Ligue 1: Lorient vs Brest – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Ligue 1 round 9 match between Lorient and Brest and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Lorient enjoy home advantage, when visitors Brest swing by this coming Monday for a clash in the Ligue 1. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Ranked as number 9 in the Ligue 1 standings, Lorient, have so far collected 12 points this season, while Brest collected nine points. This puts them up as number 13 after eight rounds.

Team form: Lorient vs Brest

Lorient Form

In their last three matches, Lorient won 1-0 and 1-0 against first Paris FC then Monaco, before drawing 0-0 against Angers. Lorient claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Ligue 1. They also drew one and lost three, scored seven goals and conceded nine.

Brest Form

Brest show a mix of results in their previous three matches. They started well with a 5-1 win against Angers. Then a 1-1 draw with Lille followed before they lost against Nice with a 1-2 scoreline. Brest managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Ligue 1. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring 11 time and letting in six.

Betting stats and facts for Lorient and Brest

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Lorient and Brest. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Lorient vs Brest

Having scored just once lately in the Ligue 1, Noah Cadiou will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Brest hope Ludovic Ajorque can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Ligue 1 goals in his last six Ligue 1 games.

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Full-time result

Lorient claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing three. Brest won two of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost five of the games in this run. Amazingly, Brest failed to keep a clean sheet in their 17 last matches.

Both teams to score

Lorient scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Brest got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. Lorient have not conceded a goal in 3 consecutive games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive away games Brest played. Lorient managed the first goal of the game in only four of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Brest were first on target in six of their last 10 outings.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Lorient, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Brest, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.6 times goals per game themselves. Lorient’s last 3 matches had less than three goals.