Shakhtar Donetsk vs Stade Brestois 29

Shakhtar Donetsk and Brest have never previously faced each other in Europe, while this will be the first clash between Ukrainian and French sides in the UEFA Champions League since the 2018-19 season - Shakhtar and Lyon drew both games in the group stage in that campaign.

French sides are unbeaten against Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Champions League to date, with Paris SG beating them twice in the 2015-16 season and Lyon drawing twice against them in 2018-19. Indeed, Shakhtar have won just one of their last eight games against French opponents in major European competition (D3 L4).

Shakhtar Donetsk have only lost two of the last 12 games when they’ve faced an opponent for the first time in European competition (W7 D3). However, one of those did come in their most recent such fixture, losing 3-2 against PSV on MD5 this season.

Brest have won four of their six UEFA Champions League matches this season (D1 L1). The last French side to win five games in their debut season was Lyon in 2000-01 (5 in 12 games).

Shakhtar Donetsk’s 5-1 defeat to Bayern Munich on MD6 of this season’s UEFA Champions League was the ninth time they’d shipped 5+ goals in a game in the competition, two more than any other club.