Stade Brestois 29 vs Real Madrid

Having lost three of their first five UEFA Champions League games this season, Real Madrid have now won each of their last three in a row. They’ve reached the knockout rounds in all 29 of their appearances in the competition.

Brest suffered their first home defeat in the UEFA Champions League, while their 3-0 loss was the biggest home loss by a French side in the competition since Marseille v Man City in October 2020 (also 0-3).

At 21 years and 214 days, Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham became the third youngest player to reach 25 goal involvements in the UEFA Champions League (12 goals, 13 assists), after Kylian Mbappé (20y 306d) and Erling Haaland (21y 139d).

Brest have already lost to Barcelona in this season’s UEFA Champions League, with the last team to lose to both Real Madrid and Barça in their debut campaign in the competition being Leeds United in 2000-01.

Real Madrid have lost exactly half of their 14 away games against French opposition in the UEFA Champions League (W5 D2 L7), only posting a higher away loss rate versus Russian opponents in the competition (57% - P7 W2 D1 L4).

Real Madrid have only lost three of their last 29 games when facing a side for the first time in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (W23 D3), although one of those did come this season, also away from home against a French opponent (0-1 v Lille in October).

Among teams to have played 50+ games in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid are the club with the highest all-time win percentage (59.9% - 296 wins in 494 games).

Brest will be the 58th different team Carlo Ancelotti has faced in the UEFA Champions League, the most of any side. He has beaten 53 of the 57 teams he’s faced, also an outright high of any manager, although one of the four sides he hasn’t beaten is French club Lille in three attempts (D1 L2).