Pep Lijnders’ Salzburg need a bounce-back performance in the Champions League when they take on Ligue 1 side Brest on Tuesday evening.
Jurgen Klopp’s former Liverpool assistant has not had it all his own way at the start of his managerial tenure with the Austrian giants. Salzburg currently sit third in a division they have dominated throughout the 21st century, but lost their crown to Sturm Graz last season.
It was the Austrian champions who succumbed to Brest on the opening day of the new league phase two weeks ago, with the French side, in their first Champions League appearance, winning 2-1 in what has been his undoubted highlight of the new season. away They have been run over nationally.
Meanwhile, Salzburg were thumped 3-0 by a clinical Sparta Prague in their first league game. Lijnders’ side had plenty of the ball but offered little penetration, and errors in the build-up proved costly.
here it is 90 minutes Salzburg’s preview Champions League match against Brest.
Salzburg vs Brest H2H Record
This is the first competitive match between Salzburg and Brest.
Current form (all competitions)
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Salzburg |
Brest |
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Salzburg – Rapid Vienna 2-0 – 28/09/24 |
Auxerre 3-0 Brest – 27/09/24 |
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Vienna Viktoria 0-4 Salzburg – 25/09/24 |
Brest 2-0 Toulouse – 22/09/24 |
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WSG Tirol 0-0 Salzburg – 22/09/24 |
Brest 2-1 Sturm Graz – 19/09/24 |
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Sparta Prague 3-0 Salzburg – 18/09/24 |
PSG 3-1 Brest – 14/09/24 |
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Rapid Vienna 3-2 Salzburg – 01/09/24 |
Guingamp 2-2 Brest – 05/09/24 |
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country |
TV channel/live broadcast |
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united kingdom |
Discovery+, discovery+ app, TNT Sports 9 |
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united states |
Paramount+, ViX |
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canada |
DAZN |
Lijnders currently have quite a heavy injury list, and one of the players to miss Tuesday’s game is influential young midfielder Maurits Kjaergaard, who could be out until November with an ankle injury.
Daouda Guindo and Takumu Kawamura are long-term absentees with foot and knee injuries respectively, while Aleksa Terzic is out until the October international break with a hamstring injury.
Samson Baidoo is likely to remain absent due to a calf problem.
Liverpool loanee Stefan Bajcetic will start at the base of Salzburg’s midfield alongside ex-Red Bobby Clark.
Expected lineup of Salzburg against Brest (4-3-3): Blaswich; Morgalla, Piatkowski, Blank, Dedic; Capaldo, Bajcetic, Clark; Baby, Yeo, Gloukh.
The Ligue 1 side only have a couple of injury problems, but their absentees on Tuesday are significant losses.
Brest will be without Pierre Lees-Melou with a broken leg and Bradley Locko with an Achilles injury. Both are key players for the visitors, with the latter earning Premier League links in the summer.
Achraf Dari is a doubt with an ankle injury, but Julien Le Cardinal could return to the Brest defense after missing Friday’s defeat at Auxerre through illness.
Brest’s predicted line-up against Salzburg (4-3-3): Bizot; Lala, Le Cardinal, Chardonnet, Amavi; Magnetti, Fernández, Camara; Del Castillo, Ajorque, Sima.
Brest have a couple of key absences for this game, with the visitors heading into Tuesday’s game having been hammered 3-0 by relegation contenders Auxerre away from home.
Although this is a young and inexperienced Salzburg side, the club does have a Champions League pedigree and that counts for something, especially when you’re up against complete beginners in this competition.
Given Brest’s start on the road this season and Salzburg’s need to produce a resurgent performance at home, it’s hard to bet against the Austrian giants here.
