Club Brugge KV vs Real Madrid – Prediction (Champions League – 11.12.2019)

Preview and Teams Comparison.

If including qualifiers, four of Brugge’s last five UEFA Champions League (UCL) home games have seen at least one team fail to score. That typically works against them though, as Brugge have scored just once across their last six UCL group stage home fixtures, while conceding an average of 1.5 goals per-match within that particular category. Alarmingly, October 2016 remains the last time any Brugge team managed to score first in a group-stage UCL home game. Such slow starts at Jan Breydelstadion are particularly prevalent in recent times, as Brugge are without a first-half goal from open play in their last five UCL home games (inc. qualifiers).

Real Madrid can finish nowhere but second. However, they have momentum from a nine-game unbeaten run in all competitions (W7, D2). Five of those seven victories yielded a cleansheet, with four of those five cleansheet wins seeing them open the scoring by the 20th minute. The ‘Galacticos’ have also won each of their last three competitive away matches, with that sequence producing a per-match average of 1.0 penalties either way. Additionally, they have conceded just once across their last four UCL away wins.

Players to watch: Nigerian forward Emmanuel Dennis hit a first-half double for Brugge in the reverse H2H (D 2-2), while Karim Benzema accounts for four of Real’s last five UCL goals, subsequently averaging 1.0 goals per-half across the Galacticos’ last two UCL matches.

Stat attack: Three of Brugge’s last five UCL home defeats have seen them concede first inside the opening ten minutes. Three of Real Madrid’s last four halves played on the road have yielded an odd number of total goals. Real Madrid have averaged 2.5 goals per-match across their last four UCL away wins.

Match Info and Live Scores.