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

AS Monaco secured a sedate 1-0 win over Aston Villa in the UEFA Champions League to move to 13 points in the league phase, and very likely ensure that France has at leas

Liverpool could seal their place in the top eight but the picture is lot less rosy for Manchester City, Real Madrid and PSG

Brest has been the surprise package of the revamped Champions League and even considered moving its home games in Europe's premier club competition to the Stade de France. With one of the smallest budgets in the French league,

Lyon missed an opportunity to draw level on points with third-placed Monaco in Ligue 1 on Saturday with a 2-1 loss at Brest.Monaco's draw at Nantes and Lille's stalemate with Auxerre on Friday gave Lyon a chance to climb from fifth into the third and final automatic Champions League spot.

The first Champions League games to be played in January include one with shocking possible consequences in an unpredictable debut season for the 36-team format.

LEIPZIG (Germany) - Football: UEFA Champions League - league phase day 7: RB Leipzig (GER) v Sporting Lisbon (POR) (1745 GMT) PICTURE. GELSENKIRCHEN (Germany) - Football: UEFA Champions League - league phase day 7: Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) v Brest (FRA) (1745 GMT) PICTURE.

Ligue 1 teams competing in the Champions League on Tuesday night experienced contrasting fortunes in the penultimate games of the group stages .

After three defeats in their opening six UCL league phase games, Carlo Ancelotti’s team have little margin for error against Salzburg and Brest.

The European champions have not had it all their own way in 2024-25 and they have work to do to advance to the Champions League knockouts

Aston Villa’s hopes of automatic qualification for the Champions League round of 16 took a blow after a 1-0 loss to Monaco on Tuesday, while Atalanta won big to keep up its strong campaign.

Latest score as Harvey Elliott strikes lucky in Champions League clash - Arne Slot’s Liverpool side are top of the new-look Champions League and need to avoid a loss to guarantee themselves a place in