Manchester City vs Bruuge Prediction: the Citizens Are About to Crush the Opponent

Manchester City will be hosting Brugge on January 29 at 23:00 for the 8th round of the Champions League. Bookmakers think the home team has the best shot at winning. Metaratings is offering a prediction for the match Manchester City vs Brugge and provides important statistics.

Manchester City

In 2025, MC has played six matches in three tournaments. In the Champions League, the Citizens lost 2:4 to PSG on the road. Before the start of the eighth round of the Champions League, the City occupies 25th place in the standings with eight points. They are only two points ahead of Stuttgart, the team in the playoff zone. City's home stats are 23rd in the tournament, with +1=2-0 and 8:3 goal difference.

Brugge

Belgians played six official matches in 2025. In the last round of the Champions League, Brugge tied with Juventus 0:0 at home. Before the start of the eighth round, Brugge was in 20th place in the Champions League standings with 11 points. The gap from Bayer, the team that made it into the last 16, was two points. Brugge's away statistics are 19th in the tournament, with +1=1-1 and 3:4 goal difference.

H2H Meetings

They played each other twice in the group stage of the Champions League 2021/22, with Manchester City winning both matches, 5:1 in Belgium and 4:1 in Manchester.

Stats Betting

• Brugge has won the last 10 meetings.
• Two of the last two matches involving Brugge ended in a draw.
• Manchester City has won three of their last three home games.
• Both teams have scored in 100% of the matches between the two teams.

Bookmakers' Offers

The 1xbet analysts think the home team is the favorite. They're giving Manchester City a 1.264 odds of winning. If you think Brugge will win, you can bet with odds of 12.10. If you think it'll be a draw, the odds are 6.79. According to the odds, about 4 goals will be scored in the match. For the total over (3.5) goals, you can bet with odds of 1.954, and for the total undrt (3.5), the odds are 1.966.

Expert Betting Tips

The Citizens, one of the strongest teams in the world, could make it into the Champions League playoffs, which is pretty surprising. Before the eighth round of the tournament, the City was two points behind four teams in the playoff zone and three points behind two others, including Brugge. If they win their next game, they'll definitely make it to the last 32, and we're pretty sure the Citizens will do whatever it takes to make sure that doesn't change. We're thinking MC will take this one with ease.

Prediction:

W1 & TO (3.5) for 2.50 

H1 (-2.5) for 2.50 

CS 4:0 for 11.00