Nice overturn deficit to beat Brest 2-1 in Ligue 1

Nice beat hosts Brest 2-1 in a match between the two sides in round eight of Ligue 1, played on 23 October 2026 at 21:45 Saudi time.

Brest opened the scoring through Ludovic Ajorque in the 15th minute, before Nice turned the result around in the second half with two goals scored by Sepe Elye Wahi in the 61st minute and Sofiane Diop in the 83rd minute.

The match saw no red cards, while Brest received 3 yellow cards compared with 5 yellow cards for Nice.

Sepe Elye Wahi was named man of the match after scoring a goal and providing an assist during the full 90 minutes he played, with a rating of 8.21.

In terms of statistics, Brest dominated possession with 51 against 49 for Nice, and had 13 attempts of which 7 were on target, compared with 9 attempts for Nice of which only 2 were on target, while the expected goals rate stood at 2.54 for Brest against 0.53 for Nice. The Nice goalkeeper made 6 saves compared with no saves recorded for the Brest goalkeeper.

With this result, Brest raised their tally to 9 points in 10th place after 7 matches, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 2, with a goal difference of 13 scored and 10 conceded, while Nice's tally reached 8 points in 13th place after 7 matches, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 3, with a goal difference of 6 scored and 9 conceded.