Stade Brestois 29 - Toulouse FC live - Football

Stade Brestois 29 host Toulouse FC on Saturday, 29 August 2026, at 19:45 BST at the Stade Francis-Le Blé in Brest - Matchday 2 of the 2026/27 Ligue 1 season. Brest, under new head coach Julien Lachuer, enter this fixture following a 2-2 draw at Le Mans on the opening weekend, while Toulouse - beaten 0-2 by Lyon at home in their season opener - are already in need of points. Historically, Brest hold the stronger H2H record with 4 wins in the last 8 meetings, though Toulouse swept both clashes in 2025/26.

Match Info: Stade Brestois 29 vs Toulouse FC

The match kicks off on Saturday, 29 August 2026, at 19:45 BST (18:45 UTC) at the Stade Francis-Le Blé in Brest, France. It is Matchday 2 of the 2026/27 Ligue 1 - the 89th edition of France's top-flight football league.

Where to Watch Stade Brestois 29 vs Toulouse FC?

Viewers in the United Kingdom and Ireland can watch the match live on Ligue1+ online. In Italy, the same service is available. French audiences have three options: the television channel LIGUE 1+ 5 and the streaming platforms DAZN France and Molotov.tv. In the USA, the game is available via beIN SPORTS XTRA (TV), Fubo TV, and Tubi online.

German and Austrian fans can access the game through DAZN, while Spanish viewers have DAZN España. In Canada, the match is broadcast on beIN SPORTS XTRA (TV) with online alternatives via beIN SPORTS CONNECT Canada and fuboTV Canada. Belgium is served by DAZN Belgium, and Turkey by beIN CONNECT Turkey.

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Match between Stade Brestois 29 and Toulouse FC - Preview

Two Ligue 1 clubs seeking a first win of the 2026/27 season face off in Brest - a fixture charged with historical echoes and immediate pressure for both sides.

This is Brest's first home game of the new campaign, and it carries unusual emotional weight. Club legend Éric Roy, who guided Stade Brestois from Ligue 2 to a historic Champions League appearance, passed away from cancer on 17 June 2026. His successor, Julien Lachuer - a former Brest goalkeeper (2005-2010) who spent three years as Roy's assistant - takes charge for only the second competitive game of his managerial career. The 2-2 draw at Le Mans on the opening day was a reasonable result, but Brest's home record will be critical to any ambitions of improving on last season's 12th-place finish.

Toulouse arrive in Brittany looking to bounce back from a flat 0-2 home defeat to Lyon in Matchday 1, where Noah Nartey and Malick Fofana scored in the second half to embarrass the home side at the Stadium de Toulouse. The Violets finished 9th (12W, 9D, 13L) in 2025/26 and need to find consistency fast. That said, they hold a strong recent record in this fixture - both Ligue 1 meetings with Brest last season ended 2-0 in Toulouse's favour, on each occasion.

Head-to-Head: Stade Brestois 29 vs Toulouse FC

Across the last 8 meetings between these sides in Ligue 1, Brest hold the edge with 4 wins to Toulouse's 2, with 2 draws - yet Toulouse's back-to-back 2-0 wins in 2025/26 show that the trend can shift quickly in this rivalry. The fixture tends to produce decisive results rather than draws, and goals have rarely been scarce.

Here are the last 8 head-to-head results between Stade Brestois 29 and Toulouse FC:

• 25 Jan 2026 - Ligue 1 2025/26 - Stade Brestois 29 0:2 Toulouse FC
• 24 Aug 2025 - Ligue 1 2025/26 - Toulouse FC 2:0 Stade Brestois 29
• 30 Mar 2025 - Ligue 1 2024/25 - Toulouse FC 2:4 Stade Brestois 29
• 22 Sep 2024 - Ligue 1 2024/25 - Stade Brestois 29 2:0 Toulouse FC
• 19 May 2024 - Ligue 1 2023/24 - Toulouse FC 0:3 Stade Brestois 29
• 08 Oct 2023 - Ligue 1 2023/24 - Stade Brestois 29 1:1 Toulouse FC
• 02 Apr 2023 - Ligue 1 2022/23 - Stade Brestois 29 3:1 Toulouse FC
• 15 Jan 2023 - Ligue 1 2022/23 - Toulouse FC 1:1 Stade Brestois 29

Stade Brestois 29 - Recent Form

Brest began the 2026/27 season with a 2-2 draw at newly promoted Le Mans - a result that reflects a team still searching for its feet under a new manager, but one that at least banked a point in an unfamiliar away setting.

The close of the 2025/26 season was difficult for Les Pirates. They lost 0-4 at Paris FC on 3 May, fell 0-1 to PSG away, and then dropped 1-2 to Strasbourg at home, before salvaging a 1-1 draw with Angers on the last day. The 12th-place finish - with 10 wins, 9 draws and 15 defeats - was a steep drop from 2024/25, when the club competed in the Champions League knockout phase. Now, under Julien Lachuer - who played in goal for Brest between 2005 and 2010, then spent years on Roy's coaching staff - the mission is rebuilding morale and stability around Roy's footballing legacy.

Home form will be central to any improvement this season. The Stade Francis-Le Blé has historically been a strong environment in Brest's better years, and Matchday 2 is the first opportunity for Lachuer to build a positive identity in front of his own supporters.

Toulouse FC - Recent Form

Toulouse's 2026/27 season got off to a dispiriting start: a 0-2 home defeat to Lyon, with second-half goals from Noah Nartey (68') and Malick Fofana (85'), left the Violets with nothing from their first outing and a long road ahead.

Yet the final stretch of 2025/26 offered glimpses of quality. The club beat Lyon 2-1 on 10 May and won 2-1 away at Strasbourg on 3 May, before drawing 0-0 with Nantes on the final day. Those 3 unbeaten outings at the end of the regular season showed the side is capable of putting runs together. The challenge is translating that end-of-season form into a new campaign. On the road at Brest, the visitors will draw confidence from their two 2-0 wins here last term - both convincing results in their own right.

Facts and Statistics

Stade Brestois 29 and Toulouse FC have a well-established Ligue 1 rivalry stretching back to the 2010/11 season, when the two clubs first met in the top flight. Their meetings have consistently produced competitive, often high-scoring encounters - with few genuinely predictable outcomes across more than a dozen clashes.

• Toulouse won both Ligue 1 fixtures against Brest in 2025/26 - both ended 2-0 - marking the first time they achieved that double in a single season against the Bretons.
• In the 8 most recent head-to-head meetings in Ligue 1, Brest have won 4, Toulouse 2, with 2 draws.
• Brest conceded 4 goals at Paris FC on 3 May 2026 - a result symptomatic of the defensive fragility that saw them finish 12th in 2025/26.
• Julien Lachuer is the first head coach at Brest since Éric Roy took charge in January 2023 - Roy guided the club to the Champions League before passing away in June 2026.
• Toulouse reached the Coupe de France semi-final in 2025/26 - their deepest cup run in years - before losing 1-4 to RC Lens in April 2026.