Champions League match preview: Club Brugge versus Borussia Dortmund

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 04.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Champions League betting and spectator preview: Club Brugge and Borussia Dortmund meet at Jan Breydelstadion to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.

It's no vacation for neither Brugge nor Borussia Dortmund as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.

The story so far in the Pro League for Club Brugge at their home stadium (Jan Breydelstadion) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Brugge drew their last game, also a home match. Mechelen was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lazio that ended 1-1.

Opportunity lost for Brugge in the Mechelen match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

Brugge are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at KV Oostende awaits in four days.

Brugge have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jan Breydelstadion with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Club Brugge have conceded 6 in these home matches.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

Borussia was sent out of Champions League in the 8th finals last season, when Paris Saint Germain turned out to be too strong.

Borussia Dortmund have six points from their first three away games in the Bundesliga, meaning two victories and a loss. The fact that Borussia have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Borussia, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Borussia Dortmund have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Roman Burki. It's been 396 minutes since they last conceded in Bundesliga.

Two travels in a row for Borussia, whose manager L. Favre could celebrate last time after the Bundesliga win against Arminia Bielefeld. Before that, Borussia secured a home win against Zenit with the score 2-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bayern München in just three days.

Borussia Dortmund are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Brugge wins - draws - Borussia Dortmund wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Club Brugge missing players

Borussia Dortmund missing players

Club Brugge Borussia Dortmund
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 17   Played P   11 25
14 9   Won W   8 15
5 4   Drew D   0 2
6 4   Lost L   3 8
47 29   Scored S   28 58
26 15   Conceded C   9 27
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 84%
60% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 52%
28% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 40%
20% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 20%
56% 53%   BTTS BTTS   27% 36%
28% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   64% 48%
16% 18%   Failed to Score F T   9% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.4
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
200 118   Total Shots T S   155 310
72 36   Shots on Target S O   75 143
51% 53%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lazio 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
2 Club Brugge 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
3 Borussia Dortmund 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3
4 Zenit 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting Charleroi 10 7 1 2 18 7 5 4 0 1 10 3 5 3 1 1 8 4 11 22
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 11 7 0 4 28 25 6 5 0 1 21 13 5 2 0 3 7 12 3 21
3 Club Brugge 11 6 2 3 25 10 6 3 1 2 11 6 5 3 1 1 14 4 15 20
4 Antwerp 10 6 2 2 21 14 5 3 2 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 10 8 7 20
5 Genk 11 5 4 2 20 15 6 3 2 1 13 7 5 2 2 1 7 8 5 19
6 Standard Liege 10 5 3 2 13 9 5 2 3 0 6 4 5 3 0 2 7 5 4 18
7 OH Leuven 11 5 3 3 19 19 5 3 1 1 7 6 6 2 2 2 12 13 0 18
8 Anderlecht 10 4 5 1 20 15 5 2 3 0 9 5 5 2 2 1 11 10 5 17
9 KV Oostende 9 4 3 2 15 8 5 3 1 1 12 5 4 1 2 1 3 3 7 15
10 Cercle Brugge 10 5 0 5 16 15 4 3 0 1 10 4 6 2 0 4 6 11 1 15
11 Kortrijk 10 4 2 4 12 13 5 1 1 3 6 9 5 3 1 1 6 4 -1 14
12 AS Eupen 10 2 5 3 10 16 4 1 1 2 4 8 6 1 4 1 6 8 -6 11
13 Gent 10 3 0 7 15 18 5 2 0 3 10 8 5 1 0 4 5 10 -3 9
14 Sint-Truiden 10 2 3 5 11 19 5 2 2 1 6 4 5 0 1 4 5 15 -8 9
15 Mechelen 10 2 2 6 12 18 5 1 1 3 7 8 5 1 1 3 5 10 -6 8
16 Zulte-Waregem 10 2 1 7 11 24 5 1 0 4 6 14 5 1 1 3 5 10 -13 7
17 Waasland-Beveren 8 1 1 6 12 22 4 0 1 3 5 10 4 1 0 3 7 12 -10 4
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 9 0 3 6 3 14 5 0 1 4 1 6 4 0 2 2 2 8 -11 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 Bayern München 6 5 0 1 24 9 3 3 0 0 17 3 3 2 0 1 7 6 15 15
2 Borussia Dortmund 6 5 0 1 13 2 3 3 0 0 10 0 3 2 0 1 3 2 11 15
3 RB Leipzig 6 4 1 1 12 4 3 3 0 0 9 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 8 13
4 Borussia M'gladbach 6 3 2 1 9 8 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 2 0 1 6 6 1 11
5 Augsburg 6 3 1 2 9 7 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 10
6 Stuttgart 6 2 3 1 11 7 3 0 2 1 4 5 3 2 1 0 7 2 4 9
7 Bayer Leverkusen 5 2 3 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 3 9
8 Werder Bremen 6 2 3 1 8 8 3 1 1 1 3 5 3 1 2 0 5 3 0 9
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 6 2 3 1 8 10 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 1 1 1 4 7 -2 9
10 Hoffenheim 5 2 1 2 9 7 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 7
11 Wolfsburg 5 1 4 0 4 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 7
12 Union Berlin 5 1 3 1 8 6 3 1 1 1 6 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 6
13 Freiburg 5 1 3 1 6 9 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 4 7 -3 6
14 Arminia Bielefeld 6 1 1 4 4 10 3 1 0 2 2 6 3 0 1 2 2 4 -6 4
15 Hertha BSC 5 1 0 4 9 12 2 0 0 2 1 5 3 1 0 2 8 7 -3 3
16 Köln 6 0 2 4 6 11 4 0 1 3 5 9 2 0 1 1 1 2 -5 2
17 Schalke 04 6 0 2 4 3 20 3 0 2 1 3 5 3 0 0 3 0 15 -17 2
18 Mainz 05 6 0 0 6 5 18 3 0 0 3 3 8 3 0 0 3 2 10 -13 0

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.