Brest is next in line as defending champion Paris Saint-Germain tries to stay unbeaten in the French league. PSG leads by 10 points with 15 games to go and remains on course for a yet another Ligue 1 and French Cup double.

Paris Saint-Germain completed an impressive turnaround in form to reach the UEFA Champions League playoffs on Wednesday with a 4-1 win away at VfB Stuttgart securing a top-24 berth when all had seemed lost with three games to go.

European champions Read Madrid are very close to hitting their best form, manager Carlo Ancelotti said ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash at French side Brest.

When Lille lost its opening Champions League match in September, only a few bold gamblers would have bet on the Ligue 1 side to qualify for the last 16 of European club soccer's elite tournament.

Ligue 1 has trolled Cristiano Ronaldo, on the back of his recent comments about the division, after seeing four clubs enjoy Champions League progress.

As Real Madrid gear up to face Brest in the UEFA Champions League, much of the attention will undoubtedly be on star forward Kylian Mbappe. His presence on the pitch is a concern for Brest fans, and

Brest's incredible rise to the Champions League, the Boniface/Duran transfer saga, and the very rare Lasso trading

Brest are 13th and a point above Real, eyeing a famous win that would leave them in the mix for a top-eight finish. TV channel: The game will be broadcast on TNT Sports 6. Kick-off is scheduled for 8pm GMT. Live stream: Subscribers will be able to watch on a live stream via the Discovery+ app.

France's performance is all the more notable, given that Lille took the scalp of Real and Atlético, while Monaco was the only team to beat Barça in the competition. Of course, Brest's fantastic campaign, which beat PSV Eindhoven and resisted Bayer Leverkusen, is worth mentioning.

Ligue 1 has been ranked by football stats guru Opta as the best-performing league in the Champions League. All four French clubs involved in Europe's premier

Three out of the four Ligue 1 clubs involved in the Champions League have secured their spot for the latter stages of the competition. Lille, Brest and Monaco