Brest v FC Lorient: Ligue 1 Action on Match-day 10

The Stade Francis-Le Blé sees Sunday action as Brest take on Lorient – 3:00pm GMT.

Currently sitting in third place, Lorient will travel to Brest, who are 15 places lower in the League and sit in eighteenth place.

It’s six points so far for Brest this season, going into this match

Brest drew 1-1 when they visited Auxerre, their disappointment was further deepened, having previously drawn against AC Ajaccio, they must now try and get a positive result from this fixture.

Also, Brest have now lost four of their last six games, a worrying statistic that has to be addressed by Manager Michel Der Zakarian. They currently stand eighteenth in the League, with six points for a total of 1 wins, 5 losses and 3 draws having won one game, drawn three fixtures, and lost five games.

Brest have drawn two fixtures and lost two games of their four League matches at home this season.

A win in this fixture would take Brest’s points to 9 in the League.

Going into Sunday’s game, Michel Der Zakarian without two of his players, due to illness or injury.

FC Lorient’s Ligue 1 season, has so far seen them gain 22 points, going into this game

Lorient come to this game on the back of a 2-1 home win against Lille at Stade Yves Allainmat-Le Moustoir.

Also, success in football comes from winning more games than your opponents, simply put, if Lorient can continue to extend their winning streak from five games then Regis Le Bris’ squad will have an incredible season. With a third position in the league and 7 wins, 1 losses and 1 draws, they currently have 22 points in the League having won seven matches, drawn one game, and lost one game.

Playing away from home, Lorient have won three meetings, drawn one game, and lost one game.

Winning this fixture will see FC Lorient on 25 points.

Good Attacking Performance

This has been a good season so far for Lorient, in terms of goals scored (19). This is largely down to the efforts of their stand-out attackers – Terem Moffi (6), Dango Ouattara (4), and Ibrahima Kone (2). Lorient have conceded 13 goals.

Lorient’s squad has depth, but even so, Regis Le Bris is likely to be missing two of they key players when they start Sunday’s game.

Brest v FC Lorient – Head-to-Head.

Regarding their historical duels the recent form between these two sides has seen Lorient with a greater number of wins. In the last 28 meetings, they have enjoyed 14 victories, to Brest’s nine victories. Further, Lorient have been hugely successful away to Brest of late, winning 15 matches times in the last ten. The last time they played each other in this competition was July 2022, when Brest walked away as 1-0 winners.

Performance Report

For Brest, Pierre Lees-Melou, one of their best scorers, has nettedtwo goals in nine League games this season, while Terem Moffi is one of the top performing players after having scoredsix goals in nine League games this campaign for Lorient.

Other standout players for Brest are Pierre Lees-Melou and Jeremy Le Douaron with two goals each and for Lorient are Terem Moffi and Dango Ouattara with six goals both.