On the 9th of October, Lorient will travel to Brest to battle Brest in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Brest recorded a 1-1 draw against Auxerre. Islam Slimani scored the first goal for Brest in the 64th minute, but M’Baye Niang got the equalizer for Auxerre in the 86th minute earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Lorient is fresh off their 2-1 win against Lille. Bafode Diakite scored the first goal for Lorient on an own goal in the 9th minute, then Jonathan David got the equalizer for Lille in the 78th minute on a feed from Jonathan Bamba. Lorient is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir, Lorient was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost 11000 fans. Marveaux struck first for Lorient in the 22nd minute on a penalty kick, but Gaëtan Charbonnier got the equalizer for Brest in the 36th minute on a penalty kick.
Lorient is fortunate enough to have Dango Aboubacar Faissal Ouattara in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals. Franck Honorat and Pierre Lees Melou are the top scorers for Brest in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Steve Mounié, Noah Fadiga and Jérémy Le Douaron are unavailable to play for Brest, while Lorient will be without Adil Aouchiche.