Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lyon
Match Time & Date:
02/03/2025
15:00
Prediction: 2-1
Brest
Olympique Lyon will look to recover from a 3-2 loss to their bitter rivals PSG when they take on Brest in yet another home fixture. Les Gones have been showing signs of improvement of late and it has to be noted that their display against les Parisiens was pretty good, especially in the last 30 minutes. Experienced attacker Alexandre Lacazette is widely expected to start this time out, while there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
Les Pirates, on the other hand, head into Sunday’s game following the Coupe de France clash with Dunkerque. As tired legs should prove to be a big problem for Brest footballers, we are tempted to bet on the in-form hosts. Both Jordan Amavi and Romain Del Castillo should miss out with injuries for the visiting team. In their last meeting at Stade Olympique Lyonnais, les Gones recorded a thrilling 4-3 win over les Pirates.
Highlighted Player (Nemanja Matic):
Nemanja Matic is a Serbian footballer who plays for Premier League side Chelsea. The 194-cm-tall midfielder was born on 1 August, 1988 and he began his football career (youth) at Radnicki Obrenovac.
In 2005 he signed for Kolubara and after impressing with Kosice in the 2008/2009 campaign, Chelsea owners decided to sign him. Nemanja spent the 2010/2011 season on loan at Vitesse and at the end of the season he signed a deal with Portuguese giants Benfica, with David Luiz heading in the other direction.
Matic was in the form of his life in the 2013/2014 Primeira Liga campaign and he helped the Eagles clinch the domestic trophy. He rejoined Chelsea in 2014 for a fee of €25M and he helped the Blues win the Premier League title in the 2014/2015 season. Nemanja Matic has also developed into a key member of the Serbian national team that have been largely struggling of late.
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.
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