In a mid week match in week 33, on Wednesday Apr 20th, Olympique Lyonnais will travel to Brest to battle Brest in a Ligue 1 match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Brest is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Saint-Étienne. Franck Honorat scored the first goal for Brest in the 8th minute, then Mahdi Camara tied it up for Saint-Étienne in the 14th minute on a feed from Denis Bouanga But luckily in the 39th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Mahdi Camara. Brest is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while olympique Lyonnais sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 6-1 blowout win against Bordeaux. Moussa Dembélé scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 20th minute, then Karl Toko Ekambi added another in the 27th minute. Olympique Lyonnais is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Olympique Lyonnais and Brest last played eachother at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais on Aug 7th. Olympique Lyonnais and Brest battled to a 1-1 draw. Irvin Cardona scored the first goal for Brest in the 43rd minute, but Islam Slimani got the equalizer for Olympique Lyonnais in the 62nd minute squeezing out at least the one point for Olympique Lyonnais.
Olympique Lyonnais is fortunate enough to have Moussa Dembélé in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Franck Honorat has been the most effective weapon for Brest lately. The French attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches
Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel, Christophe Herelle, Brendan Chardonnet, Youcef Belaïli and Jérémy Le Douaron are unavailable to play for Brest, while Peter Bosz’s Olympique Lyonnais squad will be without Tanguy Ndombélé, Thiago Mendes, Léo Dubois, Rayan Cherki, Jason Denayer, Anthony Lopes, Maxence Caqueret, Karl Toko Ekambi, Tino Kadewere and Sinaly Diomande.