Club Brugge vs Benfica Prediction: Expect a win for the guests

On Wednesday, February 15, there will be two Champions League matches, one of which will be between Bruges and Benfica. Bookmakers believe that, despite the field factor, the Portuguese will take the win from Belgium.

After the winter break, Brugge played nine official matches and dropped out of the Belgian Cup, losing to Sint-Truiden. There were six draws in the national championship, with one victory over Zulte Waregem and a defeat by Genk. In the Belgian championship, Brugge is in fourth position, 20 points behind leading Genk. Brugge's home stats are also the fourth, with six wins, six draws, and one defeat. Recall that Brugge made it to the playoffs of the Champions League from Group B, beating German Bayer and Spanish Atletico but losing the championship to another Portuguese club Porto. By the way, Brugge exchanged the away victories with Porto with the score 4:0.

Benfica has better results after the break than Brugge. However, on February 9, the Eagles dropped out of the Portuguese Cup, losing to Braga in the penalty shootout after a 1:1 draw. But in the national championship, the Lisbon side is leading with a 5-point gap to Porto, the closest pursuer of the Eagles. Benfica's away statistics are second in the division, +8=1-1, i.e., 80% of their wins in away games. Benfica played phenomenally in the Champions League group stage, taking first place in Group H, ahead of not only Maccabi and Juventus but also PSG. Benfica has two away wins and a draw against Paris.

If the Belgians and Portuguese had played each other in October, our choice might have been Brugge. Since then, however, they have slumped, as seen by their domestic arena results in January and February. Benfica, on the other hand, continues to be on the move. Eagles confidently led the Portuguese championship and won a powerful group in the Champions League ahead of PSG. It is also worth paying attention to the fact that in the last four games in the championship of Portugal, Benfica did not concede, and in the previous ten games in different tournaments conceded only four goals in three meetings. In other words, the Eagles' defense is excellent. There is no certainty that Brugge, despite the factor of the field, will be able to score for the Portuguese.