Brest vs Angers prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-03-08 14:00.
[p]After suffering an emphatic exit from their debut UEFA Champions League campaign at the hands of domestic rivals PSG, Brest’s bid to qualify for Europe next season has hit the rocks. Winless in six matches across all competitions (D2, L4), Éric Roy’s side begin the weekend six points adrift of the top six, and the omens are not in their favour ahead of Angers’ visit.[/p]
[p]Brest are winless in their last three matches against newly-promoted opposition (D1, L2), and multiple goals will likely be required to fix that as the Pirates are without a home clean sheet in seven league games. It’s their longest run without a shutout on their own turf in Ligue 1 since May 2013, but the hosts do at least boast recent H2H superiority, winning the last two meetings here without conceding a single goal![/p]
[p]Angers were victorious in this season’s reverse fixture (2-0), with that their sixth H2H win from 11 top-flight meetings (D2, L3). Brest are the only active Ligue 1 side who Angers boast a win record in excess of 50% against, and another victory here would move the Black and Whites within three points of their hosts, despite their recent struggles.[/p]
[p]Alexandre Dujeux’s men have won just one of their last six league matches (D2, L3), with their last two such fixtures alarmingly seeing them concede seven goals! With a seven-point buffer to the drop zone, Angers likely retain a feeling of comfort in mid-table and will hope they can reduce that gap on the road, where they have been beaten just once in seven matches across all competitions (W5, D1).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Mahdi Camara assisted the decisive goal the last time these sides met at Stade Francis-Le Blé, but he is without a goal in his last 13 appearances since scoring and assisting against Lyon in Brest’s last home league win. Full-back Lilian Raolisoa assisted Angers’ second goal in January’s H2H victory, but has lost his other two personal H2Hs by an aggregate score of 5-0.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Angers have not trailed at half-time in any of their last seven away games across all competitions.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tom Penn[/i][/p]