This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Club Brugge at Jan Breydelstadion when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Porto with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Porto have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
These are active days for the hosts, as they had a game only four days ago in the Pro League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Union Saint-Gilloise.
Club Brugge form and stats
Brugge participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.Club Brugge have performed here at Jan Breydelstadion this season with 5 wins from 7 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.
Club Brugge travelled for their previous game, a trip to Union Saint-Gilloise that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Club Brugge in the Union Saint-Gilloise match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Olsen, a natural forward, was the best player for the side in that match, and was presented with a rating of 7.81 (out of 10). Olsen scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 32 total).
Ahead of that match, Brugge won a home game hosting Sint-Truiden (3-0).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Club Brugge, as the Pro League home game vs KV Oostende is only three days away.
Brugge can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Club Brugge have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Porto form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Porto playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
Porto might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Benfica proved too strong as Porto slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Estádio Do Dragão. Midfielder Otávio was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Otávio hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that, the Taça De Portugal win away at Anadia.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Porto manager Conceição as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Santa Clara.
Porto are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Porto are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Club Brugge and Porto have played each other before this season: Porto - Club Brugge 0-4. Head to head statistics (for the prior three meetings): Club Brugge won one game, zero matches ended in a draw and Porto managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Olsen 6 goals |  F. Jutlgà Blanc 6 goals |   M. Taremi 5 goals |
Club Brugge missing players
Porto missing players
| Club Brugge | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 50 | 31 | Scored | S | 19 | 55 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.1 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.1 | 16.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 52% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 36% | ||
| 11.7 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Porto | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Genk | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 34 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Standard Liege | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 6 | Westerlo | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 21 |
| 8 | Gent | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Mechelen | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Anderlecht | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
| 13 | Sporting Charleroi | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 12 |
| 15 | RFC Seraing | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | KV Oostende | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -13 | 11 |
| 18 | Kortrijk | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 3 | Porto | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 22 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Boavista | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 7 | Estoril | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Chaves | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Arouca | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 12 |
| 12 | Vizela | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Famalicao | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Rio Ave | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 2 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 18 | -19 | 1 |
