Salzburg vs Brest: Preview, predictions and lineups

Pep Lijnders’ Salzburg are in need of a bounce-back Champions League performance as they take on Ligue 1 side Brest on Tuesday evening.

Jurgen Klopp’s former assistant at Liverpool hasn’t 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’ve dominated throughout the 21st century, but they did relinquish their crown to Sturm Graz last season.

It was the Austrian champions who succumbed to Brest on Matchday 1 of the all-new league phase two weeks ago, with the French side, on their first Champions League appearance, winning 2-1 in what’s been their undoubted highlight of the new season thus far. They’ve been hit and miss domestically.

Salzburg, meanwhile, were thumped 3-0 by a clinical Sparta Prague in their league phase opener. Lijnders’ side had plenty of the ball but offered little penetration, and errors in the build-up phase proved costly.

Here’s 90min’s preview of Salzburg’s Champions League clash against Brest.

Salzburg vs Brest H2H Record

This is the first competitive fixture between Salzburg and Brest.

Current form (all competitions)

Lijnders is currently dealing with a fairly hefty injury list, and one of the players missing 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 due to respective foot and knee injuries, 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 issue.

Liverpool loanee Stefan Bajcetic will start at the base of Salzburg’s midfield alongside former Red Bobby Clark.

Salzburg predicted lineup vs Brest (4-3-3): Blaswich; Morgalla, Piatkowski, Blank, Dedic; Capaldo, Bajcetic, Clark; Nene, Yeo, Gloukh.

The Ligue 1 side have just…