Predictions Ligue 1 Gameweek 33 - Stade Brestois vs Reims

Ligue 1 - Stade Brestois vs Reims
Match Time: 11-05-2024 03:00 Saturday (GMT+8)
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Stade Brestois

Brest's home encounter with Nantes on May 4 was a far more low-key affair, one which head coach Roy was forced to watch from the stands owing to his touchline suspension.

Both sides wasted a couple of promising chances to nick all three points as the spoils were shared, seeing Brest accrue just their fourth point from the last 12 on offer, having also been defeated by Lyon and Monaco last month to lose their grip on second place in the table.

However, Les Pirates - now occupying third spot - will be playing Europa League football at the very least next season, and their lead over fifth-placed Nice stands at six points having played a game more, meaning that Champions League qualification could be secured in Friday's action.

Nice square off with Le Havre at the same time as Brest's battle with Reims, where Roy's men will guarantee a top-four placement if they can better Les Aiglons' result, but they will get another bite at the cherry against bottom-half Toulouse on the final day should they fall short on May 10.

Only Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille (one each) can better Brest's tally of just two defeats on home territory all season, although only one of Les Pirates' last four at the Stade Francis Le-Ble has ended in victory, and even then they made hard work of a 4-3 triumph over relegation-battling Metz.

Reims

Reims are now under new management following the exit of the much-admired Still, whose hitherto exceptional time in the hotseat ended with a whimper owing to a three-match winless run.

Before the Englishman - apparently admired by the likes of West Ham United and Sunderland - stepped down from his post with immediate effect, he oversaw a humiliating 4-1 thrashing against relegated Clermont, which succeeded losses to Strasbourg and Reims earlier in April.

Now only playing for pride and a top-half ranking as the season draws to a close, the 12th-placed Rouges et Blancs will now gear up for their first battle under the interim wing of Samba Diawara, Still's former assistant who also boasts extensive coaching experience in Belgium.

The 46-year-old's first task will be snapping an unsightly five-game winless run for Reims, who have also kept just one clean sheet on the road in the entire Ligue 1 campaign - shutting out Nantes in October - although a five-game scoring streak on the road offers some solace.

Yet to take to the field this month owing to Marseille's Europa League exploits, Reims were bested 2-1 on home soil by Brest in September, a result which ended a four-match sequence of stalemates between Les Pirates and Les Rouges et Blancs, whose last victory in this fixture came in January 2021.

Prediction: Brest 2-1 Reims