Brest and Saint-Étienne will face off on Wednesday the 1st of December at 7:00 pm in the 16th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to take place in Brest at the Stade Francis-Le Ble. The appointed referee is Mikael Lesage.

Brest occupies the 12th place in the table with 18 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Bordeaux in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 4 times, draw 6 times, and lost 5 times.​​

Brest won the last 4 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 2nd of October against Nice and the score was 2-1.

Saint-Étienne sits in the 20th place in the table with 12 points. It comes from a 1-3 loss against Paris Saint Germain in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won twice, draw 6 times, and lost 7 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Brest​

Line - Ups​
4-4-2
21 May
Brest-Bordeaux
2-4
4-3-3
14 May
Monaco-Brest
4-2
4-4-2
07 May
Brest-Strasbourg
0-1
4-4-2
01 May
Brest-Clermont
2-0
4-3-3
24 Apr
Metz-Brest
0-1
4-4-2
20 Apr
Brest-Olympique Lyonnais
2-1
4-4-2
16 Apr
Saint-Étienne-Brest
2-1
4-4-2
10 Apr
Brest-Nantes
1-1
4-4-2
03 Apr
Montpellier-Brest
1-2
5-3-2
20 Mar
Angers SCO-Brest
1-0
4-4-2
13 Mar
Brest-Olympique Marseille
1-4
3-4-1-2
05 Mar
Lens-Brest
0-1
4-2-3-1
27 Feb
Brest-Lorient
0-1
4-2-3-1
20 Feb
Reims-Brest
1-1
4-2-3-1
13 Feb
Brest-Troyes
5-1
4-4-2
06 Feb
Rennes-Brest
2-0
4-4-2
22 Jan
Brest-Lille
2-0
4-4-2
15 Jan
Paris Saint Germain-Brest
2-0
4-4-2
09 Jan
Brest-Nice
0-3
4-4-2
22 Dec
Troyes-Brest
1-1
4-4-2
11 Dec
Brest-Montpellier
0-4
4-4-2
04 Dec
Olympique Marseille-Brest
1-2
4-4-2
01 Dec
Brest-Saint-Étienne
1-0
4-2-2-2
28 Nov
Bordeaux-Brest
1-2
4-4-2
21 Nov
Brest-Lens
4-0
4-4-2
07 Nov
Lorient-Brest
1-2
4-2-3-1
31 Oct
Brest-Monaco
2-0
4-2-3-1
23 Oct
Lille-Brest
1-1
4-2-3-1
17 Oct
Brest-Reims
1-1
4-2-3-1
02 Oct
Nice-Brest
2-1
4-2-3-1
26 Sep
Brest-Metz
1-2
4-1-4-1
22 Sep
Nantes-Brest
3-1
4-2-3-1
19 Sep
Clermont-Brest
1-1
4-2-3-1
12 Sep
Brest-Angers SCO
1-1
4-3-3
29 Aug
Strasbourg-Brest
3-1
4-2-3-1
20 Aug
Brest-Paris Saint Germain
2-4
4-2-3-1
15 Aug
Brest-Rennes
1-1
4-2-3-1
07 Aug
Olympique Lyonnais-Brest
1-1

Brest has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 66.67%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (10 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-2-2-2 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).

Michel Der Zakarian is expected to play against Saint-Étienne with the following players: M. Bizot, J. Duverne, B. Chardonnet, C. Hérelle, R. Pierre-Gabriel, H. Belkebla, L. Agoume, F. Honorat, R. Faivre, S. Mounié and J. Le Douaron.

Granting that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Brest would be 25.18.

S. Cibois, P. Lasne and H. Mananga Mbock will definitely miss the match.

Saint-Étienne​

Line - Ups​
3-4-1-2
21 May
Nantes-Saint-Étienne
1-1
3-4-1-2
14 May
Saint-Étienne-Reims
1-2
5-4-1
11 May
Nice-Saint-Étienne
4-2
5-4-1
30 Apr
Rennes-Saint-Étienne
2-0
3-4-1-2
23 Apr
Saint-Étienne-Monaco
1-4
3-4-3
20 Apr
Bordeaux-Saint-Étienne
2-2
3-4-3
16 Apr
Saint-Étienne-Brest
2-1
3-4-1-2
08 Apr
Lorient-Saint-Étienne
6-2
3-4-3
03 Apr
Saint-Étienne-Olympique Marseille
2-4
3-4-1-2
18 Mar
Saint-Étienne-Troyes
1-1
3-4-1-2
11 Mar
Lille-Saint-Étienne
0-0
3-4-1-2
06 Mar
Saint-Étienne-Metz
1-0
5-4-1
26 Feb
Paris Saint Germain-Saint-Étienne
3-1
3-4-1-2
20 Feb
Saint-Étienne-Strasbourg
2-2
3-4-1-2
13 Feb
Clermont-Saint-Étienne
1-2
3-4-2-1
05 Feb
Saint-Étienne-Montpellier
3-1
3-4-2-1
26 Jan
Angers SCO-Saint-Étienne
0-1
5-4-1
21 Jan
Olympique Lyonnais-Saint-Étienne
1-0
5-4-1
15 Jan
Saint-Étienne-Lens
1-2
4-4-2
22 Dec
Saint-Étienne-Nantes
0-1
4-3-3
11 Dec
Reims-Saint-Étienne
2-0
4-4-2
05 Dec
Saint-Étienne-Rennes
0-5
4-2-3-1
01 Dec
Brest-Saint-Étienne
1-0
4-2-3-1
28 Nov
Saint-Étienne-Paris Saint Germain
1-3
4-4-2
21 Nov
Troyes-Saint-Étienne
0-1
4-3-3
07 Nov
Saint-Étienne-Clermont
3-2
4-3-1-2
30 Oct
Metz-Saint-Étienne
1-1
4-3-1-2
22 Oct
Saint-Étienne-Angers SCO
2-2
4-2-3-1
17 Oct
Strasbourg-Saint-Étienne
5-1
4-2-3-1
03 Oct
Saint-Étienne-Olympique Lyonnais
1-1
3-4-3
25 Sep
Saint-Étienne-Nice
0-3
4-2-3-1
22 Sep
Monaco-Saint-Étienne
3-1
3-4-2-1
18 Sep
Saint-Étienne-Bordeaux
1-2
4-2-3-1
12 Sep
Montpellier-Saint-Étienne
2-0
4-3-3
28 Aug
Olympique Marseille-Saint-Étienne
3-1
4-3-3
21 Aug
Saint-Étienne-Lille
1-1
4-3-3
15 Aug
Lens-Saint-Étienne
2-2
4-4-1-1
08 Aug
Saint-Étienne-Lorient
1-1

Saint-Étienne has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 33.33%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 4-3-3 (4 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (once), 3-4-3 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).

Claude Puel is expected to play against Brest with the following players: S. Bajic, M. Trauco Saavedra, H. Moukoudi, S. Sow, N. Sissoko, M. Camara, Y. Macon, A. Aouchiche, D. Bouanga and W. Khazri.

In case that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Saint-Étienne would be 25.60.

There are doubts about the presence of R. Boudebouz.

G. Antunes da Silva, Y. Neyou Noupa, A. Nordin and R. Hamouma will definitely miss the match.

Claude Puel will not be able to have the presence of E. Green and T. Kolodziejczak who are both suspended​​.