Benfica vs Club Brugge: Prediction, Tips & Odds – Mar. 07, 2023
Benfica vs Club Brugge Prediction 07.03.2023. After a three-week break, the Champions League resumes this Tuesday with the matches of the round of 16. In Lisbon, at the Estadio da Luz, Benfica will welcome Club Brugge.
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Benfica vs Club Brugge Odds
Benfica vs Club Brugge 1X2: 1.40/4.75/7.50
Total Over/Under (2.5): 1.66/2.20
Odds via Bet365 Sportsbook.
Benfica Team News
After a 2-0 triumph in Belgium in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League, Benfica continued winning in the domestic championship. In the previous three rounds Roger Schmidt’s team won three matches. Now Benfica has an eight-point advantage over second-placed Porto.
That Benfica plays well from the beginning of 2022/23. they showed in the group stage of the most elite European football competition when they took first place in Group H ahead of the favored Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus. In first duel with Brugge, they were dominant in the first 90 minutes.
The team from Lisbon has an impressive score in duels with clubs from Belgium. They have only been defeated once in the last 15 matches in European competitions. From the first match they have a two-goal advantage.
Club Brugge Team News
On the other hand, Club Brugge enters this match after a convincing 3-0 defeat against Oostende in the last round, a team that is desperately fighting for survival in the league. In the Jupiler Pro League Club Brugge is still in fourth place in the table, with as many as 21 points behind the leader Genk.
The clash with Benfica seems to have come at the wrong time for the Belgian champions. They are in bad form lately this season.
Scott Parker’s team has won just two of their last 11 games in all competitions since the start of the year. So a two-goal deficit against the visitors in Lisbon seems like an impossible task at the moment, especially considering Brugge’s very poor performance against Portuguese clubs, where they were defeated in five of the previous six European matches.
H2H
The match at the Jan Breydel stadium in which Benfica won 0-2 was also the first meeting between these two teams.
Injuries and suspensions
Benfica: Julian Draxler, Goncalo Guedes and Mihailo Ristic are injured, while Chiquinho is questionable for this match.
Club Brugge: Jack Hendry and Andreas Skov Olsen are injured.
Benfica vs Club Brugge Prediction
If we look at the results and the current form of these two teams, Benfica is the favorite in the next meeting. We do not believe that the club from Lisbon will confirm their place in the quarterfinals of this competition.
Kick-off time: Tuesday, 07.03.2023. 8:00 PM Local time GMT+0 / 21:00 CET
Prediction: AH1 (-1.5)
Odds: 2.10
Sportsbook: Bet365
