Brest hosts Nice in round 20 of French Ligue 1. The match will be played on Sunday, January 9th at Stade Francis-Le Blé (Brest)
Brest earned only one point in the last two matches of the French championship (one defeat and one draw). It is noteworthy that before that, the team had a streak of six consecutive victories. Such results allowed the Pirates to turn from the outsiders into middle peasants. Now they are on the 12th line in the standings with 25 points scored. The gap from the three losers is nine points. All indicators of Michel Der Zakarian's charges in the current Ligue 1 draw are as follows: six victories, seven draws, and six defeats with a goal difference of 26-28. The home results are absolutely unremarkable: three victories, three draws, and three defeats with a goal difference of 13-13. The last four games at home ended with “Both teams to score — no.”
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Nice gained good shape at the end of 2021. The team won two victories in a row and returned to the Champions League zone. Let me remind you that Christophe Galtier’s men are now in the third position in the standings with 33 points in their assets. The Eaglets show quite good results on foreign pitches. They earned 19 points in nine away matches. All the results look like this: six victories, one draw, and two defeats with a goal difference of 15-5. By the way, no one in Ligue 1 conceded such a small number of goals away. Only Paris Saint-Germain has a better away performance in the French championship. In total, Nice conceded only 17 goals in 19 Ligue 1 matches. And only Marseille has a better defensive line (15 goals conceded).
The head-to-head match in the first round of the French championship ended with a score of 2-1 in favor of Nice. In the previous season, the Pirates were stronger than Nice at home (2-0). Perhaps I agree with bookmakers who didn’t outline a favorite in this pair. Both teams are rested and motivated. Brest performs quite well at home. At the same time, Nice shows decent results on foreign pitches. I think we should wait for a fairly serious fight. Most likely, we will not see a large number of goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
