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Ligue 1 · Matchday 8 Match report

Brest 1-2 Nice: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

1-2Full time
Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest

Our picks against the result

4 of 12 right

  • Result Brest win48% 1-2
  • Double chance Brest or draw (1X)76% 1-2
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.556% 3 goals
  • More corners Brest52% Nice (3-7)
  • Yellow cards Around average 8 yellow cards · league 3.3
  • Yellow cards 8 yellow cards 3.5 Under62% 4.5 Under79% 5.5 Under90%
  • Corners Around average 10 corners · league 9.4
  • Corners 10 corners 8.5 Over61% 9.5 Under50% 10.5 Under61%

Match stats

Brest Nice
  • 1 Goals 2
  • 3 Yellow cards 5
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 3 Corners 7

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Brest vs Nice is the Friday 23 October 2026 fixture at the Stade Francis-Le Blé, Matchday 8 in Ligue 1, and our model goes for a home win, with Brest win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model calls a Brest win, mainly on home advantage and because it rates them slightly the stronger side over the long run, with Nice sitting below the Ligue 1 average. The strongest argument the other way is Brest's attacking output of late: their shot numbers are ordinary and they spend little time in the opposition box. They do still carve out clearly more big chances than the league average, and Nice arrive with only six goals in seven games and little punch of their own. That is enough to keep the pick standing, but it is a moderate call rather than a clear one.

Form guide

Brest

  • D 1-1 at Lille (A) Ligue 1 · 17 Oct
  • W 5-1 vs Angers (H) Ligue 1 · 10 Oct
  • L 1-2 at Auxerre (A) Ligue 1 · 20 Sep
  • L 0-1 vs Paris Saint-Germain (H) Ligue 1 · 13 Sep
  • W 2-1 at Le Havre (A) Ligue 1 · 5 Sep

Nice

  • L 1-2 at Lyon (A) Ligue 1 · 18 Oct
  • W 2-1 vs Strasbourg (H) Ligue 1 · 11 Oct
  • W 2-1 vs Lille (H) Ligue 1 · 20 Sep
  • L 0-1 at Auxerre (A) Ligue 1 · 12 Sep
  • D 1-1 vs Le Mans (H) Ligue 1 · 5 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

BrestNice
Attack 53 24 1.9 goals per match this season0.9 goals per match this season
Defence 18 29 1.4 conceded per match this season1.3 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Ligue 1 clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

4Brest wins
8draws
8Nice wins

20 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.

  • 1 Feb 2026 · Ligue 1 Nice 2-2 Brest
  • 20 Sep 2025 · Ligue 1 Brest 4-1 Nice
  • 17 May 2025 · Ligue 1 Nice 6-0 Brest
  • 2 Nov 2024 · Ligue 1 Brest 0-1 Nice
  • 4 Feb 2024 · Ligue 1 Brest 0-0 Nice

Ligue 1 so far

Ligue 1 records before the match
#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
10 Brest 7 232 13:10 +3 9
13 Nice 7 223 6:9 -3 8

Positions in our table of 18 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Ligue 1, Matchday 8
Kick-off
Venue
Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest

Questions and answers

What was the score of Brest vs Nice?

Brest 1-2 Nice in the Ligue 1 (Matchday 8) on Friday 23 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Brest vs Nice right?

No: our result pick was Brest win, and the score after 90 minutes was 1-2. 4 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in Brest vs Nice?

8 yellow cards (Brest 3, Nice 5), no red cards and 10 corners (Brest 3, Nice 7).

Times are UTC.