Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Brest 9th with 50 points, Reims 16th with 33, 17 apart. In league terms the two rates read 1.53/1.74 for Brest and 0.97/1.38 for Reims (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.49.
Reims's winless run stood at 10.
The head-to-head ledger counts 14 games: 4 Brest wins, 3 for Reims, 7 draws, at 1.57 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 29% of the wins in this fixture. Only 21% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The match was played at Stade Francis-Le Ble in Brest (capacity 15,097). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.