This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Club Brugge at Jan Breydelstadion when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Zenit with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
The hosts Club Brugge saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Pro League. It's no vacation for neither Brugge nor Zenit 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. That game was an away game at Royal Excel Mouscron, so at least Brugge are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Zenit have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Club Brugge form and stats
Brugge was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Club Brugge have to build on here at Jan Breydelstadion in the Pro League. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses in this competition.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Simon Mignolet not having conceded a league goal in 232 minutes.
The home team returns to Jan Breydelstadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Royal Excel Mouscron on their last time out; the Pro League game ended 0-0. A Champions League defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Borussia Dortmund.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sint-Truiden are coming to town in three days.
Brugge have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jan Breydelstadion with 12 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Club Brugge have conceded only 6 goals.
Zenit form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.3 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Zenit playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 0W-1D-3L. This is both home and away. Two points from the last two away games for Zenit, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Arsenal Tula in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 0-0. A 1-3 defeat away at Lazio before that.
A new game in only three days for Zenit, the Premier League home match versus Ural. Busy days.
Zenit are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Zenit as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Zenit - Club Brugge 1-2.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dzyuba 7 goals |   K. Diatta 6 goals |  S. Azmoun 6 goals |
Club Brugge missing players
Zenit missing players
| Club Brugge | Zenit | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Scored | S | 14 | 45 | ||
| 25 | 16 | Conceded | C | 12 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 9.3 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 14.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 49% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Lazio | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 4 | Zenit | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 27 |
| 3 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | Sporting Charleroi | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | OH Leuven | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 11 | Gent | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Mechelen | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -12 | 11 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 9 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 32 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Rostov | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Sochi | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Krasnodar | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 11 | Khimki | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 12 | Ural | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 14 |
| 14 | Tambov | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -16 | 8 |
| 16 | Ufa | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -20 | 7 |