August 28th features a match where Brest and Montpellier will play a match in Brest in a clash of the Ligue 1. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Brest recorded a 3-1 win against Angers SCO. Jérémy Le Douaron scored the first goal for Brest in the 10th minute, then Jérémy Le Douaron added another in the 38th minute. Brest is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while montpellier sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Auxerre. Mamadou Sakho struck first for Montpellier in the 39th minute on a feed from Arnaud Nordin, then Nuno Da Costa tied it up for Auxerre in the 70th minute on a feed from Dugimont Finally they completed the comback victory in the 75th minute on a penalty goal by Mathias Autret to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
For Montpellier, their top scorers are Stephy Mavididi and Teji Savanier, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Brest’s most prolific scorer has been Jérémy Le Douaron. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches
Michel Der Zakarian’s squad will be without Romain Del Castillo, Jere Uronen, Steve Mounié and Noah Fadiga, while Pedro Mendes and Stephy Mavididi are unavailable to play for Olivier Dall’Oglio’s team.