Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
24 February 2023
20:00
Prediction: 2-0
Brest
Friday’s football game between Lille and Brest will raise the curtain of Ligue 1 round 25. Les Dogues aim to bounce back from a 4-3 loss to PSG, and given their fine offensive display in the Parc des Princes defeat, home win should be considered. Towering centre-back Jose Fonte limped off with injury at the weekend, with teenager Leny Yoro likely to step up. The likes of Mohamed Bayo, Ismaily, and Adam Ounas should miss out with injuries as well.
Les Pirates, on the other hand, aim to put an end to their four-game winless run, and seeing that they have been struggling at the back of late, home win should be considered. Both Franck Honorat and Mathias Pereira Lage are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the away team ahead of the trip to Hauts-de-France.
Highlighted Player (Jonathan Bamba):
After spending his youth career at CS Paris-Charenton, UJA AlfortVille and Saint-Etienne, Jonathan Bamba started playing for Saint-Etienne II at senior level. In 2015 he was given a chance to prove his worth with the first team and it has to be noted that he scored eight goals in 42 appearances for les Verts in Ligue 1.
Following his loan spells with Paris, Sint-Truiden and Angers, Jonathan Bamba joined Lille in the summer of 2018. The pacey winger born in Alfortville (France) on March 26, 1996, has been playing for les Dogues ever since, but he has yet to earn a cap for the French national team. Nonetheless, Jonathan Bamba has 12 caps with France U21 in which he scored four goals for les Tricolores.
Jonathan Bamba’s main position is left winger, but he is used as a centre-forward as well. The French footballer, whose preferred foot is right, has a contract with Lille until June 30, 2023.
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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