Ligue 1 Round 8 2026-10-23 · 18:45 UTC finished
Brest (home)
VS Stade Francis-Le Ble, Brest
Nice (away)
Prediction
48% Brest (home) Model favorite
28% Draw
24% Nice (away)
Expected goals 1.59 — 1.15 Over 2.5 goals: 52% Both teams to score: 54%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Brest Nice
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 1.731.29
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.521.34
Sample size (matches with xG data) 55
Rest days since last match 65
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 13.0 12.8
Matches in the last 7 days 22
Matches in the next 7 days 11
Travel to this match (km) 600772

What the data says

Match data Moderate evidence

Brest vs Nice: what the data says

Home last five: 1.40 points, 1.88 xG for, 1.39 against per game. Away: 1.40 / 1.30 / 1.39.

BrestNice
3.4 Big chances created per match 2.2
1.80 Goals per match 1.20
1.88 xG per match 1.30

What is worth noting before kickoff?

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability for this match is below 50% (backtest hit rate for this band is 42.7%%).

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Brest

  • injured Brendan Chardonnet return: About 1-2 weeks
  • injured Giovani Versini return: Early November 2026
  • injured Raphaël Le Guen return: Late January 2027

Nice

  • injured Ali Abdi return: About 1-2 weeks
  • injured Antoine Mendy return: Late May 2027
  • injured Laurent Abergel return: Late April 2027
  • injured Moïse Bombito return: Early November 2026

Head to head

All-time (per our source): Brest 4 · 8 8 draws · 9 Nice

DateHome ScoreAway
2026-02-01Nice 2 - 2Brest
2025-09-20Brest 4 - 1Nice
2025-05-17Nice 6 - 0Brest
2024-11-02Brest 0 - 1Nice
2024-02-04Brest 0 - 0Nice
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Data coverage

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