Ace Football previews the Ligue 1 game between Nice and Brest who meet up this coming Sunday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Nice enjoy home advantage, when visitors Brest swing by on Sunday for a clash in the Ligue 1. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.
Placed 13th in the table Nice have amassed 21 points after 19 matches. On 22 points, Brest rank 12th with 19 matches played this season.
Team form: Nice vs Brest
Nice Form
Nice are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Go Ahead Eagles by 3-1, before beating Nantes by 1-4. The winning streak came to an end against Ludogorets Razgrad, who ran out 1-0 winners. Nice only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Ligue 1 matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew two and lost two, as they scored eight and conceded ten goals.
Brest Form
Brest have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it started with a 2-0 win against Auxerre. Unable to follow that up, they went down 2-1 against Lyon, before suffering another loss in a 0-2 match against Toulouse. Brest only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Ligue 1. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by 13 goals to seven.
Betting stats for Nice and Brest
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Nice and Brest. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- Nice have lost 7 of the last 9 matches in the Ligue 1 while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In the last 4 Nice matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In the last 4 Nice matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Nice matches the sum of goals was over 4.5
- Nice have won 3 of the last 4 matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- In the last 5 Brest away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 9 of the last 11 Brest matches in the Ligue 1, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 4 Brest away matches in the Ligue 1, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Brest have lost 4 of the last 5 away matches in the Ligue 1 while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Brest have lost the last 3 away matches in a row and the sum of goals was over 2.5
Players in form: Nice vs Brest
Mohamed-Ali Cho is showing good form for Nice, scoring one goals in their last six matches. Ludovic Ajorque scored once in his previous half dozen outings.
Popular betting markets: Nice vs Brest
Full-time result
Nice claimed four wins, drew two and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Brest won two, drew two and lost six of their last 10 games away. Nice have not lost to Brest in 9 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Nice scored first in six of their last ten home games. Brest scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Brest should be able to score at least once on Sunday as Nice failed in keeping a single clean sheet in those last 10 outings. Brest managed three clean sheets in their 10 most recent outings.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Nice’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Brest’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.1 goals in these matches. Amazingly, Nice failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 9 matches.
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