Stade Brestois travels to Prague this evening to try to qualify for the next round of the Champions League. A victory and Eric Roy’s men will be able to spend a warm winter even though they have not yet reached the halfway point of the first phase.
With 7 points taken in 3 matches, and three convincing performances, Brest had a more than successful start to the Champions League campaign. This evening against Sparta Prague, Eric Roy’s men will therefore have the possibility of ensuring their qualification for the round of 16 in the event of a victory. If the bookmakers still have difficulty placing the Bretons as favorites, it is Hugo Magnetti’s partners who will for once be the team to beat, crowned with a significant amount of confidence acquired during the first meetings. With a schedule that allowed them to gradually get to grips with the competition without immediately coming up against the big names (Barcelona and Real Madrid), Brest is aware that the draw was rather lenient, but in no case do their players wish to take this confrontation head-on. to the Czech champion lightly despite a more than laborious journey in Ligue 1.
Eric Roy, who will be deprived of his top scorer Sima but will be able to count on the other executives (Chardonnet, Lees-Melou, Magnetti, Del Castillo, Ajorque and Baldé) insisted on the need to continue to perform despite a cushion of quite comfortable points ” We can consider that our journey has already been somewhat successful. Many did not see us with zero points but in great difficulty, struggling to exist in this Champions League. The appetite comes with eating, we keep this pressure, with the desire to continue to perform. When we have fears, we are more united, we make more efforts and we will have to do so because this team will come after us “.
Eric Roy, privileged to have a real group
The former Marseille player who scored his only European goal against a Czech club (Sigma Olomouc, September 15, 1998 in the UEFA Cup) admits, however, that the sequence of matches impacts the team’s performance in the League 1 without having a negative influence on the morale of these players “Playing both competitions is not trivial for us. Players are not used to playing every three or four days. This causes a psychological and physical expense. For the moment, we are living it quite well. Paradoxically, and it’s complicated to understand, we experience the matches preceding the Champions League less well but I am lucky to have a group which allows me to change seven, eight, nine players from one match to the next. other. Because I have a real group. “
Sparta Prague, which lost on Saturday against Ostrava in the league (1-3), has an honorable record in the Champions League. 4 points in 3 matches, including a surprising draw on the Stuttgart pitch (1-1). His coach Lars Friis especially wants to forget the slap received at City two weeks ago (0-5) ” Every match is now crucial. We had some good matches in the Champions League, but against Man City it was a different story. We don’t think we’ll be under as much pressure against Brest, so it’s a good opportunity for us to get back on track.“. Faced with an ambitious team and in the absence of a victory, Brest will have to try to maintain the 3-point gap ahead of Sparta in the standings.
What time will the meeting take place?
The match between Sparta Prague and Brest will begin this Wednesday at 9 p.m., it will be led by Ukrainian referee Mykola Balakin
On which TV channel is the meeting broadcast?
You can follow this duel between Sparta Prague and Brest on Canal+ Foot, start of the match at 9 p.m.
What streaming broadcast for this match?
To watch the match in streaming, you can connect to the MyCanal platform.
The probable compositions:
The probable line-up of Sparta Prague: Vindahl – Vitik, Panak, Sorensen – Wiesmer, Laci, Solbakken, Rynes – Danek, Rrahmani, Sadilek.
The probable composition of Brest: Bizot – Lala, Chardonnet, Coulibaly, Amavi – Magnetti, Lees-Melou, Camara, Del Castillo – Ajorque, Baldé
The different coasts:
Despite its fifth place in the general classification, Brest is not favorite for this away meeting against Sparta Prague
Betclic: Sparta Prague 2.28 / Draw 3.42 / Brest 3.05.
Unibet: Sparta Prague 2.31 / Draw 3.38 / Brest 3.02.
Sports bets: Sparta Prague 2.30 / Draw 3.30 / Brest 2.95.