📏 Form Guide

Nice

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Nice will be hoping to bounce back here following a 2-0 Ligue 1 loss in their previous game against Rennes.

In that match, Nice had 49% possession and 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. For their opponents, Rennes had 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. Arnaud Kalimuendo (15', 80') was the scorer for Rennes.

It has been seldom in recent games where Nice have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Nice have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals during that time.

Taking a look at their past results, Nice:

• are unbeaten in the league by Brest in their last 3 matches.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Brest

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Brest go into this match after a 2-0 Ligue 1 win over Lille in their previous outing.

In that match, Brest managed 39% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Brest, the goals were scored by Ludovic Ajorque (42') and Kamory Doumbia (64'). At the other end, Lille had 18 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

Illustrating their fondness for high-scoring matches, goals have been celebrated 21 times in the last six matches in which Brest have taken to the field, yielding an average of 3.5 goals for each meeting. Opposition teams have got 11 from this total. Despite that, it remains to be seen whether such a trend will be maintained in this upcoming match.

Coming into this contest, Brest haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 09/01/2022 tells us that Nice have won 3 of these games and Brest 1, with the tally of draws being 2.

6 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 5 of them for Les Aiglons and 1 netted by Les Ty' Zefs. The average goals per game has been 1.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 10 on 02/11/2024 and the score finished Brest 0-1 Nice.

On that day, Brest managed 63% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target.

For their opponents, Nice got 12 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Evann Guessand (42') was the scorer.

The referee was Clément Turpin.

ℹ️ Team News: Nice

Tanguy Ndombélé (Pelvic injury), Mohamed Abdelmonem (Cruciate ligament tear) and Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be able to play for Nice gaffer Franck Haise.

It looks as if Les Aiglons look set to make use of the 3-5-2 formation for this game, handing starts to Marcin Bulka, Antoine Mendy, Moise Bombito, Melvin Bard, Jonathan Clauss, Tom Louchet, Hicham Boudaoui, Morgan Sanson, Ali Abdi, Badredine Bouanani and Evann Guessand.

📋 Team News: Brest

Brest manager Éric Roy has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Jordan Amavi (Calf injury), Mama Baldé (Hamstring injury), Soumaïla Coulibaly (Adductor pain), Julien Le Cardinal (Hamstring injury) and Justin Bourgault (Toe injury) will miss out on this game.

From our viewpoint, Les Ty' Zefs could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, going with Marco Bizot, Kenny Lala, Edimilson Fernandes, Abdoulaye N'Diaye, Massadio Haidara, Mahdi Camara, Hugo Magnetti, Kamory Doumbia, Romain Del Castillo, Ludovic Ajorque and Mathias Pereira-Lage.

💭 Prediction

We envisage that Brest should have enough to find the back of the net against this Nice team, but that might not quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our tip is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for Nice at the end of this one. Let’s see what eventuates.

Lucas Pereira, 18:01 17/05/2025