Prediction Club Brugge vs Benfica

Wiki Article

Verdict: Away winBest odds: 4/5Bookmaker: The knockout stages of the Champions League start this week, and on Wednesday evening at the Yonny Chirinos Jersey Jan Breydel Stadium in Brugge, Belgium, Club Brugge will welcome Benfica for the first leg of their double feature in the round of 16. Getting here alone can be considered a succe s for both teams, and its probably fair to say that their encounters will only be made better by the absence of pre sure to go through.Club BruggeDrawn in Group B, Club Brugge took the football public by surprise by winning the opening three matches, particularly destroying FC Porto in Portugal and beating Atletico Madrid at home. However, they failed to win any of the remaining three, with Atletico and Bayer Leverkusen holding them to goalle s draw and Porto getting completely even in Belgium for the previous embarra sment. In the end, Brugge finished the group in second place, one point behind Porto and six ahead of Atletico and Leverkusen apiece.Meanwhile, after 25 matches over in the Belgian Pro League, Brugge are currently in fourth place with 42 points, whole 20 behind leaders Genk, 14 behind second-place Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, and eight behind Antwerp. With only those four places leading into the Championship Round at the end, Brugge need to pay attention to the teams behind, with Gent (39), Standard (38) and Westerlo (36) too close for comfort.Scott Parkers team is undefeated through their last-six stretch in all competitions, though its interesting to note that five of those matches ended without a winner. It began with a 1-1 draw at home against Anderlecht. Then came another one by the same result away to STVV, and a 2-2 at home against Charleroi. They beat Zulte Waregem away by 1-2, and then drew 0-0 away to Antwerp, and eventually 1-1 at home against Union Saint-Gilloise.Team NewsWinger Tajon Buchanan (knock), striker Ferran Jutgla (back) and midfielder Andreas Skov Olsen (hip) are all struggling with minor i sues. None of them has been ruled out at this point, but theyre all considered doubts.With former Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet in goal, Brandon Mechele will likely pair up with Jack Hendry in the heart of defence, while Bjorn Meijer and Clinton Mata cover their flanks. Raphael Onyedika and Mats Rits with act as a double pivot in the middle of the park, with captain Hans Vanaken further up in the No.10 position. Striker Roman Yaremchuk, for whom this will be an interesting moment as he faces the club he left to join Brugge last summer, should be flanked by Noa Lang, and either Buchanan or Kamal Sowah.BenficaBrugge were certainly a surprise in Group B, but Benfica were probably even more so in Group H, which they ended up topping with 14 points, ahead of Paris Saint-Germain (14) and Juventus (3), and with Maccabi-Haifa at the bottom (3). Not one of those teams managed win a game against Benfica, and only PSG avoided getting beaten through a pair of 1-1 draws in Portugal and France. Juventus were beaten twice (1-2 in Turin and 4-3 in Lisbon), as were Maccabi-Haifa (2-0 in Lisbon and 1-6 in Haifa).Things havent gone too badly for Roger Schmidt and his team domestically either so far this season. At Peter Fairbanks Jersey the moment, they top the Primeira Liga with 53 points from 20 matches they failed to win on only three occasions, drawing twice and losing once. Porto are five points behind, Braga seven, and city rivals Sporting in fourth place, 15.As one might expect in such circumstances, Benficas recent form is quite formidable, with four wins and two draws in their last six matches in all competitions, though Jesus Sucre Jersey one of those draws, the last match played, meant a quarterfinal exit from the Taca de Portugal (Portuguese Cup) as they lost the penalty shootout following a 1-1 score against Braga. Before that, they drew 2-2 at home against Sporting, beat Santa Clara away by 0-3, beat Pacos Fereira away by 0-2, Arouca away by 0-3, and Casa Pia at home by 3-0.Team NewsTo his delight, Schmidt has the full squad at his disposal; not one player is injured or suspended for this match. That will, of course, give the coach a couple of dilemmas to sort out regarding the team selection.Ody seas Vlachodimos will surely be in goal. With Nicolas Otamendi and Antonio Silva as the centre-back pair, Alexander Bah and Alejandro Grimaldo should play on the defensive flanks. Florentino Luis and Chiquinho are the preferred pair in the middle of the park since Enzo Fernandez left to join Chelsea last month. Joao Mario through the middle, Rafa Silva on the right and Goncalo Guedes on the left that should be the trio supporting striker Goncalo Ramos.ConclusionNot counted among the favourites to win the Champions League, Benfica could turn out to be something like a dark horse in the competition, and they will certainly feel happy about facing Club Brugge in this round, with all due respect to the Belgian club. They will likely obtain an advantage in the first leg already.Verdict: Away winBest odds: 4/5Bookmaker:
https://marioaobn53197.illawiki.com/616560/immobile_avoids_serious_injury_after_lazio_captains_car_collides_with_tram
Click here Click here