On Sun Jan 9th, in week 20, Brest hosts Nice at Stade Francis-le Ble in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Brest recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Bordeaux. Steve Mounié scored the first goal for Brest in the 36th minute from the penalty spot, then Romain Faivre added another in the 81st minute on a penalty At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bordeaux couldn’t manage to score, and Brest took the shutout win. Brest is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while nice sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Lens. Arnaud Muinga struck first for Lens in the 30th minute on a feed from Christopher Wooh, then in the 63rd minute, Pablo Rosario sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Mario Lemina Finally they completed the comback in the 79th minute on a goal by Justin Kluivert to cap off a wild match. Nice should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Oct 2nd, Nice hosted Brest at the Allianz Riviera in their last match together. Nice was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Jean-Clair Todibo scored the first goal for Nice in the 45th minute, then Melvin Bard added another in the 61st minute.
Youcef Atal and Kasper Dolberg are the top scorers for Nice in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Both Franck Honorat and Romain Faivre have been the hottest scorers for Brest in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.