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44 Ball possession (%) 56
11 Goal attempts 17
5 Shots on Goal 9
2 Shots off Goal 1
4 Blocked shots 7

Brest vs Lens: prediction & betting odds 20 Apr 2025

Matchday 30 of Ligue 1 features a clash between Brest and Lens on April 20 at Stade Francis-Le Blé. Brest vs. Lens: prediction and betting odds, statistics.

Brest

The Bretons played to a 3-3 draw in their previous Ligue 1 match against Saint-Étienne. This result extended their unbeaten run in the league to five matches (3 wins, 2 draws). Notably, Brest has scored at least twice in their last three league games. The club remains in 8th place in the Ligue 1 standings, but their gap from the European competition spots has increased to six points due to the dropped points in the last round. It's worth mentioning that the team performs better at home, having earned 27 points at Stade Francis-Le Blé compared to 17 away.

  • The club has scored at least twice in 7 of their last 8 home matches in Ligue 1.
  • At least 3 goals have been scored in 6 of Brest's last 8 home games in the league.
  • The Bretons have not lost in 11 of their last 13 matches in this tournament (7 wins, 4 draws).

Predicted lineup for Brest (4-5-1)

Marco Bizot – Kenny Lala, Brendan Chardonnet, Abdoulaye Ndiaye, Massadio Haidara – Pierre Lees-Melou, Hugo Magnetti, Mahdi Camara, Mathias Pereira Lage, Abdallah Sima – Ludovic Ajorque.

Defender Kenny Lala is suspended due to an accumulation of yellow cards.

Lens

The club suffered a surprising 0-2 defeat to Reims in the last round. Interestingly, the previous four Ligue 1 matches for Lens ended with a 1-0 scoreline, with the team winning three of them. Lens remains in 9th place in the French championship standings, but their gap from the European competition spots has increased to eight points. It's noteworthy that matches involving Lens are among the lowest-scoring in this Ligue 1 season, averaging 2.2 goals per game.

  • The club's uncompromising streak in the French top division stands at 14 matches (6 wins, 8 losses).
  • One team failed to score in 9 of Lens's last 11 league matches.
  • No more than 2 goals have been scored in 7 of the club's last 10 away Ligue 1 matches.

Predicted lineup for Lens (3-4-3)

Mathew Ryan – Facundo Medina, Jimmy Cabot, Jonathan Gradit – Deiver Machado, Andy Diouf, Adrien Thomasson, Kylian Antonio – Anass Zaroury, Gaël Kakuta, Florian Sotoca.

Defender Deiver Machado is unavailable due to an accumulation of yellow cards.

Referee

Benoît Millot (France)

Matches – 14 (Ligue 1, 2024/25);

Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 57;

Average yellow cards per match – 4.1;

Red cards shown – 7;

Average fouls per match – 25;

Penalties – 36%.

Match Prediction: Brest vs. Lens

Both teams unexpectedly dropped points in the last round against underdogs. Lens even managed to lose at home to Reims without scoring. However, it's worth noting that William Still's side was quite unlucky, as the opposing goalkeeper had an outstanding performance, despite Lens dominating the match with 37 shots on Reims' goal. I don't expect Lens to face a similar situation in two consecutive games. The club is in decent form and, before the illogical loss in the last round, had won 3 of their last 4 Ligue 1 matches (1 defeat), including a win over Saint-Étienne, which Brest couldn't handle in their previous match.

Moreover, Lens regularly picks up points away from home in this championship, having not lost in 10 of 14 away matches (6 wins, 4 draws). Additionally, recent head-to-head statistics favor the visitors: the team has not lost to Brest in 5 of their last 6 meetings in Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France (4 wins, 1 draw). Lens also confidently defeated their upcoming opponent in the first-round match with a score of 2-0.

