Ligue 1 Gameweek 8 Fri, Oct 23 · 19:45 Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest
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Our take

Stade Brestois 29 are slight favourites.

Stade Brestois 29 are the stronger side on L90 Strength (34 vs 27). Recent goals, xG and shots on target add to that edge for Stade Brestois 29. Stade Brestois 29 have 6 days of rest, Nice 5 and have to travel 1,044 km. Conditions look neutral.

Away travel1,044 kmRest days6 · 5Matches / 14d2 · 2
Stade Brestois 2953%
Draw23%
Nice24%
Expected goals 1.90 – 1.22
Stade Brestois 2949%
Draw26%
Nice25%
Expected goals 1.62 – 1.10
Stade Brestois 2953%
Draw23%
Nice24%
Expected goals 1.90 – 1.22
Stade Brestois 2945%
Draw25%
Nice30%
Expected goals 1.69 – 1.37
Stade Brestois 2953%
Draw23%
Nice23%
Expected goals 1.95 – 1.23
Over 2.5 60% Both score 60% Likeliest score 1–1
EloLambda forecast, updated 4 hours ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Brest)
11°CDrizzle
  • Precipitation 29%
  • Wind 24 km/h
  • Humidity 72%
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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Stade Brestois 29 and Nice. 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

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

Stade Brestois 29Nice
34 L90 StrengthIn forecast 27
34 Current StrengthIn forecast 27
47 AttackIn forecast 26
36 DefenceIn forecast 35
49 Form indexContext 44
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

Stade Brestois 29

Attack+5%
Defense risk−15%

Nice

Attack+2%
Defense risk+2%

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

Playing style

Stade Brestois 29Nice
1.86 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.86
1.43 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.29
2.55 xGVia Att/Def 1.12
1.29 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.53
-0.69 Goals minus xGContext -0.26
86% Scored inContext 57%
0% Clean sheetsContext 14%
17.14 ShotsContext 11.71
5.86 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.71
34% On target shareContext 32%
11.29 Shots in the boxContext 7.57
63% Box shareContext 65%
11% ConversionContext 7%
2.40 OffsidesContext 3.00
11.71 Shots allowedContext 11.86
4.43 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.43
2.57 BlocksContext 3.00
3.67 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.86
76% Save rateContext 65%
46% PossessionIn forecast 54%
408 PassesContext 546
333 Accurate passesContext 478
82% Pass accuracyContext 88%
6.83 Team ratingContext 6.73
14.14 FoulsContext 9.29
13.29 Fouls sufferedContext 8.14
1.29 Yellow cardsContext 1.86
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.80
1.40 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.20
2.02 xGVia Att/Def 1.12
1.29 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.23
-0.52 Goals minus xGContext -0.32
80% Scored inContext 60%
0% Clean sheetsContext 20%
16.10 ShotsContext 12.00
5.30 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.60
33% On target shareContext 30%
10.70 Shots in the boxContext 8.00
64% Box shareContext 68%
9% ConversionContext 7%
2.43 OffsidesContext 2.70
12.30 Shots allowedContext 12.60
4.40 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.30
3.30 BlocksContext 3.60
3.33 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.90
71% Save rateContext 67%
46% PossessionIn forecast 52%
414 PassesContext 508
340 Accurate passesContext 439
82% Pass accuracyContext 86%
6.86 Team ratingContext 6.75
12.80 FoulsContext 9.40
11.70 Fouls sufferedContext 9.70
1.00 Yellow cardsContext 1.70
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

Stade Brestois 29
Rest6 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km1,197 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
Nice
Rest5 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel1,044 km586 km in 14d
Schedule load12%Low
Form 44 · 7 pts vs 7.6 for an average club · +1.6 vs expected
  • L18 OctA · Lyon1–20.6 xPts
  • W11 OctH · Strasbourg2–11.2 xPts
  • W20 SepH · Lille2–10.9 xPts
  • L12 SepA · Auxerre0–11.1 xPts
  • D5 SepH · Le Mans1–11.5 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
Stade Brestois 29 Nice
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 12
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match6Ligue 1 2026-2027, 17 Oct5Ligue 1 2026-2027, 18 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km1,044 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,197 km586 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 21 / 2 / 2
Next matchdays after this one87.9

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

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
Nice Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs Lyon (A) 1–2, 18 Oct
23Y. Diouf(G)
35X. Mandza Tsiendi 55Y. Ndayishimiye 5M. Mohamed Ahmed
27N. Nkounkou 6H. Boudaoui 28A. Witsel 92J. Clauss
9M. Amoura 7G. Hein
11S. Wahi

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

Stade Brestois 29 · Home 1.33points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
1-1-1
Scored
2.33
Conceded
1.33
Nice · Away 0.00points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
0-0-3
Scored
0.33
Conceded
2.00

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 3 this season

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

Head to head last 10 of 10 meetings

2 Stade Brestois 29 wins3 draws5 Nice wins
Goals per game0.80 – 1.60 Over 2.550% Both scored30% Clean sheets30% · 60%
  • 1 Feb 2026Nice2–2Stade Brestois 29
  • 20 Sep 2025Stade Brestois 294–1Nice
  • 17 May 2025Nice6–0Stade Brestois 29
  • 2 Nov 2024Stade Brestois 290–1Nice
  • 4 Feb 2024Stade Brestois 290–0Nice
  • 1 Oct 2023Nice0–0Stade Brestois 29

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

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
Nice7 games · scored 6 · conceded 9
1 0-15
2 1 16-30
2 3 31-45
1 46-60
1 1 61-75
1 2 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
Nice10 games · scored 8 · conceded 12
1 1 0-15
2 2 16-30
2 3 31-45
2 46-60
1 2 61-75
2 2 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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