📏 Form Guide

Brest

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Brest will be looking for another win after the 4-5 Ligue 1 triumph versus Rennes.

In that match, Brest managed 53% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Brest, the goalscorers were Steve Mounié (11'), Martín Satriano (54'), Mahdi Camara (66') and Lilian Brassier (97'). Rennes got 21 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Arnaud Kalimuendo (4', 9'), Warmed Omari (47' Own goal), Arthur Theate (68') and Martin Terrier (79') scored for Rennes.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Brest have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Brest have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 14 goals in the process. Such a pattern isn’t assured to follow through into this game, however.

Going into this contest, Brest have not lost a league tie with Nantes in their last 2 matches.

Nantes

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In their last fixture, Nantes drew 1-1 in the Ligue 1 match with Montpellier.

In that match, Nantes managed 46% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Nantes was Matthis Abline (7'). On the other side, Montpellier got 8 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Akor Adams (2') scored for Montpellier.

The numbers tell their own story, and Nantes have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 11 goals in total. In defence, Nantes have seen their frailties exposed.

Leading up to this clash, Nantes:

• have not emerged victorious against Brest in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head meetings going back to 22/09/2021 tells us that Brest have won 2 of them and Nantes 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A sum of 17 goals were scored between them in this period, with 7 of them for Les Ty' Zefs and 10 coming from Les Canaris. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The last league fixture between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 16 on 17/12/2023 when it finished Nantes 0-2 Brest.

On that day, Nantes managed 52% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 on target.

On the other side, Brest had 14 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Hugo Magnetti (49') and Steve Mounié (57') scored.

The match was refereed by Benoît Millot.

🗞️ Team News: Brest

The Brest boss Éric Roy does not have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game with a fully injury-free squad ready to go.

In all likelihood, Les Ty' Zefs could opt for a 4-3-3 system this time with Marco Bizot, Kenny Lala, Brendan Chardonnet, Lilian Brassier, Bradley Locko, Hugo Magnetti, Jonas Martin, Mahdi Camara, Romain Del Castillo, Steve Mounie and Martin Satriano.

ℹ️ Team News: Nantes

Nantes manager Antoine Kombouaré has to currently contend with reduced team options. Moses Simon (Broken fibula), Ignatius Ganago (Cruciate ligament tear) and Bastien Meupiyou (Meniscus damage) will miss out on this game.

We’re of the thinking that Les Canaris appear most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup, choosing Alban Lafont, Kelvin Amian, J. Castelletto, Nicolas Pallois, Nicolas Cozza, Samuel Moutoussamy, Moussa Sissoko, Abdoul Kader Bamba, Florent Mollet, Matthis Abline and Mostafa Mohamed.

🧠 Prediction

In our opinion, Brest will more than likely get the win and a possible clean sheet when they line up against Nantes, who might well find it difficult scoring a goal of their own.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a 2-0 winning score for Brest at the end of the 90 minutes.

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

Andre Moura, 18:02 04/05/2024