On Sat Apr 16th, in week 32, Brest will travel to Saint-etienne to battle Saint-Étienne 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 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 18th placed Saint-Étienne is fresh off their 2-6 loss against Lorient. Denis Bouanga struck first for Saint-Étienne in the 4th minute on a feed from Timothée Kolodziejczak, then Arnaud Nordin added another in the 22nd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 61st minute on a goal by Le Fee. Saint-Étienne is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Brest is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Nantes. Randal Kolo Muani scored the first goal for Nantes in the 10th minute, but Brendan Chardonnet got the equalizer for Brest in the 67th minute earning Brest a comeback draw. Brest is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Wed Dec 1st, Brest won by a score of 1 to 0. Romain Faivre scored the first goal for Brest in the 64th minute from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Saint-Étienne couldn’t manage to score, and Brest took the shutout win.
Brest’s most prolific scorer has been Franck Honorat. The French attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Saint-Étienne’s most prolific scorer has been Denis Bouanga. The midfielder has netted three goals over the last 5 matches
Enzo Crivelli, Wahbi Khazri, Romain Hamouma, Joris Gnagnon, Miguel Trauco, Mahdi Camara, Falaye Sacko, Yvann Macon, Yvan Neyou Noupa, Moueffek and Sow are unavailable to play for Pascal Dupraz’s team, while Michel Der Zakarian’s Brest squad will be without Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel, Youcef Belaïli and Jérémy Le Douaron.