Barcelona vs Brest: Match Preview & predictions
Barcelona vs Brest: Match Preview & predictions. Barcelona will be hoping to end their poor run of results and climb up the Champions League table when they face Brest on Tuesday.
Despite three straight wins in Europe, Barcelona find themselves on a run of two games without defeat domestically, with this weekend’s 2-2 draw with Celta Vigo particularly a frustrating one for Hansi Flick to watch.
A win tonight would not just be for a morale boost, but it would also see Barcelona go above Tuesday’s opponents in the standings. Brest have ten points from four European games.
Here’s all you need to know about Tuesday’s match.
What time does Barcelona vs Brest kick-off?
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Stadium: Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys
Date: Tuesday 26 November
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT / 15:00 ET / 12:00 PT
Referee: Irfan Peljto (BIH)
VAR: Christian Dingert (GER)
Barcelona vs Brest H2H Record
This will be the first competitive meeting between Barcelona and Brest.
Barcelona team news:
The biggest concern for Barcelona remains the fitness of young winger Lamine Yamal. The teenage superstar is close to a return from his ankle injury but is not expected to make it back in time for this clash, which comes as a huge blow as Flick’s side are yet to win a game without him in the starting lineup.
Ronald Araujo, Ansu Fati, Andreas Christensen, Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Marc Bernal are all unavailable, but there is some hope that both Ferran Torres and Eric Garcia could return to the squad for this action.
Flick confirmed in his pre-match press conference that left-back Alejandro Balde will miss out with a muscle problem, but the youngster should be available again soon.
Barcelona predicted lineup vs Brest
Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Pena; Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Martin; De Jong, Casado; Raphinha, Pedri, Olmo; Lewandowski
Brest team news:
Bradley Locko remains sidelined for the visitors, who are also expected to be without Massadio Haidara, Romain Faivre and Soumaila Coulibaly.
Brighton loanee Abdallah Sima is battling to recover from a muscle injury, while Pierre Lees-Melou is also hoping to shake off a knock picked up last time out against Monaco.
Brest predicted lineup vs Barcelona
Brest (4-3-3): Bizot; Lala, Chardonnet, Le Cardinal, Amavi; Camara, Lees-Melou, Fernandes; Balde, Ajorque, Doumbia
Barcelona vs Brest score prediction:
Barcelona are much better than their recent form says even without the influenti Yamal, while Brest, are quite not what their unbeaten start to the Champions League may suggest they are. The French side have had a favourable run of fixtures, although, not discrediting their 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen.
Domestically, Brest find themselves 12th in Ligue 1 standings after losing seven of their first 12 games. Despite their superiority in the Champions League table, they are heavy underdogs for this one here.
Barcelona shouldn’t need Yamal to make light work of Brest, who may even have one eye on the Ligue 1 relegation battle, should they continue with such domestic form.
Prediction: Barcelona 4-0 Brest
