Club Brugge KV welcome the visitors FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Europa League Play-offs – 1/16 Finals. The match will be held on Thursday, February, 14th, at the Jan Breydel Stadion (Brugge).
One of the Belgian league leaders, Club Brugge KV, took the 3rd place in the Champions League group stage and dropped down to the Europa League. Their group stage performance was quite good – the team suffered only 2 losses, 1 to Borussia Dortmund (0:1) and 1 to Atletico Madrid (3:1), celebrated 1 away win over Monaco (0-4), and drawed 3 times. The Belgian outfit are good in the attack – in the national league, they scored 53 goals (the league’s 2nd record); in the Champions League, they netted 6 goals (obviously, only Borussia and Atletico featured more). The attacking midfielder Hans Vanaken is especially great, he managed to ship 8 goals and assisted 12 times. As far as Brugge’s defense is concerned, in the European competitions, it is not that safe as it is in the national league. Therefore, even competing on their turf, the hosts will hardly keep a clean sheet tomorrow.
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The visiting FC Red Bull Salzburg are extremely strong Austrian toppers who have been unmatched for many years. In 18 fixtures of the national championship, the ‘Bulls’ attained 15 wins and drawed thrice (they scored 46 goals and allowed 16). In the Europa League, they qualified with no troubles, registering wins in all 6 matches (making 17 goals and missing 6). Notably, despite their solid defense, Marco Rose’s side could play ‘to nil’ in only 3 fixtures of 9 in the national competition, and they were leaking in all 3 outings in the Europa League.
The match will see a meeting of two very effective sides demonstrating picturesque attacking football. None of the opponents will play defense first, trying to attack instead. Defining favorites is rather difficult, but we are certain of goals at both ends.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score.
