Brest vs Monaco prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-12-04 18:00.
[p]As they face a European contender for the fourth time in five rounds, Brest will hope to dent Monaco’s ambitions and climb into the top half with a win here.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Back-to-back Ligue 1 victories have lifted Brest away from the relegation zone, and having taken points off two higher-placed clubs Strasbourg (W 2-1) and Lyon (D 0-0) in recent weeks, they’re showing signs that they have credentials to challenge higher up the table. There’s still a lot of catching up to do with Éric Roy’s side six points worse off than at this stage in 2023/24 when qualifying for the UEFA Champions League, and most of that deficit could be bridged at home where the Pirates have earned just nine points this term (W2, D3, L2), more than just four other sides in the division pre-round.[/p]
[p]As they look to recover from their worst start to a Ligue 1 season in four years, Monaco shook up the title race with their 1-0 win over defending champions PSG last week to end a three-match losing run. Just a second clean sheet of the season offers hope of improvement as Monaco have conceded a top-half high 25 goals this term, four of which came in their last away game against Rennes. They’ve won just two of their last seven league trips (D1, L4), and conceding 17 times in that sequence suggests their forwards may need to be at their best to get a result here.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Brest won last season’s corresponding fixture 2-1 to end a six-match H2H losing streak. Brest have won four of the last six meetings on their own turf (L2).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Five of Brest’s last seven games produced over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Seven of Brest’s last nine Ligue 1 losses were by a 2+ goal margin.[/p]
[p]Monaco have not led any of their last five Ligue 1 games at half-time. [/p]
[p]Monaco have won six of the seven league games they scored first in this season (D1).[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Ludovic Ajorque relishes facing Monaco having six goals in ten games against them, including one last season. Takumi Minamino opened the scoring in three of his last five games for club or country, and Monaco have won the last five Ligue 1 games he scored in for them.[/p]
[p]Brest duo RadosĹ‚aw Majecki and Bradley Locko are nearing returns. Monaco’s Thilo Kehrer and Denis Zakaria are both suspended for this game, while Folarin Balogun is a doubt after coming off late against PSG. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]The hosts’ strong recent form may not be enough given Monaco’s performance last week, so we’re backing Monaco to win with both teams scoring. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]