.17, with the average goals for La Paillade equalling 0.17.

Coming into this contest, Montpellier have not won away from home in their last 6 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels going back to 03/04/2022, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Brest winning 3 of those games, Montpellier 3 and 0 being draws in regulation time.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 23 in all at an average of 3.83 goals per match.

The last league contest featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 11 on 10/11/2024 and the score finished Montpellier 3-1 Brest.

In that match, Montpellier managed 32% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. The scorers were Arnaud Nordin (6'), Wahbi Khazri (12') and Tanguy Coulibaly (84').

On the other side, Brest had 19 shots on goal with 6 on target. Jonas Martin (50') scored.

The match was refereed by Jérémie Pignard.

🗞️ Team News: Brest

Soumaïla Coulibaly (Adductor pain), Bradley Locko (Achilles tendon rupture), Ibrahim Salah (Foot injury) and Justin Bourgault (Toe injury) will not be able to play for Brest boss Éric Roy.

In our view, Les Ty' Zefs should use the 4-3-3 system for this one, utilising Gregoire Coudert, Kenny Lala, Brendan Chardonnet, Julien Le Cardinal, Massadio Haidara, Mahdi Camara, Pierre Lees-Melou, Hugo Magnetti, Mathias Pereira-Lage, Ludovic Ajorque and Abdallah Sima.

ℹ️ Team News: Montpellier

Montpellier boss Zoumana Camara has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Christopher Jullien (Cruciate ligament tear), Enzo Tchato (Dead leg), Nicolas Pays (Metatarsal fracture), Glenn Ngosso (Cruciate ligament tear) and Nikola Maksimović (Hamstring injury) can’t be considered.

We reckon that La Paillade could decide to play in a 3-2-4-1 system with a starting lineup of Benjamin Lecomte, Yael Mouanga, Becir Omeragic, L. Mincarelli Davin, W. Ndollo Bille, Theo Sainte-Luce, Tanguy Coulibaly, Rabby Nzingoula, Jordan Ferri, Khalil Fayad and Junior Ndiaye.

🧠 Prediction

In this match, Montpellier may well find it hard to put one past a Brest lineup who appear set to dominate proceedings.

We predict a very comfortable 3-0 winning margin for Brest at the end of the game.

Renata Leite, 15:02 04/05/2025