Club Brugge KV (Bel) vs Salzburg (Aut) prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-08-11 17:30.
[p]Club Brugge hold a slender advantage heading into this UEFA Champions League (UCL) third qualifying round second leg against RB Salzburg, leaving the Austrians with work to do in their quest to reach the main draw for a seventh consecutive season.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]The hosts provided the perfect winning tonic ahead of this crucial encounter with a morale-boosting 2-0 derby win over Cercle Brugge on Saturday. Securing local bragging rights helped continue a solid start to the campaign for Nicky Hayden’s side, who have won three of their opening four games across all competitions (L1), including their 1-0 win in the first leg. That form should raise belief they can secure the draw they need to advance here, but having won three of their last four competitive games at the Jan Breydel Stadium (D1), they ought to be confident of advancing in style.[/p]
[p]Salzburg head to Belgium after claiming their first league win of the season with a 5-0 thumping of Grazer AK on Saturday. That triumph ended a run of three games without a victory for the Austrians (D2, L1), but having lost only one of their six competitive games so far this campaign (W3, D2), that mini downturn only tells half the story of their season. Only a handsome win will be enough to see them reach the play-off round here, and after beating Brann 4-1 away from home in the last qualifying round, they may be quietly confident of turning this tie around.Ā [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]These sides have played each other three times previously, with Club Brugge holding a slight advantage (W2, L1) having won the only previous H2H they hosted 2-1.Ā [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Each of Bruggeās six goals have come after half-time.[/p]
[p]Brugge have kept clean sheets in their last two matches, ending a run of five without.[/p]
[p]Salzburgās last five matches have seen four red cards shown.[/p]
[p]Salzburg have attempted 20+ shots in their last three games.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Recently rewarded with a new Brugge contract, Christos Tzolis has scored three goals in five appearances so far this season, with the last two of those strikes coming after half-time. Salzburgās Yorbe Vertessen has started the season in equally fine form, scoring four goals already this term, which all have arrived after the 75th minute.[/p]
[p]Brugge will be without Gustaf Nilsson and Michal Skoras, while Salzburg could have up to nine absentees, including the attacking duo of Karim Onisiwo and Karim Konate.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With Bruggeās focus likely to be on keeping things tight at the back, and Salzburg hardly prolific against superior opposition, backing under 2.5 goals in the game seems sensible.[/p]
[p][i]Author: James Hilsum[/i][/p]