FC Porto vs Club Brugge Match Analysis and Prediction

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FC Porto play host to Club Brugge in Group B of the Champions League on Tuesday, with the hosts looking to bounce back from their dramatic defeat to Atletico Madrid last week.

Having won his third domestic title with Porto in five seasons, Sergio Conceicao will be hoping to retain the Primeira Liga for the first time, while beating his best achievement of the quarter-final stage in Champions League, which he reached with Porto in 2019 and 2021.

Conceicao’s side have already fallen three points behing Benfica in the league, while they lost their first Champions League game of the season after a dramatic finale against Atletico at the Metropolitano Stadium.

That said, Porto head into Tuesday’s encounter with Club Brugge under pressure to secure a victory, otherwise they could be facing a tough battle to progress from Group B.

Meanwhile, Club Brugge have become the dominant club in Belgium in recent years, winning the First Division in three consecutive seasons.

They are as well becoming regulars at the Champions League group stage, with this season’s appearance their sixth in seven years. However, since the tournament rebranded in 1992, they have never reached the knockout stages.

With Group B looking one of the weakest groups theoretically, new head coach Carl Hoefkens may feel he could be the man to make modern history in that regard at a club with great posterity in this competition in the past, having lost to Liverpool in the 1978 European Cup final.

Abakar Sylla’s 42nd-minute goal proved enough to defeat Leverkusen at Jan Breyden Stadium last week, giving Brugge an excellent platform to build from.

Hoefkens will hope to remain in Europe by finishing in the top three spots in the group, a fear they have managed in three of their last four appearances in the competition.

FC Porto vs Club Brugge head to head

These two teams have previously met on just two occasions in the Champions League back in 2016, where Porto won in both encounters away and home, scoring three goals and conceding just once in the process.

Club Brugge 1-2 Porto 18/10/16

Porto 1-0 Club Brugge 02/11/16

FC Porto latest home form

FC Porto have recently been on a good run of form at home, as they have won each of their 14 most recent matches. They managed to defeat Chaves 3-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 16 goals and conceded just two.

Porto 2-1 Monaco 23/07/22

Porto 3-0 Tondela 30/07/22

Porto 5-1 Maritimo 06/088/22

Porto 3-0 Sporting Lisbon 20/08/22

Porto 3-0 Chaves 10/09/22

FC Porto latest away form

FC Porto have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having lost two of their three most recent matches. They lost 2-1 to Atletico Madrid in their last away game in the Champions League. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and concded five.

Portimonense 0-1 Porto 14/07/22

Vizela 0-1 Porto 14/08/22

Rio Ave 3-1 Porto 28/08/22

Gil Vicente 0-2 Porto 03/09/22

Atletico Madrid 2-1 Porto 07/09/22

Club Brugge latest home form

Club Brugge have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their seven most recent matches. They managed to defeat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 in their last home game in the Champions League. In their last five matches, they have scored 11 goals and conceded four.

Club Brugge 3-2 Genk 24/07/22

Club Brugge 1-1 Zulte Waregem 05/08/22

Club Brugge 2-1 Kotrijk 21/08/22

Club Brugge 4-0 Cercle Brugge 02/09/22

Club Brugge 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen 07/09/22

Club Brugge latest away form

Club Brugge have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having won each of their three most recent matches. They managed to defeat RFC Seraing 2-0 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 12 goals and conceded four.

Antwerp 1-3 Club Brugge 15/05/22

AS Eupen 2-1 Club Brugge 31/07/22

OH Leuven 0-3 Club Brugge 14/08/22

Sporting Chaleroi 1-3 Club Brugge 26/08/22

RFC Seraing 0-2 Club Brugge 10/09/22

FC Porto news

Porto will be without Mehdi Taremi, who will sit out for one game after he picked up a red card for a second bookable offence against Atletico.

Pepe pushed forward to right-midfield with Joao Mario coming into the starting XI at right-back against Chaves, with Evanilson and Antonio Martinez starting in attack.

Club Brugge news

Club Brugge are missing some key players at the moment, with Tajon Buchanan, Clinton Mata, Mats Rits and Noa Lang are ruled out of the trip to Portugal due to injury.

Hoefkens could name the same starting XI which defeat Leverkusen, meaning Roman Yaremchuk may settle for a spot on the bench.

Prediction and Odds

Club Brugge certainly have the capabilities to push Porto all of the way on Tuesday, especially after gaining confidence from the victory over Leverkusen.

However, Porto have been in superb form on their home turf across all competition in recent weeks, and we back them to get the job done.

Odds: 1 1.92 X 2.04 2 2.22