Benfica vs Club Brugge Preview & Prediction

Match preview

Club Brugge travels to Portugal to play Benfica in the second leg of their last-16 match on Tuesday night, needing nothing less than a miracle to keep their Champions League dream alive.

Roger Schmidt’s team left Belgium with a 2-0 lead from the first leg, where Scott Parker’s team’s defensive mistakes proved to be their undoing.

Benfica had to wait for their chance to win at the Jan-Breydel-Stadion in their first leg against Brugge on February 15 during their consistent ascent to glory in the Portuguese top division, but two costly errors from the Belgian heavyweights handed the Eagles victory on a silver platter.

After being eliminated by Liverpool in the last eight in the 2021–22 season, Benfica could advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League in back-to-back seasons for the first time in their 119-year history. However, the Portuguese powerhouses have yet to make it to the semifinals of the top division.

There was little the former Bournemouth manager could have done to stop two individual mistakes in the first leg, and Brugge aren’t doing much better at home, winning just two of their last 13 games in the top division while defending their championship in misery.

Parker said after that loss that he was unsure if he would still be employed for Tuesday’s second leg, but 48 hours from now, regardless of what happens, the 42-year-old can proudly claim to be the first Brugge manager to serve as the match’s referee in Champions League history.

Although the visitors, who also inflicted a stunning 4-0 defeat on Porto during the group stage, have kept three straight clean sheets on the road in the Champions League, few people will be placing bets on Benfica suffering an identical fate tonight.

Benfica vs Club Brugge Head to Head

Club Brugge

0 – 2

Benfica

Benfica vs Club Brugge form guide

Benfica’s last 5 games – WWWWW

Benfica	2 – 0	Vizela
Famalicao	0 – 2	Benfica
Benfica	3 – 1	Boavista
Club Brugge	0 – 2	Benfica
Braga	1 – 1	Benfica

Club Brugge’s last 5 games – DLWDW

KV Oostende	3 – 0	Club Brugge
Club Brugge	2 – 0	Gent
Cercle Brugge	2 – 2	Club Brugge
Club Brugge	0 – 2	Benfica
Club Brugge	1- 1	Union Saint Gilloise

Key stats

Last month’s first leg between the two teams resulted in a 2-0 victory for Benfica. This season, the hosts have gone unbeaten in the Champions League, winning five of their seven games while scoring at least two goals.
After winning their first three games in the Champions League, Club Brugge has lost their past four games.
Club Brugge has gone four games in a row in the UEFA Champions League without scoring. This season, Benfica is unbeaten at home in all competitions, and they have won three straight games.
In their away matches during the group stage of the competition, Club Brugge was unable to score.
Brugge has lost all three of its recent road games, and in two of those contests, they failed to score.

Benfica vs Club Brugge prediction

Club Brugge may have served Porto some humility during their amazing group-stage exploits, but mounting an unlikely comeback at the Primeira Liga leaders’ stadium is unquestionably going too far. Hence we go with the following pickings in this fixture: