{"id":12908,"date":"2023-03-07T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=12908"},"modified":"2023-03-06T13:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T12:24:28","slug":"benfica-vs-club-brugge-preview-and-expert-football-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/benfica-vs-club-brugge-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"Benfica vs Club Brugge: Preview and Expert Football Prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Champions League returns this Tuesday with high-flying Portuguese side Benfica hosting Club Brugge in the second leg of the knockout round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hosts have one foot in the next round after a 2-0 win over their visitors in the first leg of this tie. Since that win in Belgium, the Primeira Liga leaders have won three successive league games by a two-goal margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So confidence should be sky-high as they aim for a second straight UCL quarter-final appearance. The Eagles haven&#8217;t lost a UCL game since their quarter-final home leg loss against Liverpool last April (W9, D3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/osasuna-vs-celta-vigo-preview-and-expert-football-prediction\/\">Osasuna vs Celta Vigo: Preview and Expert Football Prediction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only PSG held Benfica to a draw at home during that run (W4), and since May, they have not lost a competitive home fixture (W16, D2). So they will be confident of getting through here, with a draw enough to see them through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Club Brugge are up against an uphill task here, as Benfica have never lost to a Belgium side (W8, D2). The visitors travel to Portugal in poor form, as a run of one win in their last six fixtures (D3, L2) leaves them fourth in Belgium&#8217;s First Division.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even more worrying is a lack of goals, as they haven&#8217;t scored more than twice in one game \u2013 which they must do here to win without penalties \u2013 since October 29th.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So given that Benfica have won 20 out of 21 previous European ties in which they won the first leg away from home (L1), we can expect a direct win for the hosts here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\">here<\/a> to get the best direct win predictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Champions League returns this Tuesday with high-flying Portuguese side Benfica hosting Club Brugge in the second leg of the knockout round. The hosts have one foot in the next round after a 2-0 win over their visitors in the first leg of this tie. 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