Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
06/12/2024
19:00
Prediction: 2-1
Brest
Lille and Brest take on each other at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in the opening match of the Ligue 1 round 14. Les Dogues are eager to stay in the Champions League berth and they are seen as hot favourites to win Friday’s clash. Fit-again Iceland midfielder Hakon Arnar Haraldsson should be recalled to the starting XI, while defender Mitchel Bakker is banned for the match. The likes of Nabil Bentaleb, Ethan Mbappe, Tiago Santos, Angel Gomes, and Samuel Umtiti remain in the recovery room, but head coach Bruno Genesio can count on key players for the Brest game.
Les Pirates, on the other hand, continue with their old habit of producing fine displays at home, while struggling on the travels and given their poor away record (1-0-5) in the new Ligue 1 campaign, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the Champions-League-chasing hosts. All Jonas Martin, Pierre Lees-Melou, and Soumaila Coulibaly miss out with injuries for the away team, while Switzerland international Admilson Fernandes is a major doubt.
Highlighted Player (Benjamin André):
Benjamin Andre is a French footballer, who began his career at Stade Raphaelois youth team. At the age of 16 Andre moved to Ajaccio and he played for the first team from 2008 to 2014. The right-footed midfielder scored 12 goals in 187 appearances in the league for the Corsican team and in the summer of 2014 he moved to fellow French club Rennes.
Andre scored his first goal for les Rouges et Noirs on January 25, 2015, in a 4-1 defeat to Caen. The French player made provided three assists for his teammates in 36 appearances for Rennes in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign and the club chiefs decided to extend his contract in June, 2017. His deal with the Roazhon Park outfit should expire on June 30, 2022.
Benjamin Andre, who was born in Nice on August 3, 1990, has seven caps for France U21 team. The Rennes footballer plays as a central midfielder, but he is often used as both left and right midfielder.
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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