LASK vs Cercle Brugge KSV prediction: EUROPE: Conference League – League phase betting tips on match 2024-11-06 20:00.
[p]LASK have already failed to win as home favourites twice in continental football this season, drawing with FCSB (1-1) in a Europa League qualifier before then suffering stalemate against DjurgĂĄrdens (2-2) in the league phase of this UEFA Conference League. Despite not managing to win their last three competitive games against top-flight clubs (D1, L2), the odds potentially point to them breaking their drought against Cercle Brugge.[/p]
[p]Their winless start to the league phase (D1, L1) is a concerning downturn considering that they progressed from their last Conference League group stage with 16 of a possible 18 points to their name en route to the Round of 16. Since then, they’ve conceded in five of six UEFA home games, so it comes as little surprise that there hasn’t been a lot to show for it (W2, D2, L2).[/p]
[p]Few clubs have had as dramatic turnarounds in the first two matchdays as Cercle Brugge, whose stunning 6-2 home win against St Gallen was then cancelled out by a 3-1 loss in Iceland against VĂkingur ReykjavĂk. As a result, they’ve witnessed more goals in the first two match days than almost any other club across any of the three UEFA competitions, and they continued to pile on the goals themselves with eight across three domestic victories (3-1, 3-0, 2-0) since the last Conference League round, including a win away to Europa League side Royale Union SG that manager Miron Muslic hailed as “my best moment as a coach”.[/p]
[p]Making their group/league stage debut in any UEFA tournament, Cercle Brugge’s progress is going to depend on an improvement outside of Belgium. That’s because their recent loss to VĂkingur ReykjavĂk made it five losses from eight journeys (W2, D1) in European action. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Defender Hrvoje Smolčić could be an unlikely contender to pop up with a LASK goal after heading home their only goals in each of their last two domestic league home games. Kévin Denkey, who registered a perfect match rating of 10 in Cercle Brugge’s win over St Gallen on MD1, returned to form by scoring off the bench in their last two domestic league appearances.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Six of Cercle Brugge’s last seven competitive matches were decided by a 2+ goal margin.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]