📊 Form Guide

FC Lorient

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FC Lorient won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 2-0 Ligue 1 defeat in their last game at the hands of Paris FC.

In that game, FC Lorient managed 41% possession and 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Paris FC got 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Ilan Kebbal (25') and Jean-Philippe Krasso (30') scored for Paris FC.

It has not been often in recent times where FC Lorient have shown defensive steel. The facts show that FC Lorient have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 15 goals in the process. That pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this match, though.

Coming into this contest, FC Lorient have not registered a win against Brest in their previous 2 matches in the league.

Brest

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In their previous game, Brest drew 0-0 in the Ligue 1 tie with Nantes.

In that game, Brest had 51% possession and 17 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. On the other side, Nantes got 6 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

Throughout their six previous matches, Éric Roy's Brest have slotted home a total of 8 times therefore giving them the goals scored per game average of 1.33.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels stretching back to 07/11/2021, there has been little to separate the clubs with FC Lorient winning 3 of those games, Brest 3 and 0 being draws in normal time.

15 goals were scored between them in this period, with 6 of them for Les Merlus and 9 belonging to Les Ty' Zefs. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 27 on 31/03/2024 when it finished FC Lorient 0-1 Brest.

That day, FC Lorient managed 55% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

On the other side, Brest had 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Romain Del Castillo (86') scored.

The match was refereed by Jérôme Brisard.

🗞️ Team News: FC Lorient

The FC Lorient manager Olivier Pantaloni will be thankful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever before this match with a fully healthy squad ready to go.

It looks as if Les Merlus look set to kick off with a 3-4-2-1 formation for the game with Yvon Mvogo, Bamo Meite, Montassar Talbi, Abdoulaye Faye, Theo Le Bris, Arthur Avom, Laurent Abergel, Arsene Kouassi, Jean-Victor Makengo, Pablo Pagis and Mohamed Bamba.

📰 Team News: Brest

Thanks to a completely injury-free group available for selection, the Brest boss Éric Roy has zero fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash.

There’s a good chance that Les Ty' Zefs seem most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Radoslaw Majecki, Kenny Lala, Brendan Chardonnet, Michel Diaz, Bradley Locko, Joris Chotard, Hugo Magnetti, Eric Ebimbe, Kamory Doumbia, Pathe Mboup and Ludovic Ajorque.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that Brest and FC Lorient may both find scoring difficult here.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level and two clean sheets. We therefore think that it’s going to be a 0-0 scoreline when all is said and done.

Peter Guest, 10:20 19/10/2025