Sparta Prague – Brest: Pirates one step away from happiness

Stade Brestois travels to Prague tonight to try to secure their qualification for the next round of the Champions League. A victory and Eric Roy's men will be able to spend a warm winter while they have not yet reached the halfway point of the first phase.

With 7 points taken in 3 matches, and three convincing performances, Brest has had a more than successful start to the Champions League campaign. This evening against Sparta Prague, Eric Roy's men will therefore have the opportunity to ensure their qualification for the round of 16 in the event of victory. If the bookmakers are still struggling to place the Bretons as favourites, 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 matches. With a calendar that has 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 easy, but in no case do its players want to take this confrontation against 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 key players (Chardonnet, Lees-Melou, Magnetti, Del Castillo, Ajorque and Baldé) insisted on the need to continue to perform despite a fairly comfortable points cushion “We can consider that our journey is already somewhat successful. Many did not see us with zero points but in great difficulty, having difficulty existing in this Champions League. 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 make some because this team is going to hit us “. 

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Eric Roy, privileged to have a real group

The former Marseille player who scored his only European goal against a Czech club (Sigma Olomouc, on 15 September 1998 in the UEFA Cup) admits however that the series of matches impacts the team's performance in Ligue 1 without having a negative influence on the morale of these players”Playing both competitions is not normal for us. The players are not used to playing every three or four days. It involves a psychological and physical strain. For the moment, we are coping quite well. Paradoxically, and it is complicated to understand, we are coping less well with the matches preceding the Champions League, but I am lucky to have a group that allows me to change seven, eight, nine players from one match to the next. Because I have a real squad. "

Sparta Prague, who lost Saturday against Ostrava in the championship (1-3) have an honourable record in the Champions League. 4 points in 3 matches, including a surprising draw on the pitch at Stuttgart (1-1). Their coach Lars Friis especially wants to forget the slap received at City two weeks ago (0-5) " Every match is now crucial. We have delivered good matches in the Champions League, but against Man City, çit was a different story. We don't think we'll be under so much pressure against Brest, so it's a good opportunity for us to get going again“. Faced with an ambitious team and without a victory, Brest will have to try to maintain the 3-point gap ahead of Sparta in the standings.

What time will the match take place ?

The match between Sparta Prague and Brest will start this Wednesday at 9 p.m., it will be led by Ukrainian referee Mykola Balakin

On which TV channel is the match broadcast ?

You can follow this duel between Sparta Prague and Brest on Canal+ Foot, from the start of the match to 9pm.

What streaming broadcast for this match?

To watch the match in streaming, you can connect to the MyCanal platform.

The probable line-ups:

The probable line-up of Sparta Prague: Vindahl – Vitik, Panak, Sorensen – Wiesmer, Laci, Solbakken, Rynes – Danek, Rrahmani, Sadilek.
The probable line-up for Brest: Bizot – Lala, Chardonnet, Coulibaly, Amavi – Magnetti, Lees-Melou, Camara, Del Castillo – Ajorque, Baldé

The different odds:

Despite its fifth place in the general ranking, Brest is not the favourite for this match away 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.
• Parions Sports:: Sparta Prague 2.30/Draw 3.30/Brest 2.95.