In this week 22 match on the 22nd of January, Brest hosts Lille at Stade Francis-le Ble in a clash of these two closely matched Ligue 1 teams. 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 0-2 loss against Paris Saint Germain. Kylian Mbappé scored the first goal for Paris Saint Germain in the 32nd minute, then Thilo Kehrer added another in the 53rd minute on a feed from Nuno Mendes At the end of 90 a dissapointed Brest couldn’t manage to score, and Paris Saint Germain took the shutout win. Brest should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while lille sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Olympique Marseille. Sven Botman struck first for Lille in the 15th minute on a feed from Renato Sanches, then Cengiz Ünder tied it up for Olympique Marseille in the 75th minute earning Olympique Marseille at least a draw. Lille is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Oct 23rd, Lille hosted Brest at the Stade Pierre-mauroy in their last match together. Lille and Brest battled to a 1-1 draw. Jonathan David struck first for Lille in the 19th minute on a feed from José Fonte, then Romain Faivre tied it up for Brest in the 32nd minute earning them at least the one point.
Both Jonathan David and Amadou Mvom Onana have been the hottest scorers for Lille in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Franck Honorat and Jérémy Le Douaron are the top scorers for Brest in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Michel Der Zakarian’s Brest squad will be without Romain Del Castillo, Denys Bain and Rafiki Said Ahamada, while Yusuf Yazıcı and Jérémy Pied are unavailable to play for Lille.