It will be an all-French affair in the Champions League playoffs as Brest and PSG square off. Brest finished the league phase in 18th place, three spaces behind PSG. All that doesn’t matter at the moment, and below we have a prediction of this match.
Brest will host the first leg, seeking their fifth win in the Champions League. It hasn’t been a great season for Brest, who are sitting outside European slots by just two points in Ligue 1.
They will want to push on with this as far as possible, but they know they are the underdogs. In their last outing, they beat Nantes 2-0.
PSG and Brest met recently and this will be the second game in a span of about 11 days. Back then, at this same venue, PSG thrashed Brest 5-2.
Their win column on the head-to-head records with Brest reads unbeaten, and PSG will want to extend it. They should achieve that, and with a high-scoring game as PSG scored four or more in the last five matches.
The French giants will feel the quality they have should have enabled them a higher finish in the league phase. That, however, is water under the bridge and focus is on this game now.
PSG, like it has been in most of their recent matches, will come into this game as the bookies' favorites. In their last four matches they’ve been completely dominant, though failing to keep clean sheets in three.
It is not just that, they have been scoring a lot, a trend they could carry to this encounter. Each of the last six meetings between these teams produced over 2.5 goals. Our prediction for Brest v PSG is for over 2.5 goals.