In the match of the 17th round of the French championship Brest will play at home with Lyon. The meeting promises to be interesting, because Lyon are still in the European Cup zone and expect to gain a foothold there, despite serious financial problems and the need to part with some of the valuable players. Brest are now in the Champions League, but their current results in Ligue 1 are far from those of last year. While Lyon are fifth, three points behind third place, Brest are only 12th, three points behind ninth position and the same number ahead of Saint-Etienne, who are in the zone of the knockout matches. Things are shaky for Brest here.

In the previous round the Bretons unexpectedly lost away to Angers (0:2), before that they won three times in a row: from La Roche (1:0) in the French Cup, from Nantes (4:1) in Ligue 1 and from PSV (1:0) in the Champions League. Lyon, on the other hand, defeated Montpellier (1-0) in the previous round, although that match could have ended with any result. Earlier, he managed in the French Cup with Fenier Aulnoy (2:1), lost in Ligue 1 to PSG (1-3) and beat Eintracht (3:2) in the Europa League. Lyon have thus lost only one of their last 12 matches in all tournaments. In six of the seven previous meetings, victory was achieved. In general, despite all the problems and rumours, Lyon shows a decent game.

Last season Brest beat Lyon 1-0 at home. And Lyon on their field coped with the Bretons with a score of 4:3 in a dramatic confrontation.