Brest vs Angers - prediction, team news, lineups

Matchday six of the Ligue 1 run volition spot Angers wage a sojourn Stade Francis-Le Ble connected Saturday for a day with Brest.

These teams are separated by conscionable 2 points successful the table, with Angers sitting seventh acknowledgment to a 2-0 triumph implicit Troyes, and Stade Brestois 11th pursuing a 2-1 decision astatine Auxerre.

Match preview

It is backmost to enactment for Brest, a broadside that by each accounts person had a hard commencement to beingness nether Julien Lachuer pursuing the abrupt decease this past summertime of Eric Roy.

With the erstwhile Stade Brestois goalkeeper successful charge, the nine person won conscionable 1 of their 5 Ligue 1 affairs frankincense far.

They person dropped 4 points erstwhile netting archetypal successful the contention this play and connected Saturday could incur successive location defeats successful 2026 for the 2nd time.

Most of their harm this play has travel successful dead-ball situations, arsenic they pb the league regarding set-piece goals with four.

Part of their downfall has been a deficiency of subject and being caught retired of position, with this squad committing the second-most fouls per lucifer successful the French apical formation truthful acold (15).

Les Pirates tin widen their unbeaten tally versus Angers successful this contention to 4 matches connected Saturday, portion they person not mislaid immoderate of their past six meetings against them astatine home.

Returning from the planetary model this weekend, Angers should consciousness beauteous bully astir their caller home form.

Stephane Gilli’s men person points successful 3 of their past 4 league contests, with conscionable a azygous constituent presently separating them from a spot successful Europe.

On Saturday they tin widen their unbeaten tally distant from location successful Ligue 1 to 3 matches, conceding conscionable erstwhile implicit that stretch.

At the aforesaid time, they tin spell 3 consecutive matches without conceding successful the apical flight, which would adjacent their longest specified streak successful 2026.

Angers person besides been crisp successful dead-ball situations, netting 3 set-piece goals, portion they person yet to concede a azygous set-piece extremity themselves.

Les Scoistes tin assertion their archetypal triumph implicit Brest astatine Stade Francis-Le Ble since 2020 (1-0), though they took a constituent determination past play successful a 1-1 draw.

Brest Ligue 1 form:

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Team News

For this match, Brest could beryllium missing Brendan Chardonnet, who has a calf strain, Raphael Le Guen is retired owed to a fractured fibula, portion Romain Cagnon and Ludovic Ajorque should beryllium disposable contempt insignificant knocks.

On the different hand, Mamady Diambou has a sore ankle, and Giovani Versini is simply a question people arsenic helium recovers from a little limb injury.

Pathe Mboup fired location the lone extremity for Stade Brestois connected matchday 5 earlier Auxerre came backmost with 2 successful the last 45 minutes, with the victor coming via an ain extremity by Le Guen.

At Angers, determination was conscionable 1 alteration to their starting 11 from matchday 4 to five, with Prosper Peter getting the commencement versus Troyes successful spot of Bane Diatta.

Amine Sbai and Peter scored for them past clip out, portion Anthony Lopes made 5 stops for his 2nd successive cleanable sheet.

Brest imaginable starting lineup:

Selvik; Lala, Bourgault, Lloris, Locko; Chotard, Magnetti; Balde, Doumbia, Mboup; Ajorque

Angers imaginable starting lineup:

Lopes; Arcus, Camara, Lefort, Kalulu; Belkhdim, Van Den Boomen; Allevinah, El Ouazzani, Sbai; Peter

We say: Brest 0-0 Angers

Following a two-week break, we person a feeling some sides could beryllium a small rusty, portion the Angers antiaircraft strategy seems much than susceptible of neutralizing a Brest broadside that are struggling to find that slayer instinct.

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