Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Friday’s football game between Auxerre and Brest will open round 6 of the new Ligue 1 campaign. Auxerre kicked off the new domestic campaign in style, with the team beating Nice 2-1 in front of home fans, but they are on a four-game losing run ahead of the visit of Brest. Defender Jubal limped off with injury on the stroke of half-time in a 3-2 loss to Montpellier, with Madagascar international Rayan Raveloson likely to step up. All Lasso Coulibaly, Ange Loic N’Gatta, Gideon Mensah, and Ousoumane Camara remain in the recovery room.
Les Pirates, on the other hand, aim to build on a 2-0 win over Toulouse. As Brest have been playing with confidence ever since they defeated Sturm in their Champions League opener, away win should be considered. In their last meeting in the French top flight Brest defeated Auxerre 1-0, with Jeremy Le Douaron scoring the only goal of the match. All Romain Del Castillo, Bradley Locko, and Pierre Lees-Melou miss out with injuries for the away team.
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.