Brest vs Olympique Lyonnais prediction and preview

Ligue 1 · Sunday 8 November 2026, 16:15 UTC

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Brest vs Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Sunday 8 November 2026, 16:15 UTC · Stade Francis-Le Ble, Brest

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Brest vs Olympique Lyonnais preview

Brest host Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1 on Sunday 8 November 2026, kick-off 16:15 UTC at Stade Francis-Le Ble in Brest. Brest are 10th in the table with 12 points from 9, while Olympique Lyonnais go into the round 3rd, on 17 points from 9 games.

Recent form: Brest W-L-D-W-L, Olympique Lyonnais W-L-L-W-W (most recent first). Over their last 6, Brest have scored 1.7 and conceded 1.2 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. Olympique Lyonnais average 1.3 scored and 1.7 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

Head to head, Brest have 3 wins to Olympique Lyonnais's 4 across 10 meetings, with 3 draws. Those games averaged 2.8 goals, 6 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 7. The most recent meeting, on 18 Jan 2026, ended Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Brest.

Brest are without Raphaël Le Guen (injury) and Brendan Chardonnet (injury). Raphaël Le Guen and Brendan Chardonnet have featured heavily in recent matches. Olympique Lyonnais list 5 absentees, including Pavel Sulc (injury), Loïs Openda (injury) and Tyler Morton (injury). Pavel Sulc and Loïs Openda have featured heavily in recent matches. Jeremy Stinat is the appointed referee. Across 137 earlier matches in our data the average is 3.8 yellow cards per game and 0.3 penalties per game, and home sides won 45% of those games.

Bookmaker prices point to an evenly balanced contest. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3Olympique Lyonnais9522157+817WLWLW
10Brest93331612+412LWDLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Brest 3, draws 3, Olympique Lyonnais 4.

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Brest expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Egil Selvik, Kenny Lala, Lucas Tousart, Gautier Lloris, Bradley Locko, Joris Chotard, Hugo Magnetti, Mama Baldé, Kamory Doumbia, Pathé Mboup, Ludovic Ajorque

Olympique Lyonnais expected line-up (4-3-3)

Dominik Greif, Zachary Athekame, Felix Bacher, Moussa Niakhaté, Abner, Tanner Tessmann, Mads Bidstrup, Corentin Tolisso, Julien Duranville, Ernest Nuamah, Keito Nakamura

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