LOSC Lille vs Brest: Prediction, Stats and Preview
Ligue 1 · Saturday 17 October 2026 · 18:45 UTC · Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve d'Ascq · updated 2026-10-09
LOSC Lille host Brest in Ligue 1 on Saturday 17 October 2026 at Stade Pierre-Mauroy. On this season's numbers, Moneyball's model makes LOSC Lille slight favourites at 41%, in a match close to a coin toss, puts the draw at 26% and expects about 2.9 goals.
Moneyball's estimate
- Expected goals: LOSC Lille 1.54, Brest 1.35.
- Over 2.5 goals: 55% · both teams to score: 59%.
- Most likely score: 1–1 (12%).
From each side's goals and expected goals this season (Sportmonks), pulled toward the league average while a side has played few matches (5 and 5 so far), through a Dixon-Coles score model. No bookmaker prices are in it; once the odds are out, the full model in the app reads them too.
The difference-maker: Bradley Locko
Bradley Locko, 24 · Brest · LB · Defensive full-back
Moneyball Scout picks Bradley Locko as the player most likely to decide this match, with a Moneyball Score of 71 against every full-back in Europe's top five leagues (attacking 44, defensive 68).
- Duels won: 7.03 per 90 minutes, better than 93% of full-backs
- Accurate crosses: 0.80 per 90 minutes, better than 87% of full-backs
- Successful dribbles: 1.00 per 90 minutes, better than 82% of full-backs
LOSC Lille score 1.6 goals a match this season from 1.26 expected: stopping them runs through Bradley Locko.
Scout's notes: Duel winner, Crosser, Dribbler.
What he is worth on the market, how many league points he would add to another club and who could replace him: Moneyball Scouting Players Research.
Season statistics
| LOSC Lille | Per match this season | Brest |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Matches | 5 |
| 1.6 | Goals scored | 1.4 |
| 0.8 | Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| 1.26 | Expected goals (xG) | 2.08 |
| 1.69 | xG conceded | 1.16 |
| 12.8 | Shots | 19.2 |
| 6.4 | On target | 5.8 |
| 47.6 | Possession % | 46.8 |
| 60% | Clean sheets % | 0% |
| 40% | Both teams scored % | 80% |
| 2.8 | Corners | 5.6 |
| 1.2 | Yellow cards | 1.2 |
| 6.91 | Average rating | 6.88 |
Averages per match from Sportmonks.
Players to watch
LOSC Lille
- Tiago Santos defender · rating 7.44 · 5 apps
- Berke Özer goalkeeper · rating 7.25 · 5 apps
- Alexsandro defender · rating 7.18 · 5 apps
Brest
- Ludovic Ajorque forward · rating 7.34 · 5 apps
- Kamory Doumbia midfielder · rating 7.33 · 5 apps
- Joris Chotard midfielder · rating 7.19 · 5 apps
The best-rated players of each side this season, with 180 minutes or more.
The full analysis
Moneyball Odds prices every line of the match once bookmakers do: win, draw and loss, Asian handicaps and goals lines, with fair odds and the expected value of each.
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