Club Brugge KV vs Barcelona prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-11-04 20:00.
[p]Club Brugge’s UEFA Champions League (UCL) campaign has soured since a win on matchday one and they now face a tough task to get back on track with a game against Spanish giants Barcelona.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Six wins from eight competitive games (L2) would suggest Brugge are in good enough form to be competitive here, but as both of those defeats have come in the UCL, it just highlights how they’ve found the European stage difficult to adapt to. A 2-1 weekend win against Dender stretched Brugge’s winning run to three matches since a 4-0 defeat against Bayern Munich on matchday three of the UCL, and with a club-record four-match unbeaten run in UCL home group/league phase games behind them (W3, D1), their hefty outsider tag here may be a little unwarranted in spite of their European struggles. That’s a point further supported by Brugge winning nine of their ten competitive home games this term (L1).[/p]
[p]Barcelona bounced back from an El Clásico defeat at the end of October by beating Elche 3-1 in La Liga at the weekend. They’re still five points off the title pace in La Liga, and they’re behind in the race for the top eight in the UCL too, despite winning two of their opening three league phase games (L1). This isn’t a stage Barcelona have historically struggled at, as the Catalan club have won eight of their last ten league phase matches (D1, L1), including each of their last four such games on the road. The last game within that run was a 2-1 victory against Newcastle on matchday one and it now affords Barça the chance to win their opening two away games of a UCL campaign for the first time since 2020/21. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Club Brugge are winless in their four European matches against Barcelona (D1, L3), but the Spanish side have a negative record away to Belgian opposition in Europe (W4, L5). [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Brugge’s ten home games in all competitions this season have produced 44 goals, an average of 4.4 per game.[/p]
[p]Brugge have scored four of their five UCL league phase goals this term in the first half.[/p]
[p]Barcelona’s last six competitive away games saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]The away side on the day have scored exactly once in Barcelona’s last five matches. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Brugge’s Carlos Forbs has struck his last six club goals after half-time, the last five of which came on home soil. FermĂn LĂłpez has contributed to six goals in his last three Barcelona appearances (G4, A2), including a hat-trick in matchday three’s 6-1 win against Olympiacos – five of his six club goals this season arrived before the hour mark.[/p]
[p]Bjorn Meijer has missed Brugge’s last two games through injury. Barcelona have a lengthy injury list which is headlined by Raphinha and Gavi.  [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Brugge are remarkably strong at home, but it’s impossible to look beyond a Barcelona win here.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Chris Wilson[/i][/p]