Real Madrid are clear favourites to win this game and fuel their credentials for the knockouts. You can add over 2.5 to your slip.
Match info: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Municipal du Roudourou, Guingamp
Date: Wednesday, 29th January 2025
Time: 9 pm Nigerian time
Separated by just one point and three places in the Champions League league phase table, Brest and Real Madrid square up to one another on the final matchday at the Stade Francis Le-Ble.
Both sides could still crack the top-eight positions with a victory on Wednesday, but they would also require an astonishing set of results to go their way for that scenario to come to fruition.
Head-to-head:
- Both teams have never faced each other in any competition before.
- Real Madrid have won seven of their 14 away games against French opposition
- Brest will be the 58th different team Carlo Ancelotti has faced in the UEFA Champions League
- Brest are 13th on the UCL table.
- Real Madrid sit 16th on the log.
Form:
- Brest in the Champion League: D-W-L-W-L
- Brest in all competitions: W-W-W-L-W
- Real Madrid in the Champion League: W-L-L-W-W
- Real Madrid in all competitions: L-W-W-W-W
Team News:
- The home side will miss Bradley Locko, Jonas Martin, Jordan Amavi, and Massadio Haidara.
- Meanwhile, Real Madrid will be without Eder Militao, Dani Carvajal, and Eduardo Camavinga.
Player(s) to watch:
- Ludovic Ajorque has enjoyed a sublime run of form up front for Brest this season. He has been consistently finding the back of the net across all competitions and has accumulated eight goals and three assists in the process. Standing at 6‘6, Ajorque possesses a towering presence inside the box and is known for his finishing abilities. He has found the back of the net five times in the last eight games and will hope to do the same against the Los Blancos.
- Kylian Mbappe needs no introduction. He is considered to be one of the finest football players that has ever played the beautiful game. Mbappe seems to have found his rhythm at Madrid after a slow start. The French international is fresh off a match-winning hat trick in the last game and has put the ball into the net 21 times across all competitions. Moreover, he has a fantastic record against Brest having scored nine goals in nine appearances against them.