In a weekend match in week 25, on Friday Feb 24th, Lille hosts Brest at Stade Pierre-mauroy in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 6th placed Lille, recorded a 3-4 loss against Paris Saint Germain. Kylian Mbappé struck first for Paris Saint Germain in the 11th minute on a feed from Neymar, then Neymar added another in the 17th minute on a feed from Vitor Ferreira. Lille should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 16th placed Brest, recorded a 1-2 loss against Monaco. Aleksandr Golovin scored the first goal for Monaco in the 39th minute, then Myron Boadu added another in the 73rd minute. Brest looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Wednesday Jan 11th, Brest and Lille battled to a 0-0 draw in front of just over 11000. Neither Brest nor Lille could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 5 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Brest’s top weapon lately has been Jérémy Le Douaron, who has three goals in the last five matches. Lille is glad to have Jonathan David in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals
Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca’s Lille squad will be without Ismaily and Adam Ounas, while Eric Roy’s squad will be without Loïc Rémy and Franck Honorat.