Reims vs Stade Brestois 29

Reims have lost their last two Ligue 1 games (1-2 at Auxerre and 1-2 v Brest), more losses than in their previous 10 top-flight encounters (1 – W6 D3).

Brest have won two of their last three Ligue 1 games (D1), as many wins as in their first six top-flight encounters this season (L4).

Reims have conceded at least one goal in each of their first nine games of a Ligue 1 season (14 in total), registering a longer such run to start a top-flight campaign only in 1959-60 (at least one goal conceded per game until MD10).

Reims have not won any of their last six Ligue 1 games against Brest (D5 L1), after winning three of their first six against the Bretons in the top-flight (D1 L2).

With ten points in eight games, Brest have achieved their second highest tally at this stage of a Ligue 1 season since their return to the top-flight in 2019, behind the 2023/24 season (15 – finished 3rd).

Reims have won four of their last six home games in Ligue 1 (D1 L1), which is as many as in the previous 12 (D3 L5).

Brest have lost their three away games in Ligue 1 this season for the first time since February-April 2021 (3). Since their return to the top-flight in 2019, they have only lost four in a row once, in November-December 2019.

Reims have scored five headed goals in Ligue 1 this season, the highest tally. On the other hand, Brest rank second for headed shots in Ligue 1 this season (21 attempts, 13 for Reims), but have only scored once that way.