Season so far

UEFA Champions League

Key, RB Salzburg v Brest
League position, Red Bull Salzburg 32nd, Brest 13thTotal points, Red Bull Salzburg 0, Brest 3

Goals conceded

Red Bull Salzburg 3Brest 1

Shots

Red Bull Salzburg 5Brest 10

Shots on target

Red Bull Salzburg 1Brest 5

Shots off target

Red Bull Salzburg 4Brest 5

Blocked shots

Red Bull Salzburg 6Brest 4

Passing accuracy %

Red Bull Salzburg 87.11Brest 77.25

Form guide

All competitions

Red Bull Salzburg won
v Austria Wien
2
0
Bundesliga
Brest lose
v Auxerre
3
0
Ligue 1
Red Bull Salzburg won
v Wiener Viktoria
0
4
Cup
Brest won
v Toulouse
2
0
Ligue 1
Red Bull Salzburg draw
v WSG Tirol
0
0
Bundesliga
Brest won
v Sturm Graz
2
1
UEFA Champions League
Red Bull Salzburg lose
v Sparta Prague
3
0
UEFA Champions League
Brest lose
v PSG
3
1
Ligue 1
Red Bull Salzburg lose
v Rapid
3
2
Bundesliga
Brest draw
v Guingamp
2
2
Club Friendlies

Match Facts

  • This will be RB Salzburg’s first meeting with Brest in European competition, and just the second French opponent they’ve faced in the UEFA Champions League, after two games against Lille in the 2021-22 group stage (won 2-1 at home and lost 0-1 away).

  • RB Salzburg have won four of their five home games against French sides in European competition (L1), including each of the last three in a row. The only side to beat them on home soil was Nice, losing 0-1 in a UEFA Europa League group stage game back in October 2016.

  • This will be Brest’s first ever away game in European competition, while the last French team to win their first ever away match in the UEFA Champions League was Auxerre in 1996-97 (2-1 v Rangers). Indeed, none of the previous six sides from France have managed to win their first such road game (D3 L3).

  • RB Salzburg lost their first UEFA Champions League game under Pepijn Lijnders (0-3 v Sparta Prague), while their current winless run of six games (D1 L5) is their longest in the competition to date.

  • After beating Sturm Graz last time out, Brest could become just the second French team to win both of their first two games in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, after Strasbourg in September-October 1979.

  • RB Salzburg have lost each of their last four home games in the UEFA Champions League, including all three from the previous edition in 2023-24. Prior to this run, they had gone six in a row without defeat on home soil in the competition, winning four of those (D2).

  • RB Salzburg had 70.9% possession in their 0-3 defeat to Sparta Prague last time out, their most on record (since 2003-04) in a UEFA Champions League match. Indeed, despite dominating possession, the Austrian side only had 0.58 xG in the game and landed just a single shot on target.

  • Brest created five big chances in their 2-1 win over Sturm Graz in their opener, with only three of the other 35 sides producing more on MD1 (Celtic 9, Bayern Munich 8 and Juventus 6). Ludovic Ajorque created two of those big chances, while only Jamal Musiala (3) has set up more in the tournament this term.

  • Since the start of last season, RB Salzburg’s Oscar Gloukh is one of only three players aged under 21 to have created 10+ chances and completed 10+ dribbles in the UEFA Champions League (10 for each), along with Lamine Yamal and Warren Zaïre-Emery.

  • Along with assisting the winning goal of the game (2-1), Brest’s Ludovic Ajorque won eight aerial duels against Sturm Graz; the most of any player across MD1 of this season’s UEFA Champions League. Indeed, Brest were also the team who won the most aerial duels in the first round of fixtures this term (27).