Strasbourg vs Stade Brest Prediction: Brest are favorites.

Stade Brest are currently the 2nd best team in the league following their narrow 1-0 win over Olympique Marseille last weekend. With OGC Nice slumping to a surprise defeat against Olympique Lyon, Stade Brest claimed the 2nd spot with 40 points. The win also extended their unbeaten run in the league to 11 games and they hope to keep that run when they visit the Stade de la Meinau to take on Strasbourg.

Strasbourg on the other hand are far off their target in the league. They are on a 3-match losing streak in the Ligue 1 after their latest defeat to Lorient last weekend. And at the moment they remain around mid-table but there's a lot of doubt if they will remain there at the end of this week's matches. With Clubs like Lyon, Le Havre and Toulouse only a few points away, Strasbourg will be under immense pressure to turn their fortunes around in this match.

Strasbourg

Strasbourg have lost all of their last 3 league matches in a row and that's an indication of trouble ahead for the club as they battle to keep their place on the table. 

They were completely outplayed by Lorient last weekend and they ultimately lost the game by 3 goals to 1 at the end. Mohamed Bamba scored a brace for Lorient in the first half and Julien Ponceau also scored in the 49th minute, before Frederic Guilbert was able to pull one goal back for Strasbourg. The game ended in another defeat, but Strasbourg looked the better side according to the stats. They managed 63% possession, while registering 4 shots on target and 9 corner kicks. 

It's difficult to understand the cause of the team's woes so far and they might need to improve generally to turn things around. However the goal scoring aspect might need the greatest attention as it looks really poor. Emmanuel Emegha is currently the top scorer for Strasbourg with 4 goals in Ligue 1. The last time he scored a goal in a league game was against Le Havre back in December last year. Surely he needs to step up if the team will find their way back to being a proper team.

Stade Brest

Stade Brest are establishing themselves as a very tough team to contend with this season. At the moment, they are unbeaten in their last 11 Ligue 1 matches. Even though they are far away from being a title winning team, they sure look like they are going to book their place in European football next season. 

Stade Brest really dug in to get a win over Olympique Marseille in their game last weekend. After a tight first half with no goals at both ends, Stade Brest had their day turn into a nightmare in the 60th minute after Steve Mounie was shown a red card for violent conduct. But in the 88th minute Pierre Lees Melou scored the opening goal for Stade Brest and it was enough to give them all 3 points at the end of the game.

Stade Brest are now in 2nd place on the Ligue 1 table with 40 points from 22 matches. Beyond doubt, it's going to be a tough battle from this point for the team if they intend to keep their place behind the league leaders. At the moment, OGC Nice, LOSC Lille and AS Monaco are all a few points behind Stade Brest. Which suggests a battle might be on our hands.

Head to Head

According to the h2h record, Strasbourg and Stade Brest have played 14 matches against each other. Strasbourg won 6 matches, while Stade Brest won 3 and they played a draw in 5 matches

Analysis and Predictions

Stade Brest are the obvious favorites to come out of this clash with a win. 

According to analysis, Stade Brest are unbeaten in their last 3 matches against Strasbourg and Strasbourg have not kept a clean sheet in those games. 4 of their last 5 meetings ended with less than 2.5 goals and 9 of their last 10 matches ended with less than 4.5 cards. 5 of their last 6 meetings also ended with less than 10.5 corners.

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