In this week 11 match, on Sun Oct 16th, Brest will travel to Nantes to battle Nantes in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. Nantes sits at 19th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Rennes. Amine Gouiri struck first for Rennes in the 26th minute, then Martin Terrier added another in the 80th minute on a feed from Amine Gouiri In the end, Nantes couldn’t muster any offence and Rennes ran away with the shutout win. Nantes looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while 20th placed Brest is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Lorient. Romain Del Castillo scored the first goal for Brest in the 17th minute, then Terem Moffi tied it up for Lorient in the 24th minute But luckily in the 53rd minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Terem Moffi. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match on the 28th of January, Nantes was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Ludovic Blas struck first for Nantes in the 25th minute on a feed from Nicolas Pallois, then Ludovic Blas added another in the 53rd minute on a feed from Randal Kolo Muani In the end, Brest couldn’t muster any offence and Nantes ran away with the shutout win.
Brest is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Pierre Lees Melou and Islam Slimani each only have 1 goal in their last 5.
Nantes will be without Charles Traoré and Fábio, while Michel Der Zakarian’s Brest squad will be without Brendan Chardonnet, Steve Mounié and Noah Fadiga.