Brest vs Olympique Lyonnais betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Ligue 1 match on January 11th, 2025

Brest and Olympique Lyonnais will play on Saturday, January 11th, 2025, at 16:00h (UTC), in a Ligue 1 game to be held in France, check the Brest vs Olympique Lyonnais betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Brest vs Olympique Lyonnais will occur

The game takes place in the small Stade Francis-Le Ble stadium, in the city of Brest, with a capacity for 15097 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Brest vs Olympique Lyonnais betting tip 2024/2025

In the current edition of the Ligue 1, we can see a growth in the average goals. While last season the tournament had an average of 2.7 goals per match, now the competition has an average of 2.94 goals per match.

Brest last match

Brest in its last official match lost (2-0) against Angers SCO, in a match valid for Ligue 1. Coach E. Roy's lined up a 4-3-3 formation.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 3.40, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

The whole defensive section of the team suffered a lot from the opponent's raids, but the most in trouble seemed to be Kenny Lala. The player made many crucial mistakes during the match, and he will have to regain his lucidity as early as the next match in order to return useful to his team.

Olympique Lyonnais last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Montpellier team with a final score of 1-0.

Prior to the match the odds were 1.36, making clear the team's favoritism, which was later confirmed with the positive result.

Brest vs Olympique Lyonnais h2h

The last time these teams battled against each other in Ligue 1, Brest ranked 2nd place while Olympique Lyonnais was in 10th place. Brest took to the field with a 4-2-3-1 tactic, while Olympique Lyonnais deployed in a 4-3-3 formation.

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2023/2024 Ligue 1 season. The match, played on 14-04-2024, recorded the 4-3 win for Olympique Lyonnais.

The performance of the Olympique Lyonnais team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Brest team.

Teams each aiming for their goals using their strengths.

Brest

Ligue 1 leaderboard now

The Brest team has 19 points being in the 12th place in the Ligue 1 competition in France. The overall balance is not favorable, with 9 losses, 6 wins wins and 1 draw.

In the 17th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point against Reims team who occupies position 11.

Brest analysis

After 16 rounds, Brest has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 29 goals so far and scored 24 times.

The Brest team comes from a defeat in the Ligue 1, and its coach Eric Roy wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Playing at home shows more positive results for the team with 5 wins, 2 losses and, 1 draw compared to the 1 game they won as the visiting team.

Best goalscorer from Brest

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Romain Del Castillo. Brest owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 4 goals in this season.

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 3 of the 4 goals scored have this characteristic.

Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 leaderboard now

The Olympique Lyonnais team with 28 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Europa League, with a campaign of 8 wins, 4 draws, and 4 losses.

The team has the same number of points that the LOSC Lille who holds the 4th place in the 17th round.

Olympique Lyonnais analysis

Olympique Lyonnais counted 28 goals scored and 20 conceded at the end of Ligue 1 day number 16.

As we approach the Regular Season, Olympique Lyonnais is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 5.63 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Ligue 1.

The Olympique Lyonnais team usually tries to control the game with an average ball possession of 54.5%. Teams with ball possession above 50% typically have some control over the opponents.

Away Olympique Lyonnais does not usually give much chance to opponents, with a balance of 3 wins, 2 losses, and 3 draws in the Ligue 1.

Olympique Lyonnais is a more offensive team than Brest, having 1747 attacks vs. 1659 from Brest, having scored 28 times, in comparison, Brest converted into goal 24 times.

Best goalscorer from Olympique Lyonnais

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Alexandre Lacazette. The Attacker has already scored 5 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Olympique Lyonnais, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

In short, a much stronger team Olympique Lyonnais, better placed in the competition, that usually wins and doesn't concede goals, against an irregular Brest that has difficulty converting and that comes from a sequence of balanced performances.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Both Teams To Score - No is with great odds.

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Brest is Romain Del Castillo, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Olympique Lyonnais is Alexandre Lacazette, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The number of corners of both teams when combine gives an average of 4.66 corners per game, something to explore to gain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.62 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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