August 14th features a match where Brest plays host to Olympique Marseille 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 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 13th placed Brest, recorded a 2-3 loss against Lens. Florian Sotoca struck first for Lens in the 27th minute, then Florian Sotoca added another in the 62nd minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Olympique Marseille recorded a 4-1 win against Reims. Wout Faes scored the first goal for Olympique Marseille on an own goal in the 13th minute, then Nuno Tavares added another in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time. Olympique Marseille is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Dieng has been the most prolific scorer on Olympique Marseille in the last five matches with three goals. Brest’s most prolific scorer has been Karamoko Dembélé. He has netted two goals over the last five matches
Brest will be without Jere Uronen and Steve Mounié, while Pau López is unavailable to play for Igor Tudor’s team.