Stade de Reims vs Stade de Brestois Prediction: Reims can grab another

Stade de Reims host Stade Brest in the Stade Auguste Delaune stadium for the 30th match of the French Ligue 1. Reims have been doing quite well in this crucial time of the season, and there is some confidence in them to pull off a brilliant result here. The visitors are struggling, and their statistics are not really good despite their 3-1 win against Toulouse in their last match. Reims recovered from the 2-1 defeat to Marseille by beating Nantes 3-0 away from home in their last game. Surely they will be working hard to follow up that result.

Reims have been very good in recent times and they are among the teams fighting for european football next season, even though they are 6 points away from achieving that. Reims held a 5 match unbeaten streak before they lost 2-1 to Olympique Marseille at home. But that didn’t put them down as they returned to winning ways, by beating Nantes 3-0. Alex Flips had Reims cruising after scoring a double in the 38th and 39th minute before Marshall Munetsi put the icing on the cake in the 58th minute. Stade de Reims put in a very commanding display, as they had 52% possession, 9 shots on target and 4 corner kicks by the end of 90 minutes.

Reims are currently in 7th spot on the table, with 46 points taken from 29 matches played. They have 11 wins, 13 draws and 5 defeats and a goal ratio of 39:28.

Team Streaks: first to score (5/5), less than 4.5 cards (8/10), less than 10.5 corners (9/9).

Stade Brest are among the poor teams in the division and they are currently a few points away from the relegation zone. Brest pulled off a brilliant display against Toulouse in their last game, winning by 3-1. Thijs Dallinga put Toulouse ahead in the opening 10 minutes of the game before Steve Mouine equalized for the hosts. And in the second half, Brest grabbed the lead through Jeremy Le Douaron in the 63rd minute and Mahdi Camara scored the third goal in the 84th minute to seal the victory for Stade Brest. Brest however were second best in terms of possession, having only 41%, while taking more shots on target (7) and corner kicks (4).

Brest are currently 15th in the league, with 27 points from 29 matches. They won 6, drew 9 and lost 14 matches and have a goal ratio of 33:47.

Team Streaks: without a clean sheet (3), more than 2.5 goals (6/7), both teams scoring (5/6), less than 4.5 cards (5/7).

Between them 15 matches have been played throughout their history. Stade Brest have 5 wins, while Reims have 3 wins and 7 matches ended in a draw.

• Reims have no losses in the last 4 meetings.
• Brest have no losses in the last 4 meetings.
• There were less than 2.5 goals scored in 9/10 meetings.
• There were less than 4.5 cards shown in 8/10 meetings.
• There were less than 10.5 corners played in 5/6 meetings.

• Stade de Reims (4-2-3-1): Yehvann Diouf, Thibault De Smet, Yunis Abdelhamid, Emmanuel Agbadou, Thomas Foket, Jens Cajuste, Azor Matusiwa, Alexis Flips, Marshall Munetsi, Junya Ito, Folarin Balogun.
• Stade Brest (4-1-4-1): Marco Bizot, Kenny Lala, Brendan Chardonnet, Lilian Brassier, Jean-Kevin Duverne, Pierre Lees Melou, Franck Honorat, Haris Belkebla, Romain Del Castillo, Jeremy Le Douaron, Steve Mouine.

Stade de Reims look very solid to go and grab another win. Their response to the defeat against Marseille is a very strong indication of their cohesion as a team. Brest are struggling for points to keep them afloat the relegation zone and this clash is a tough one. Brest will fight to tie the hosts to a draw, but I expect the hosts to come up with a narrow victory.

• Bet on Home Win or Draw and Over 1.5 Goals at 1.65 Odds
• Bet on Home Win at 1.85 Odds
• Bet on Correct Score 2-0 at 7.3 Odds