Club Brugge vs Benfica commentary: Disappointing dark horse

In the group stage of the European Cup, Club Brugge was the team that surprised many fans when they overcame two formidable rivals, Atletico Madrid and Leverkusen, to win the ticket to the next round of Group B.

However, for many old continent analysts, the dark horse Club Brugge actually played well only in the first 3 matches of the group stage and then they were soon decoded and fortunately won tickets to the next round. Remember, in 3 matches of the second leg of the group stage, Club Brugge only got 2 draws and 1 bitter defeat 0-4 against Porto at home.

Tonight, in the first leg of the 1/8 round, Parker's teachers and students have a match to welcome another representative of Portugal, Benfica. According to predictions, Club Brugge is likely to taste defeat. Remember, after closing the group stage of the European Cup, they played downhill when 1 out of 12 official matches in all competitions attended.

Unlike the home team Jan Breydelstadion, Benfica still maintains a stable performance when losing exactly 2 times after 38 matches played in all competitions in the 2022/23 season. Particularly in the European Cup, the Eagles are one of the few teams to maintain their unbeaten form with 4 wins and 2 draws. In which, they used to take points from the hands of two giants PSG and Juventus.

O/U ratio (2 1/2): Club Brugge's last 4/6 matches came in Under 2 1/2. Benfica's last match had a similar result. Their last 3/4 matches in the European Cup have no more than 2 goals/match.

- Club Brugge: Olsen, Jutgla injured.

- Benfica: Full force.

- Club Brugge: Mignolet, Meijer, Mechele, Hendry, Mata, Rits, Onyedika, Vanaken, Lang, Yaremchuk, Buchanan.

- Benfica: Vlachodimos; Bah, Silva, Otamendi, Grimaldo; Luis, Chiquinho; Mario, Rafa, Aursnes; Guedes.