📏 Form Guide

Lyon

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Lyon, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-3 Ligue 1 victory against Nantes.

In that match, Lyon had 59% possession and 19 shots at goal with 10 on target. For Lyon, the goalscorers were Alexandre Lacazette (75'), Malick Fofana (77') and Gift Orban (97'). On the other side, Nantes got 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. Matthis Abline (16') scored for Nantes.

Pierre Sage's Lyon have netted 12 times over their preceding six outings. The corresponding tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures stands at 7.

Their previous form shows that Lyon:

• haven't won against Brest in their last 2 matches in the league.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

Brest

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Brest will come into the meeting after a 4-3 Ligue 1 win as they beat FC Metz in their most recent game.

In that game, Brest managed 66% possession and 24 shots at goal with 10 on target. For Brest, the scorers were Brendan Chardonnet (12'), Kamory Doumbia (31'), Steve Mounié (36') and Martín Satriano (60'). Metz had 8 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Ismaël Traoré (6') and Georges Mikautadze (74', 80') scored for FC Metz.

Throughout their six previous matches, Éric Roy's Brest have found the back of the net a total of 10 times, giving them the goals per game average of 1.67.

Heading into this fixture, Brest haven't been beaten by Lyon when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels dating back to 19/02/2021, there has been little to separate the clubs with Lyon winning 2 of those games, Brest 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

A total of 17 goals were scored between them in these games, with 9 from Lyon and 8 being from Les Ty' Zefs. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The previous league clash between the two was Ligue 1 match day 6 on 23/09/2023 and the score finished Brest 1-0 Lyon.

In that game, Brest managed 56% possession and 27 attempts on goal with 11 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Steve Mounié (87').

On the other side, Lyon had 6 shots on goal with 3 on target.

The referee was Thomas Leonard.

📋 Team News: Lyon

The Lyon manager Pierre Sage does not have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this game thanks to a fully injury-free group to pick from.

📋 Team News: Brest

Due to a completely healthy squad available to select from, the Brest manager Éric Roy has zero fitness concerns to report coming into this match.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment here is that Brest will have their work cut out to put one past this Lyon side who we think will gain the upper hand.

We’re going for a good tussle with a 1-0 win for Lyon at the end of the match.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

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

Andre Moura, 18:05 14/04/2024