Club Brugge KV – Benfica

For the first match of the round of 16 of the Champions League, Brugge welcomes Benfica to the Jan Breydel Stadium. A replay will follow on March 7 in Lisbon, the away goals rule does not apply.

Brugge in a group with Atlético, Porto and Leverkusen was excellent with the characteristic that in the first 3 matches he had the same number of victories and in the 4th matchday secured her qualification to the next stage of the organization, even ifif 2nd as in the final it lost the first place to the Portuguese team.
But since then a lot has changed and unfortunately for her for the worse as well in the championship knows unprecedented situations, counts in the last 10 matches only one victory and not just it's minus 20 from the top but will fight to keep the 4th place that gives participation in the play offs for the title. Last Friday brought the fifth draw in the last six games, conceding 1-1 to Union Saint-Jiloise.

Benfica impressive in the group stage, with opponents Juventus, Paris and Maccabi Haifa finished in 1st place and ceremoniously qualified for the knockout phase of the event.
At the same time, he seems to be the favorite for this year's title in the league, after 20 games they are in 1nd place with 53 points and in plus 5 from 2nd Porto. He did not play at the weekend in the Portuguese league so that he could better prepare for the match against Brugge. In its last match for the championship, it beat Casa Pia at home 3-0.
Last Thursday, they lost 5-3 on penalties (1-1 regular time and overtime) to Braga and were out of the Portuguese Cup.

Brugge impressed in the group stage but have since managed just one win in 3,5 months, a sign of their poor form. In contrast to Benfica, which since the beginning of the year has been stable and combines results and good football. So, the Lisbon team is rightly the favorite of the match, but not in something worthy of performance. The hosts have no choice but to try to win and will go aggressively, of course the quality Benfica can follow and give us a match with many goals.

Tip: Brugge – Benfica GG & Over 2,5 with odds of 2.40