Brest and Montpellier will play on Saturday the 11th of December at 5:00 pm in the 18th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be staged in Brest at the Stade Francis-Le Ble. The chosen referee is Benoît Millot.

Brest sits in the 11th place in the standings with 24 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Olympique Marseille in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 6 times, draw 6 times, and lost 5 times.​​

Brest won the last 6 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 2nd of October against Nice and the score was 2-1.

Montpellier occupies the 9th position in the standings with 25 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Clermont in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 7 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 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 58.82%).

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

Michel Der Zakarian is expected to play against Montpellier with the following players: M. Bizot, J. Duverne, B. Chardonnet, C. Hérelle, R. Pierre-Gabriel, F. Honorat, H. Magnetti, H. Belkebla, R. Faivre, J. Le Douaron and R. Del Castillo.

If the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Brest would be 25.36.

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

Montpellier​

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

Montpellier has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 82.35%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (14 times), 4-1-4-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).

Olivier Dall’Oglio is expected to play against Brest with the following players: J. Omlin, M. Ristić, N. Cozza, M. Sakho, S. Sambia, J. Ferri, J. Chotard, S. Mavididi, T. Savanier, F. Mollet and S. Wahi.

Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Montpellier would be 25.55.

M. Esteve and P. Teodósio Mendes will definitely miss the match.