Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Sunday’s football game at Stade Saint-Symphorien pits together Metz and Brest. Following back-to-back wins over Nantes and Lorient, Metz suffered a 2-0 loss to Lille in their last league match, with the team dropping to 11th place in the standings. Koffi Kouao limped off with injury in the last league fixture, with Joseph Nduquidi likely to step up, while all Maxime Colin, Oscar Estupinan, and Aboubacar Lo remain in the recovery room.
Les Pirates, on the other hand, aim to build on back-to-back wins over Montpellier and Clermont. Brest have a nice opportunity to climb to the Conference League berth and given Metz’s anything but good home record, away win should be considered. Midfielder Pierre Lees-Melou has yet to serve his ban, while defender Jordan Amavi remains on the sidelines with a calf injury. In their last meeting at the venue Brest defeated Metz 1-0.
Highlighted Team (Brest):
Founded in 1950, Brest (Stade Brestois) are a French football club that compete in the Ligue 1. La Team Pirate welcome their opponents at Stade Francis-Le Ble, the venue which was opened back in 1922. The capacity of the stadium is 15,931, but on August 8, 1986 21,619 watched the game between Brest and Olympique Marseille.
The club’s home colours are red and white, with the team wearing black kit when playing on the travels. Brest’s third kit is white. La Team Pirate, who made it to the French Cup on two occasions (1982/83 and 2014/15), have rivalries with fellow clubs from Bretagne: Rennes, Lorient, Nantes, Guingamp and Vannes.
The likes of Bernard Lama Stephane Guivarch, Paul le Guen, David Ginola and Frank Ribbery are the most notable footballers who played for the club. Bayern Munchen legend Frank Ribery scored 3 goals in 35 appearances for Brest in the national championship.