Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
After sharing the spoils with Nantes at the weekend, Brest will be aiming to cement their spot in top three when they welcome Reims to their Stade Francis-Le Ble on Friday evening. Julien Le Cardinal is back from suspension, while Pierre Lees-Melou is a major doubt after limping off with injury in the last league match.
Les Rouges et Blancs, on the other hand, suffered a dip in form, with the team extending their losing run to three games and given their shaky defence, home win should definitely be considered. As for the away team, Thibault De Smet is banned for the match following his sending-off in a 4-1 loss to Clermont, while all Atangana Edoa, Joseph Okumu, Maxime Busi, and Mohammed Daramy continue to miss out with injuries. In the first half of the season Brest defeated Reims 2-1 and we predict that history is going to repeat itself.
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.