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Paris Saint-Germain and Stade Brestois 29 meet in Parc des Princes on Wednesday with PSG leading 3-0 From the first stage of their knockout round playoff last week. The men of Luis Enrique should have sewn these and have come from 17 of their last 18 continental ties when winning the first stage and have to meet in the round of 16 in Liverpool or Barcelona. Paris is not lost in one of the last 31 outings against Brest and the French record against a single domestic opponent is the 34 games of Monaco against Montpellier between 1995 and 2018. A victory here would be a fourth competitive victory over SB29 this season for this season The last happened in 2017-18 against Monaco. PSG are also unbeaten in 18 games in all games with 15 victories of their last 16.
Brest has one last chance to enjoy their Champions League adventure, because no team has ever experienced after losing a home leg with three or more goals in the UCL history. The men of Eric Roy have not won in Parc des Princes in 18 attempts since 1981 and they have never scored more than two goals in the capital. After a strong start of their UEFA Champions League debut, Brest has lost four of their last five European matches and will concentrate on trying to return to Europe through one of the alternative competitions next year, because they are currently just outside the Top seven are in Ligue 1.
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How to look and opportunities
- Date: Wednesday, February 19 | Time: 3 pm etc.
- Location: Parc des Princes – Paris, France
- Watch: Paramount+
- Chances: PSG -500; Sign +600; Brest +1200
Last time -out
The 3-0 victory of PSG last week means that Brest should make history to continue by overcome a house loss of three goals. Since 2009-10 there has been no fully French UCL-Knock-out draw when Lyon Bordeaux defeated 3-2 over two legs in the quarterfinals, but the gap was larger between the two last week when Ousmane Dembele added a double to his impressive 2025 Tally so far.
Team news
PSG: Dembele was taken out for the victory over Toulouse and has 18 goals of his last 12 games and 15 since the beginning of 2025, who has already matched his best count for a calendar year. The Frenchman should return here to the starting XI with Gianluigi Donnarumma, Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha and Joao Neves, but Warren Zaire-Emery remains injured.
Possible PSG XI: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Vitinha, Joao Neves, Fabian Ruiz; Doue, Dembele, Barcola.
Brest: Roy could rotate his team prior to a crucial clash with Strasbourg in Ligue 1. Jordan Amavi and Bradley Locko are both out while Jonas Martin and Romain del Castillo are struggling for fitness and Ibrahim Salah also picked up a knock on the weekend.
Possible Brest XI: Bizot; Zogbe, Chardonnet, Coulibaly, Pereira Lage; Read-Melou, Magnetti, Doumbia; Faivre, Ajorque, Mama Bald.
Prediction
This should be sufficient, a formality for PSG with their comfortable first leg lead that should be added to here, even if there might not be as much urgency as there was last week. Choose: PSG 2, Brest 1.