Ligue 1 Gameweek 9 Sat, Oct 31 · 19:45 Stade du Moustoir – Yves Allainmat, Lorient
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Our take

Lorient are slight favourites.

The two sides are close in strength. Recent goals, xG and shots on target tip the balance towards Stade Brestois 29. Lorient have 6.1 days of rest, Stade Brestois 29 8 and have to travel 109 km. Conditions look neutral.

Away travel109 kmRest days6.1 · 8Matches / 14d2 · 1
Lorient42%
Draw26%
Stade Brestois 2933%
Expected goals 1.56 – 1.36
Lorient44%
Draw27%
Stade Brestois 2929%
Expected goals 1.50 – 1.19
Lorient42%
Draw26%
Stade Brestois 2933%
Expected goals 1.56 – 1.36
Lorient34%
Draw26%
Stade Brestois 2940%
Expected goals 1.39 – 1.52
Lorient42%
Draw25%
Stade Brestois 2933%
Expected goals 1.62 – 1.41
Over 2.5 56% Both score 59% Likeliest score 1–1
EloLambda forecast, updated 7 hours ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Lorient)
10°CMainly clear
  • Precipitation 10%
  • Wind 11 km/h
  • Humidity 81%
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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Lorient and Stade Brestois 29. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

LorientStade Brestois 29
34 L90 StrengthIn forecast 34
34 Current StrengthIn forecast 34
28 AttackIn forecast 47
45 DefenceIn forecast 36
69 Form indexContext 49
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Lorient

Attack+3%
Defense risk+1%

Stade Brestois 29

Attack−4%
Defense risk−14%

Changes versus each team's league-average baseline. Higher attack and lower defense risk are favorable.

Playing style

LorientStade Brestois 29
1.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.86
0.86 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.43
1.16 xGVia Att/Def 2.55
1.08 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.29
-0.16 Goals minus xGContext -0.69
86% Scored inContext 86%
57% Clean sheetsContext 0%
9.86 ShotsContext 17.14
3.43 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.86
35% On target shareContext 34%
6.71 Shots in the boxContext 11.29
70% Box shareContext 63%
10% ConversionContext 11%
1.25 OffsidesContext 2.40
13.86 Shots allowedContext 11.71
3.71 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.43
4.71 BlocksContext 2.57
3.33 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.67
83% Save rateContext 76%
46% PossessionIn forecast 46%
482 PassesContext 408
408 Accurate passesContext 333
85% Pass accuracyContext 82%
6.86 Team ratingContext 6.83
9.29 FoulsContext 14.14
15.14 Fouls sufferedContext 13.29
1.14 Yellow cardsContext 1.29
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.30 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.50
1.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.40
1.24 xGVia Att/Def 2.02
1.16 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.29
+0.06 Goals minus xGContext -0.52
80% Scored inContext 80%
50% Clean sheetsContext 0%
9.80 ShotsContext 16.10
3.40 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.30
35% On target shareContext 33%
6.10 Shots in the boxContext 10.70
65% Box shareContext 64%
13% ConversionContext 9%
1.43 OffsidesContext 2.43
13.60 Shots allowedContext 12.30
3.80 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.40
4.78 BlocksContext 3.30
3.22 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.33
81% Save rateContext 71%
46% PossessionIn forecast 46%
458 PassesContext 414
390 Accurate passesContext 340
85% Pass accuracyContext 82%
6.83 Team ratingContext 6.86
9.10 FoulsContext 12.80
13.40 Fouls sufferedContext 11.70
1.30 Yellow cardsContext 1.00
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Lorient
Rest6.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km427 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 69 · 10 pts vs 7.7 for an average club · +4.0 vs expected
  • W18 OctH · Monaco1–01.2 xPts
  • W10 OctH · Paris FC1–01.4 xPts
  • L19 SepA · Le Mans1–21.3 xPts
  • D12 SepH · Toulouse2–21.6 xPts
  • W5 SepA · Lens1–00.6 xPts
Stade Brestois 29
Rest8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel109 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 49 · 7 pts vs 7.2 for an average club · +0.6 vs expected
  • D17 OctA · Lille1–11.0 xPts
  • W10 OctH · Angers5–11.9 xPts
  • L20 SepA · Auxerre1–21.5 xPts
  • L13 SepH · Paris Saint Germain0–10.7 xPts
  • W5 SepA · LE Havre2–11.4 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Lorient Stade Brestois 29
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match6.1Ligue 1 2026-2027, 25 Oct8Ligue 1 2026-2027, 23 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km109 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways427 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 30 / 1 / 3
Next matchdays after this one7.97.9

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Lorient Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs Monaco (H) 1–0, 18 Oct
38Y. Mvogo(G)
95S. Touré 3M. Talbi 32N. Adjei
43Arsène Kouassi 62A. Avom 8Noah Cadiou 20D. Sylla
33Gabin Bernardeau 17J. Makengo
18I. Baldé
Stade Brestois 29 Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Lille (A) 1–1, 17 Oct
1E. Selvik(G)
2B. Locko 4G. Lloris 29L. Tousart 70K. Lala
8H. Magnetti 13J. Chotard
9P. Mboup 23K. Doumbia 17M. Baldé
19L. Ajorque

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Lorient No reported absences
Stade Brestois 29 No reported absences
Total impact vs full squads
  • Lorient+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Stade Brestois 29+0.0 pp

From eScored squad data: each player's weight is his role (core 3, starter 2, rotation 1, depth 0.5) times his share of minutes. Defenders and keepers count to the defence line, forwards to attack, midfielders half to each. EloLambda turns the lost share into fewer goals scored and more conceded (weight 0.1); the totals show how that moves the result chances.

Home / Away this season

Lorient · Home 1.75points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
2-1-1
Scored
1.25
Conceded
1.00
Stade Brestois 29 · Away 1.25points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
1-2-1
Scored
1.50
Conceded
1.50

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 8 of 8 meetings

3 Lorient wins1 draws4 Stade Brestois 29 wins
Goals per game1.13 – 1.75 Over 2.563% Both scored50% Clean sheets13% · 38%
  • 7 Feb 2026Stade Brestois 292–0Lorient
  • 19 Oct 2025Lorient3–3Stade Brestois 29
  • 31 Mar 2024Lorient0–1Stade Brestois 29
  • 20 Dec 2023Stade Brestois 294–0Lorient
  • 7 May 2023Lorient2–1Stade Brestois 29
  • 9 Oct 2022Stade Brestois 291–2Lorient

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Lorient7 games · scored 7 · conceded 6
1 0-15
1 16-30
2 1 31-45
2 2 46-60
2 1 61-75
1 76-90
Stade Brestois 297 games · scored 13 · conceded 10
3 2 0-15
4 16-30
2 1 31-45
2 3 46-60
1 2 61-75
1 2 76-90
Lorient10 games · scored 13 · conceded 10
1 2 0-15
1 1 16-30
2 2 31-45
2 2 46-60
2 3 61-75
5 76-90
Stade Brestois 2910 games · scored 15 · conceded 14
4 3 0-15
4 1 16-30
2 1 31-45
3 4 46-60
1 2 61-75
1 3 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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