Two sides at the bottom of the Ligue 1 standings will face each other this weekend when Nantes welcomes Brest to Stade de la Beaujoire in the 11th round of the competition. Kickoffs on October 16 at 16:00 EAT.
The hosts are second from the bottom of the Ligue 1 table with seven points, a point above Sunday’s visitors at the bottom of the standings. After winning the French Cup last season, boss Antoine Kombouare may still have some credit left in the bank. If Nantes can find a victory against Brest and gain some much-needed confidence and momentum, they are also still in with an outside chance of finishing second in their Europa League group if they will pick up three points against Qarabag.
Nantes will look to bounce back from 0-4 Europa League trashing at the hands of Freiburg in their previous fixture. In that match, Nantes managed 42% possession and 11 shots with three of them on target. Freiburg got 16 shots with nine of them on target and goals by Lukas Kübler (26′), Michael Gregoritsch (71′), Kevin Schade (82′) and Woo-Yeong Jeong (87′).
Brest currently has six points from 10 games and sit bottom of the table, after a run which led to the sacking of Michel Der Zakarian, even after a relatively successful year last season when they finished 11th, their best league position since returning to the French top flight. Coming into this game, Brest lost four and drawn two of their last six matches (LDLLDL).
Brest heads into this encounter hoping for better results after 1-2 Ligue 1 loss to Lorient in their last game. In that match, Brest had 50% possession, 11 shots with four of them on target and a goal scored by Romain Del Castillo (17′). Lorient got 14 shots with five of them on target and goals by Terem Moffi (24′, 53′).
Nantes vs. Brest head to head to head
Nantes boasts the upper hand in the head to head history of this match having won 10 times from the 15 encounters since 2004; Brest won two times while two matches ended all square.
- Brest 1-1 Nantes 10/04/22
- Nantes 2-0 Brest 28/01/22
- Nantes 3-1 Brest 22/09/21
- Brest 1-3 Nantes 24/07/21
- Brest 1-4 Nantes 02/05/21
Home
- Nantes 0-4 Freiburg
- Rennes 3-0 Nantes
- Freiburg 2-0 Nantes
- Monaco 4-1 Nantes
- Nantes 0-0 Lens
Away
- Brest 1-2 Lorient
- Auxerre 1-1 Brest
- Brest 0-1 AC Ajaccio
- PSG 1-0 Brest
- Brest 1-1 Strasbourg
Nantes team news
Fabien Centonze will be unavailable for the host’s selection for this game through as he recovers from injury.
Brest team news
Manger Michel Der Zakarian will take to the pitch with a fully fit squad.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
- Double Chance 1 or 2
