La Roche vs Brest: French Cup Match Prediction
La Roche and Brest will play in the 1/32 finals of the French Cup on December 21. The visitors sensationally finished in the top three teams of the French Ligue 1 last season and ended up in the Champions League, where they have been showing good performances and are among the top eight. The hosts are only playing in the second National Championship, the fourth league in France. Will the outsider be able to compete with the top division representative? The answer is in our forecast.

Command Analysis

La Roche VF

Current form
La Roche plays in the second division of the National Championship, the fourth level in the French football league system. In Group B, the team is only in 14th place and is at risk of relegation. In 13 matches, they managed to score only 11 points, the club is one point away from the safe zone. In the last round, the hosts lost to recent Ligue 1 participant Bordeaux (0:1). However, in a recent cup match, the team managed to beat Orleans, which plays one league higher, in a penalty shootout. Now La Roche has the opportunity to fight a team from the top division.
Disqualifications and injuries
The hosts have no problems with their squad before the cup match.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team lost two matches in a row at home without scoring a single goal.
- The hosts have not won in regulation time in the last four matches.

Brest

Current form
Last season was historical in many ways for Brest. The club managed to take third place in the French Ligue 1, which surprised many. The team managed to get into the Champions League, where it shows excellent results. In the last round, the "pirates" managed to beat the Dutch PSV (1:0) and rose to seventh place in the table. If they manage to maintain their place in the top eight, the guests will go straight to the 1/8 finals of the most prestigious tournament. At the same time, in Ligue 1, the underdog dropped to its usual place in the middle of the ranking. Now the club is 11th in the table and is five points behind the top 6.
Disqualifications and injuries
The visiting team has no losses ahead of the cup match.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has won three of its last four matches.
- The club has suffered four consecutive away defeats
Trends
Bet Exact score 1:4
The visitors won their last victory with this score
14.00Bet Both Teams to Score
This bet has played in three of the last four away matches
2.40Bet Number 1 in the final score
This pattern has worked in the hosts' last three matches
2.33Tip and bets
The hosts are significantly inferior to their opponents in class and are unlikely to be able to fight for entry into the next round of the Cup. The visitors have many high-class players at their disposal and they should beat today opponent in any lineup. We think that there will be no surprises here and we will see a confident victory by Brest.
Our forecast is Asian handicap (-2.5) on Brest for 1.77
Bet on total
The visitors will clearly not sit back in defense in a match with a clear underdog and will try to score as many as possible. At the same time, Brest is far from flawless in defense, so the hosts can count on a goal of prestige. Most likely, we will see a productive confrontation.
Our prediction is total over 3.5 goals for 1.75
Bet on corners
We believe that defensive errors will allow for many dangerous moments, and they will also be created from corner kicks, of which we expect a fair number.
Our prediction is total over 8.5 corners for 1.80