In this week 37 match on May 14th, Brest and Monaco will play a match in Monaco in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. 3rd placed Monaco is fresh off their 2-1 win against Lille. Aurelien Tchouameni struck first for Monaco in the 42nd minute on a feed from Wissam Ben Yedder, but Angel Gomes got the equalizer for Lille in the 69th minute. Monaco is on a hot streak lately, having won 9 of their last 10, while brest sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Strasbourg. Kévin Gameiro struck first for Strasbourg in the 72nd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Brest couldn’t manage to score, and Strasbourg took the shutout win. Brest is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Monaco and Brest last played eachother at the Stade Francis-le Ble on Oct 31st. Brest won by a score of 2 to 0 in front of just over 12000 jubilant fans. Steve Mounié struck first for Brest in the 18th minute, then Franck Honorat added another in the 79th minute on a feed from Irvin Cardona In the end, Monaco couldn’t muster any offence and Brest ran away with the shutout win.
Steve Mounié has been the most prolific scorer on Brest in the last 5 matches with two goals. Monaco’s most prolific scorer has been Wissam Ben Yedder. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
Philippe Clement’s Monaco squad will be without Krépin Diatta, Cesc Fàbregas, Aurelien Tchouameni, Axel Disasi, Gelson Martins and Ruben Aguilar, while Michel Der Zakarian’s squad will be without Romain Del Castillo, Julien Faussurier, Franck Honorat and Jérémy Le Douaron.