On Jan 22nd, Brest hosts Lens in a Coupe de France match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Brest is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Toulouse. Steve Mounié struck first for Brest in the 18th minute, then Zakaria Aboukhlal tied it up for Toulouse in the 65th minute earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, Lens recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Auxerre. Przemysław Frankowski struck first for Lens in the 59th minute on a penalty, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Auxerre couldn’t manage to score, and Lens took the shutout win. Lens is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Brest won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Lens is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Loïs Openda and Alexis Claude Maurice each having 2 goals in their last five. Brest’s top weapon lately has been Steve Mounié, who has two goals in the last 5 matches.