Feb 5th features a match where Brest hosts Lens 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 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Brest is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Olympique Lyonnais. Neither Olympique Lyonnais nor Brest could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 28 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Brest is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while lens sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Nice. Gaëtan Laborde struck first for Nice in the 57th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Lens was frustrated by Nice’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Nice ended the match with the shutout victory. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Lens should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On the 22nd of January, Brest hosted Lens at the Stade Francis-le Ble in their last match together. Lens won by a score of 3 to 1. Wesley Saïd struck first for Lens in the 5th minute, but Islam Slimani got the equalizer for Brest in the 19th minute.
Lens’s top weapon lately has been Adrien Thomasson, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Steve Mounié has been the most prolific scorer on Brest in the last five matches with 2 goals
Eric Roy’s squad will be without Romain Del Castillo, Pierre Lees Melou, Brendan Chardonnet, Noah Fadiga and Achraf Dari, while Wuilker Faríñez is unavailable to play for Franck Haise’s team.