Sporting CP vs Club Brugge KV prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-11-25 20:00.
[p]Sporting CP attempt to extend a near two-month unbeaten run against a Club Brugge side who need victories if they are going to repeat last year’s UEFA Champions League (UCL) heroics.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Sporting CP sit firmly in mid-table in the UCL league phase after a healthy return of seven points from their opening four games (W2, D1, L1). Both of their wins have been picked up on home soil, meaning they stand on the cusp of victories in their opening three matches across a single edition of the UCL for the first time ever. A seven-match unbeaten run at Estádio José Alvalade (W6, D1), certainly suggests they’re capable of making history, and the most recent of those was a 3-0 success against lower-league minnows Marinhense in the cup on Saturday, which also served as a ninth game without defeat across all competitions (W7, D2).[/p]
[p]Club Brugge won their opening UCL match, beating Monaco 4-1, but have since gone winless in the competition (D1, L2). The Blue and Blacks therefore need to churn out a few wins if they are going to match last season’s run to the last 16, as they enter this round amongst a raft of sides fighting for the last few knockout spaces. A run of nine successive UCL main-draw games without a clean sheet inspires little confidence, particularly considering the Belgian outfit have also lost their last three away matches over that period. A strange omen suggests they could get back to winning ways here though, as their last seven away games alternated between defeats and wins (W3, L4) and they lost their last road trip.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Brugge beat Sporting 2-1 in last season’s league phase, but that’s one of just two victories Belgian sides have managed in their last 12 UCL meetings against Portuguese opposition (L10).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Sporting’s last nine UCL league phase games saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Sporting have netted six of their last seven UCL goals after half-time.[/p]
[p]Brugge have taken the fewest corners in this season’s UCL league phase (six).[/p]
[p]Each of Brugge’s last seven UCL games featured over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Sporting’s Luis Suárez has had at least three shots in three of his four UCL appearances this season. Six of Nicolò Tresoldi’s last eight goals at club level have come before half-time, including three for Club Brugge in this competition this season.[/p]
[p]Daniel Bragança remains out for Sporting, as does Nuno Santos. Club Brugge are missing Simon Mignolet and Bjorn Meijer.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]This game has all the hallmarks of one to feature plenty of action, so we’re backing over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Matt Jones[/i][/p]