Lyon had finished fourth in the table the last season, and have been one of the best in the country for the past several years. Meanwhile, Brest had narrowly avoided relegation, and are one of the worst in the Ligue 1. Surely expect the latter to have the edge.
They had missed out on a ticket to the CL, as only the first three teams in the table are awarded entry into the competition. Their miss was a close one, as they were trailing just two points behind the third-placed Monaco.
The team will be determined to not let anything of that sorts happen this time around, and will hope for a great start to the campaign.
They were also one of the best offensive squads in the whole French top flight, as they were outscored only by PSG. In fact, while Lyon struck 81 goals through the campaign, 17 of the total 20 teams in the Ligue 1 could not even touch the 70-goal mark.
In the meantime, Brest had finished 17th in a table of 20, and had a surplus of just one point over the relegation cut-off. Only three teams had let in more goals than them in the competition, and two of them were relegated.



译文(自动翻译仅供参考):

里昂在上个赛季的积分榜上排名第四，在过去的几年里一直是英国最好的球队之一。与此同时，布雷斯特勉强避免了降级，是法甲最糟糕的球队之一。当然可以期待后者有优势。
他们错过了冠军杯的入场券，因为只有排名前三的球队有资格参加比赛。他们以两分的差距惜败第三名摩纳哥。
车队将下定决心，不让任何类似的事情发生在这一次，并将希望一个伟大的开始运动。
他们也是整个法国顶级联赛中进攻最好的球队之一，因为他们的得分仅被巴黎圣日耳曼队击败。事实上，里昂在这个赛季打进了81个进球，而法甲20支球队中有17支甚至连70个进球都达不到。
与此同时，布雷斯特在20强中排名第17，仅比降级边缘多1分。只有三支球队在比赛中失球比他们多，其中两支被降级。