📊 Form Guide

Brest

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Brest prepare for this game following on from a 0-0 Ligue 1 drawn result against Nantes.

In that match, Brest managed 72% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Nantes had 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

Fixtures featuring Brest have often been lively ones of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a common characteristic. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum of 26 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 4.33 goals per game) with 13 of those accredited to Brest.

Their past results show that Brest:

• have not been beaten in the league by Reims in their previous 5 matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

Reims

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After tasting defeat last time out to Clermont Foot in Ligue 1 action, Reims and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Reims had 50% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Reims was Keito Nakamura (33'). Clermont Foot had 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Muhammed Cham (31', 56') and Elbasan Rashani (79', 90') scored for Clermont Foot.

Reims have been good when going forward leading up to this encounter, having scored 6 goals in their last 6 matches. Having said that, Reims have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same games. That being said, time will tell if that trend will be maintained here in this match.

Their prior results show that Reims:

• are winless against Brest when they've played them away from home in the last 6 league games. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• haven't been beaten by Brest in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
• have not won away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 24/01/2021, there has been little between the sides with Brest winning 1 of those games, Reims 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

In all, 10 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for Les Ty' Zefs and 5 belonging to Les rouges et blancs. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.

The previous league meeting between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 5 on 17/09/2023 and the score finished Reims 1-2 Brest.

That time, Reims managed 52% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The scorer was Amir Richardson (19').

At the other end, Brest had 18 shots at goal with 7 on target. Mahdi Camara (50') and Pierre Lees-Melou (56') scored.

The match was refereed by Gaël Angoula.

📋 Team News: Brest

The Brest boss Éric Roy has a full complement, with no fitness concerns to speak of before this match thanks to a fully injury-free group available for selection.

In our view, Les Ty' Zefs may well use a 4-2-3-1 system for this one featuring Marco Bizot, Kenny Lala, Brendan Chardonnet, Lilian Brassier, Bradley Locko, Jonas Martin, Hugo Magnetti, Jeremy Le Douaron, Mahdi Camara, Martin Satriano and Steve Mounie.

📰 Team News: Reims

Due to a mostly full-strength squad, there is only the one fitness worry for the Reims boss Samba Diawara to contend with. Joseph Okumu (Groin injury) won’t be playing here.

It’s our belief that Les rouges et blancs seem likely to utilise a 4-3-3 lineup by sending out Yehvann Diouf, Therence Koudou, Emmanuel Agbadou, Yunis Abdelhamid, Sergio Akieme, Marshall Munetsi, Benjamin Stambouli, Teddy Teuma, Junya Ito, Oumar Diakite and Keito Nakamura.

✨ Prediction

We’re thinking that Brest will probably be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

Conversely, Reims will not find it easy to score a goal of their own but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be scoring as well.

We’re tipping a 3-1 winning margin for Brest by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:08 10/05/2024