Therefore, I believe the visitors will at least avoid defeat. My prediction – Lens win or draw

Brest vs Lens Odds

Ligue 1: previous matches in the tournament

Brest
13.04.25
AS Saint-Étienne
Brest
D
05.04.25
Brest
Monaco
W
30.03.25
Toulouse
Brest
W
16.03.25
Brest
Reims
D
09.03.25
Brest
Angers
W
02.03.25
Lyon
Brest
L
23.02.25
Strasbourg
Brest
D
14.02.25
Brest
Auxerre
D
07.02.25
Nantes
Brest
W
01.02.25
Brest
PSG
L
26.01.25
Le Havre
Brest
W
18.01.25
Rennes
Brest
W
11.01.25
Brest
Lyon
W
05.01.25
Angers
Brest
L
15.12.24
Brest
Nantes
W
06.12.24
Lille
Brest
L
30.11.24
Brest
Strasbourg
W
22.11.24
Monaco
Brest
L
10.11.24
Montpellier
Brest
L
02.11.24
Brest
Nice
L
26.10.24
Reims
Brest
W
19.10.24
Brest
Rennes
D
06.10.24
Brest
Le Havre
W
27.09.24
Auxerre
Brest
L
22.09.24
Brest
Toulouse
W
14.09.24
PSG
Brest
L
31.08.24
Brest
AS Saint-Étienne
W
25.08.24
Lens
Brest
L
17.08.24
Brest
Marseille
L
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Lens
11.04.25
Lens
Reims
L
06.04.25
Lens
AS Saint-Étienne
W
30.03.25
Lille
Lens
L
15.03.25
Lens
Rennes
W
08.03.25
Marseille
Lens
W
01.03.25
Lens
Le Havre
L
23.02.25
Nantes
Lens
L
16.02.25
Lens
Strasbourg
L
08.02.25
Nice
Lens
L
31.01.25
Montpellier
Lens
W
26.01.25
Lens
Angers
W
18.01.25
Lens
PSG
L
12.01.25
Le Havre
Lens
W
05.01.25
Lens
Toulouse
L
14.12.24
Auxerre
Lens
D
08.12.24
Lens
Montpellier
W
29.11.24
Reims
Lens
W
23.11.24
Lens
Marseille
L
09.11.24
Lens
Nantes
W
02.11.24
PSG
Lens
L
26.10.24
Lens
Lille
L
19.10.24
AS Saint-Étienne
Lens
W
06.10.24
Strasbourg
Lens
D
28.09.24
Lens
Nice
D
21.09.24
Rennes
Lens
D
15.09.24
Lens
Lyon
D
01.09.24
Monaco
Lens
D
25.08.24
Lens
Brest
W
18.08.24
Angers
Lens
W
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H2H: Brest — Lens

Ligue 1 2024-2025
25.08.24
Lens
Brest
Ligue 1 2023-2024
09.03.24
Lens
Brest
13.08.23
Brest
Lens
Ligue 1 2022-2023
05.02.23
Brest
Lens
French Cup 2022-2023
22.01.23
Brest
Lens
1
:
3
Ligue 1 2022-2023
07.08.22
Lens
Brest
Ligue 1 2021-2022
05.03.22
Lens
Brest
21.11.21
Brest
Lens
Ligue 1 2020-2021
18.04.21
Brest
Lens
23.12.20
Lens
Brest
Ligue 1 2010-2011
16.04.11
Lens
Brest
1
:
1
30.11.10
Brest
Lens
4
:
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Tables

