After the thrilling Matchday games ended with many exciting moments and twists, fans enjoyed every game with their favorite team’s performance. Now, the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League enters the intense phase of the knockout round, where each team is ready to give their best effort to claim their path to achieving the final round. This highly anticipated knockout stage plays into leg 1 and leg 2. The leg 1 matches will be played on February 11 and February 12. The Leg 2 games will be played on February 18 and February 19, 2025. The Final match will be on May 31, 2025, at the grand stadium of Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, to decide the Champions of this 2024-25 UEFA Champions League season. In this knockout round, a total of 24 teams are entering to play their games and are ready to compete for their goal. With this knockout phase, 16 teams enter the playoff as the other teams need to go off from the tournament. The first game in the knockout stage is between Stade Brestois 29 and Paris Saint-Germain FC on February 11, 2025, at Stade de Roudourou (Guingamp).
As the short brief of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, fans call it by other names as they rebranded from European Champion Club into the UEFA Champions League. This 2024-25 Champions League is the 70th season of Europe’s football tournament. This UEFA-organized tournament holds a detailed format for the teams to play their game. And now, this new season enters the fierce phase of the knockout round. The first 36 participating teams were filtered into 24, and now, in the knockout round, only 16 teams enter into the round of 16 phase. It raises the intensity of the games as every team is ready to prove their potential and reach their goal. Also, the winner of this season holds several opportunities as they will automatically qualify to play the following 2025-26 UEFA Champions League’s league phase and enter the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and 2029 FIFA Club World Cup group stage. Real Madrid is the previous season’s champion, and fans expect them to claim this season’s victory as the defending champions.
In this first knockout stage, Stade Brestois 29, aka Brest, and Paris Saint-Germain, aka PSG, are scheduled to play their thrilling game on February 11, 2025. Brest is the Ligue 1 team and is a notable French professional football club. The Stade Brestois 29 was founded in 1903 and performs solid gameplay in Ligue 1. Paris Saint-Germain FC, also the Ligue 1 team, is ready to play their upcoming Champions League match against Brest. The PSG is a professional football club based in Paris. The club was founded in 1970 following the merger of Paris and Stade Saint-German. They are widely known to other leagues for their excellent performance. Fans are excited to witness their upcoming game in the Champions League. As both teams never claimed the championship in their past season, everyone expects a change in both teams’ performance to reach the finals. To get exciting information about your favorite sport, check us on our website.
2024-25 UEFA Champions League Knockout Round Qualified Teams
In this knockout stage of the Champions League, 24 teams are qualified to play their game from the league phase. The list of all twenty-four teams is:
- Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, Aston Villa: Entering the Round of 16.
- Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Milan, PSV Eindhoven, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Monaco, Brest, Feyenoord, Juventus, Celtic, Manchester City, Sporting CP and Club Brugge: Entering the Play-offs (Seeded and Non-Seeded).
2024-25 UEFA Champions League Format in Knockout Phase
In this Knockout stage format, the teams play in two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. As is the usual rule of leg matches, the team scoring more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the score is tied by the end of overtime, the match winner will be decided through a penalty shootout. This rule will also apply to the final match of the Champions League.
Knockout Phase – February 11-12, 2025 Leg 1 and February 18-19, 2025 Leg 2
Round of 16 – March 4-5, 2025 Leg 1 and March 11-12, 2025 Leg 2
Quarter-finals – April 8-9, 2025 Leg 1 and April 15-16 Leg 2
Semi-finals – April 29-30, 2025 Leg 1 and May 6-7, 2025 Leg 2
Final – May 31, 2025
2024-25 UEFA Champions League Knockout Stage Schedule
| Match | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg |
| Brest vs Paris Saint-Germain | February 11, 2025 | February 19, 2025 |
| Club Brugge vs Atalanta | February 12, 2025 | February 18, 2025 |
| Manchester City vs Real Madrid | February 11, 2025 | February 19, 2025 |
| Juventus vs PSV Eindhoven | February 11, 2025 | February 19, 2025 |
| Feyenoord vs AC Milan | February 12, 2025 | February 18, 2025 |
| Celtic vs Bayern Munich | February 12, 2025 | February 18, 2025 |
| Sporting CP vs Borussia Dortmund | February 11, 2025 | February 19, 2025 |
| Monaco vs Benfica | February 12, 2025 | February 18, 2025 |
Where to Watch the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League?
