Stade Brest vs Olympique Marseille Prediction: Both Teams won't want to take risks!

Stade Brest stand the risk of losing their spot on the table at the end of this round and the only option they have to stop that is to get a win against Olympique Marseille. The team has been unimpressive in their last 4 matches in all competitions and they can't afford any more poor results with LOSC Lille only 2 points behind them on the table. 

Olympique Marseille are no different from Stade Brest at the moment and their last 5 games have been disappointing. Their place on the table is also under threat from Stade Reims who are directly below them but on the same points. 

Hence, Stade Brest and Olympique Marseille will face each other in a fierce battle to keep their places on the table and this promises to be an exciting encounter for the fans.

Stade Brest

Stade Brest can not afford to keep losing points at this time of the season and especially with their ambition of European competition next season. So far in their last 4 matches, consisting of 3 Ligue 1 games and 1 Coup de France, they have played 3 draws and 1 defeat. 

There was a lot of expectations on Stade Brest to recover in this last game against Clermont Foot, who are much lower on the Ligue 1 table, but they only managed to play a draw at the end of what was a very feisty match. Pierre Lees Melou’s opening goal in the 50th minute for Stade Brest was not enough to earn them 3 points as Grejohn Kyei equalized for Clermont Foot in the 69th minute. There was an altercation towards the end of the game and both clubs lost a player to a red card. 

Stade Brest will be without Marcos Bizot for this game against Olympique Marseille after he picked up a red card in the previous game against Clermont Foot. Bizot has been between the sticks in all 21 league matches this season and he kept 9 clean sheets. He also makes around 3.1 saves per game on an average and concedes around 0.9 goals per game on average. Gregoire Coudert will be next in line to replace him for the game against Olympique Marseille. The 24-year old French keeper is yet to start a single game for Stade Brest this season. Hopefully he can be a worthy replacement for Bizot who faces a 3-game ban.

Olympique Marseille

Olympique Marseille have gone from one of the most in-form teams to a struggling side. 

They drew 2-2 with Shakhtar Donetsk in the Europa League in midweek and the result meant they are without a win in their last 6 matches in all competitions. And in their last 5 Ligue 1 matches, they had 4 draws and 1 defeat. For a club with such huge ambitions of staying in Europe next season, they are falling off the track unless they can turn things around. 

Pierre Emerick Aubameyang scored his 6th goal in the Europa League after putting Marseille ahead in the 64th minute against Shakhtar Donetsk. And in the Ligue 1, he has netted 6 goals and registered 7 assists in 21 games. With the current situation, Olympique Marseille will hope to get the best from the 34 year old striker. 

Olympique Marseille now turn their attention to Stade Brest in an effort to bounce back. Marseille have built quite a reputation against Stade Brest at the Stade Francis-Le Blé as past meetings shows they have not lost on that ground since 2012.

Head to Head

Olympique Marseille leads the head-to-head record with 8 wins from 14 matches against Stade Brest. Stade Brest won 3 matches and they played a draw in 3 matches.

Analysis and Predictions

At the moment the morale in both camps are running low and it would be devastating for either club if they don't win this game. Stade Brest are having the advantage of playing on home soil, whether they will be able to use that advantage is still unclear. 

From analysis of their meetings against each other, Stade Brest are without a clean sheet in their last 10 meetings and in 6 of their last 8 meetings, there were more than 2.5 goals scored. Both teams also scored in 7 of their last 8 meetings and Olympique Marseille scored first in 9 of their last 10 meetings. Olympique Marseille won the first half in 6 of their last 7 meetings and there were less than 4.5 cards shown in 5 of their last 6 meetings.

• Olympique Marseille to Play Over 4 Corners at 1.78 Odds
• Both Teams to Score at 1.833 Odds
• Draw Full Time at 3.00 Odds