Team Played W D L Goals Points Form
1
PSG
32 24 6 2 85:33 78
2
Marseille
32 18 5 9 67:44 59
3
Monaco
32 17 7 8 61:37 58
4
Nice
32 16 9 7 60:39 57
5
Lille
32 16 9 7 50:33 57
6
Strasbourg
32 16 9 7 53:39 57
7
Lyon
32 16 6 10 63:44 54
8
Lens
32 14 6 12 37:38 48
9
Brest
32 14 5 13 50:53 47
10
Auxerre
32 11 8 13 46:47 41
11
Rennes
32 12 2 18 47:46 38
12
Toulouse
32 10 8 14 40:40 38
13
Reims
32 8 9 15 32:43 33
14
Angers
32 9 6 17 30:50 33
15
Nantes
32 7 11 14 35:51 32
16
Le Havre
32 9 4 19 36:66 31
17
AS Saint-Étienne
32 7 6 19 35:74 27
18
Montpellier
32 4 4 24 22:72 16
Team Played W D L Goals Points Form
1
PSG
16 13 2 1 42:15 41
2
Monaco
16 11 3 2 36:16 36
3
Strasbourg
16 10 5 1 31:17 35
4
Nice
16 10 4 2 32:15 34
5
Lille
16 10 4 2 29:17 34
6
Lyon
16 10 2 4 35:21 32
7
Marseille
16 9 4 3 37:21 31
8
Brest
16 9 3 4 29:21 30
9
Auxerre
16 7 5 4 23:16 26
10
Rennes
16 8 1 7 23:17 25
11
AS Saint-Étienne
16 6 3 7 22:30 21
12
Lens
16 6 2 8 15:22 20
13
Toulouse
16 5 4 7 19:21 19
14
Nantes
16 4 6 6 16:18 18
15
Reims
16 4 4 8 17:23 16
16
Angers
16 4 2 10 16:32 14
17
Montpellier
16 3 4 9 16:37 13
18
Le Havre
16 3 2 11 14:38 11
Team Played W D L Goals Points Form
1
PSG
16 11 4 1 43:18 37
2
Marseille
16 9 1 6 30:23 28
3
Lens
16 8 4 4 22:16 28
4
Lille
16 6 5 5 21:16 23
5
Nice
16 6 5 5 28:24 23
6
Lyon
16 6 4 6 28:23 22
7
Monaco
16 6 4 6 25:21 22
8
Strasbourg
16 6 4 6 22:22 22
9
Le Havre
16 6 2 8 22:28 20
10
Toulouse
16 5 4 7 21:19 19
11
Angers
16 5 4 7 14:18 19
12
Reims
16 4 5 7 15:20 17
13
Brest
16 5 2 9 21:32 17
14
Auxerre
16 4 3 9 23:31 15
15
Nantes
16 3 5 8 19:33 14
16
Rennes
16 4 1 11 24:29 13
17
AS Saint-Étienne
16 1 3 12 13:44 6
18
Montpellier
16 1 0 15 6:35 3

Team lineups

Brest

coach
Player Matches Goals
Line-up
Marco Bizot
gk. 29 -48
Brendan Chardonnet
df. 25 1
Abdoulaye Niakhaté Ndiaye
df. 19 1
Massadio Haïdara
df. 18 0
Edimilson Fernandes
df. 17 0
Mahdi Camara
mf. 30 5
Hugo Magnetti
mf. 28 1
Mathias Pereira Lage
mf. 25 2
Pierre Lees Melou
mf. 17 2
Ludovic Ajorque
fw. 27 12
Abdallah Dipo Sima
fw. 23 6
Substitutes
Grégoire Coudert
gk. 1 -1
Julien Le Cardinal
df. 15 0
Tolikpaley Luck Evrad Zogbé
df. 13 0
Kamory Doumbia
mf. 26 2
Romain Del Castillo
mf. 22 5
Romain Faivre
mf. 20 3
Jonas Martin
mf. 14 1
Hamidou Makalou
mf. 0 0
Mama Baldé
fw. 24 2
Lens

coach
Player Matches Goals
Line-up
Mathew Ryan
gk. 10 -11
Facundo Axel Medina
df. 26 0
Jonathan Gradit
df. 21 0
Malang Sarr
df. 18 0
Ruben Aguilar
df. 14 1
Andy Alune Diouf
mf. 30 1
Adrien Thomasson
mf. 29 2
Neil Yoni El Aynaoui
mf. 20 5
Florian Sotoca
fw. 28 1
Anass Zaroury
fw. 24 0
Goduine Koyalipou
fw. 11 3
Substitutes
Adam Delplace
gk. 0 0
Kyllian Anderson Antonio
df. 3 0
Nidal Čelik
df. 0 0
Angelo Fulgini
mf. 22 1
Hamzat-Basit Ojediran
mf. 16 1
Nampalys Mendy
mf. 7 0
Tom Tony Pouilly
mf. 6 0
Wesley Saïd
fw. 21 3
Jeremy Nosakhare Agbonifo
fw. 7 1

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