The UEFA Champions League live stream is ready on Direct TV Stream if you subscribe to its ‘Ultimate’ package for those in the US. This package covers CBS and CBS Sports Network and shows select games throughout the event. If you prefer to watch a specific game, you can use the 5-day free trial to enjoy the tournament on your terms.
In Canada, the UCL is exclusive to DAZN. You can check out all Champions League 2024–25 matches by signing up for a DAZN subscription.
In the UK, it will be aired on TNT Sports for the live UEFA Europa League football on TV from 2024-25. Even though the Champions League final will be shown on TNT Sports (Discovery+), the match is free; sign up and create a free account on the Discovery+ app, which can be initiated on your phone’s app store or smart TV.
The 2024–25 UEFA Champions League will be televised on Sony Ten Two and Sony Ten 2 HD in India. You can tune in to Jio TV or Sony LIV for live streaming. Enjoy the match!
In New Zealand, fans will air on beIN Sport for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League.
Spain’s RTVE is free, but you shall create a free login to enter the free Champions League 2024 streams.
DAZN Germany is live and on-demand sports streaming of the Champions League 2024–25.
Stan Sports is the best way for Aussie soccer fans to watch the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League games throughout the season in Australia.
Prediction
Stade Brestois 29 vs Paris Saint-Germain
In this upcoming knockout round of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, Stade Brestois 29 and Paris Saint-Germain are ready to play their match on February 11, 2025, at Stade de Roudourou (Guingamp). With higher anticipation around the games, fans expect Brest vs. PSG to be as fierce as their previous h2h games.
Notable Players:
- Brest has star players like Ludovic Ajorque, Mahdi Camara, and Edimilson Fernandes to lead the team forward. In these Champions League matches, Brest has given its best with these players’ support. Fans are expecting their contribution in the upcoming knockout round match against PSG.
- Paris Saint-Germain played better with the support of Bradley Barcola, Ousmane Dembele, and Goncalo Ramos. Now, PSG is ready to play their first leg match in the knockout round against Brest. Fans expect a better performance in the upcoming match.
Brest is one of the formidable teams and ready to play their upcoming knockout round match against PSG. Fans expect Brest to regain momentum in the Champions League match, as the previous matches were poor performances. Brest plays in the Champions League, Ligue 1, and Coupe de France and has shown solid efforts in each game. Still, the previous game in the Champions League match against Real Madrid ended in a crushing defeat for Brest 0-3. The opponent Real Madrid made a dominating victory by crushing the Brest’s defense. It shows the power Brest holds was lacking against solid teams, and fans expect a change in the team. Following it, they played a Ligue 1 game against PSG and faced another defeat with a score of 2-5. Del Castillo gave his best effort at the start of the second half, and Ajorque supported the team with his excellent goal. After two losses in Ligue 1 and the Champions League, fans believe the next Coupe de France match will bring about a big change in the team. As the first half of the game against Troyes was simple, Brest started to face failure in the second half. After the own goal from Hugo Magnetti, Brest’s performance fell apart, and they ended up facing a loss of 1-2. In this rematch of Brest vs. PSG, fans believe Brest’s victory will settle the score of the previous loss. And with key players like Ludovic Ajorque staying in Brest, winning against PSG is still in hand.
On the flip side, Paris Saint-Germain stays with their successful records in Ligue 1, Champions League, and Coupe de France. Being opposite to their opponent, PSG holds an excellent record of their dominating performance. Even in tough matches like Manchester City and Espaly, Paris Saint-Germain showed a solid performance and scored a high score on the victory. In their last game of the Champions League against Stuttgart, PSG won with a score of 1-4. Without wasting moments, PSG players Barcola and Dembele stroked three goals against their opponent in the first half. While they were close to winning by making the opponent scoreless, Willian Pacho made an own goal and gave a point to the opponent. Later, in the Ligue 1 game with Brest, PSG planned to provide a solid effort as the Brest is one of the solid performing teams. Ousmane Dembele led the team as a key player against the solid opponent, Brest. With the team’s strong efforts, PSG won the game 2-5, and fans started to expect better in their upcoming match. In their last game in Coupe de France against Le Mans, PSG won with a dominating performance of a 0-2 score. Following it, fans expect PSG to extend their victory streak in the 2024-25 Champions League knockout round with Brest. Comparing both teams’ stats and previous matches, Paris Saint-Germain holds higher odds of winning the upcoming game against Stade Brestois 29 in this 2024-25 Champions League.
