Clermont Foot vs Stade Brest Prediction: Stade Brest have no excuse

Stade Brest are going through a tough period at the moment and a team of their caliber will be head on hills to fix their current form and get back to their very best. Stade Brest were knocked out of the Coup de France by Paris Saint Germain and they need to turn their attention to the Ligue 1. 

Clermont Foot are eager to also get a win after playing their last 3 games without a win. Their last game ended in a 4-0 defeat against LOSC Lille away from home and a positive result here would go a long way to help the team build back confidence.

Clermont Foot welcome Stade Brest to the Stade Gabriel Montpied for the second time this season. 

Clermont Foot

Clermont Foot are back struggling once again in the league and they've been that way for most parts of this campaign. That's why the remain bottom of the log at this time of the season. Clermont’s latest defeat explains the current state of the team. They were trashed 4-0 by LOSC Lille away from home. It took Lille 40 minutes to put the game to bed as Jonathan David (brace), Benjamin Andre and Edon Zhegrova all scored in the game. They were also knocked out of the Coup de France by Strasbourg last month.

Clermont Foot will hope for a different result when they prepare to face Stade Brest. From all indications they are no match for Brest and it looks like a straight victory for Brest. 

At the moment, Clermont Foot are bottom of the league table with 15 points in 20 league matches.

Stade Brest

3 games without a win for Stade Brest and there's a lot of tension building in the club. Stade Brest are on the road in this game and against the poorest team in the league. That might be just the breakthrough that Stade Brest needs at the moment, but they need to be on their best to take the opportunity. 

Brest played back-to-back draws against PSG and OGC Nice and then they crashed out of the Coup de France after losing 3-1 to PSG a few days ago.

Stade Brest played a very good game against Clermont Foot in their first meeting earlier in the season. They won the game by 3-0, with Romain Del Castillo scoring a brace and Mathias Pereira Lage scoring once in the game. Romain Castillo has 10 G/A contributions so far for Stade Brest and he is beyond doubt, one of the key players for the team. 

Stade Brest are ranked 3rd on the Ligue 1 table with 36 points in 20 matches.

Head to Head

In 20 meetings against each other, Stade Brest won 10 matches while Clermont Foot won 6 matches and they drew 4 matches.

Analysis and Predictions

Stade Brest are miles ahead of Clermont Foot and their qualities should be enough to see them coast to victory in this game. There are aspects of Brest’s game that needs to be improved and Clermont Foot looks like a good opportunity to experiment a few ideas.

Stade Brest have won the last 4 meetings against Clermont Foot and have not lost the last 10 meetings. Clermont Foot are without a clean sheet in the last 5 meetings against Stade Brest while Stade Brest scored first in 4 of their last 5 meetings.

• Stade Brest to Score First Goal at 1.76 Odds
• Stade Brest to Score First Goal at 1.76 Odds
• Stade Brest to Win 2-1 at 9.00 Odds