Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Marseille
Match Time & Date:
26/08/2023
17:00
Prediction: 2-0
Brest
After dropping two points in a 2-2 draw with Metz, Olympique Marseille will look to return to winning ways in Ligue 1 when they take on Brest on Saturday afternoon. OM have been scoring goals for fun of late and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play against les Pirates. Pape Gueye continues to miss out through suspension, while fellow midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia has yet to overcome a sprained knee injury.
Brest, on the other hand, kicked off the new Ligue 1 campaign with back-to-back wins over Lens (3-2) and Le Havre (2-1), but they will have a much bigger fish to fry against Marseille, who are seen as one of the main candidates for the title. In their last meeting in the national championship Brest defeated Marseille 2-1, meaning that the hosts are hungry for revenge. Les Pirates defender Adrien Lebeau misses out with a muscle problem.
Highlighted Player (Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang):
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the most famous Gabonese player and he is the first footballer from Gabon to appear in Bundesliga. Aubameyang played for the likes of Dijon, Lille, Monaco and St. Etienne in the past before joining Borussia Dortmund on July, 2013. The pacey attacker signed a five-year contract with the Millionaires and he has been producing outstanding performances with the Signal-Iduna-Park outfit ever since.
Aubameyang impressed in the 2015–16 Bundesliga, scoring 25 goals in 31 appearances for Borussia Dortmund, but that did not help Thomas Tuchel’s men win the domestic trophy. Speaking of his international career, the 187-cm-tall striker made his Gabon debut on 25 March, 2009 and he scored his first goal for the national team in a 3-2 win over Morocco.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang helped Gabon make it to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. It has to be noted, though, that he played for France U-21 team in the past. Aubameyang was born in Laval, France on 18 June, 1989.
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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