In a weekend match on Sunday May 1st, in week 35, Brest plays host to Clermont in a clash of these two mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which is great football weather. 11th placed Brest is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Metz. Youcef Belaïli struck first for Brest in the 27th minute on a feed from Irvin Cardona, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Metz couldn’t manage to score, and Brest took the shutout win. Brest is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while clermont is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Angers SCO. Cho struck first for Angers SCO in the 37th minute, then Ismaël Traoré added another in the 44th minute. Clermont looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
In their last match together, Clermont and Brest battled to a 1-1 draw in front of just over 11000. Brendan Chardonnet struck first for Brest in the 52nd minute, then Elbasan Rashani tied it up for Clermont in the 65th minute on a feed from Jason Berthomier earning Clermont a comeback draw.
Both Jodel Dossou and Mohamed Bayo have been the hottest scorers for Clermont in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Brest’s most prolific scorer has been Franck Honorat. The French attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Michel Der Zakarian’s Brest squad will be without Christophe Herelle, Franck Honorat, Brendan Chardonnet and Jérémy Le Douaron, while Pascal Gastien’s Clermont squad will be without Berthomier, Arthur Desmas, N’Simba, Cedric Hountondji, Jerome Phojo and Diaby.