The Champions League is back and this Wednesday Brugge will host Benfica in one of the round of 16 games of the tournament, in a very tight and surprising matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brugge hasn’t had a very good 2023 but hopes to put all that aside in this tournament and get back on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Benfica is doing very well in the local tournament and expects to continue reaping good results at the international level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wednesday, February 15 at 3:00 pm ET<\/em> at the Jan Breydel stadium<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moneyline odds:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Brugge +293 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Benfica -109<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Draw Offs<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n +256<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Where Can I Watch it?<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Vix+<\/a> and Paramount+<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the teams that surprised in the Champions League group stage was Brugge, who managed to advance after scoring 11 points and finishing second behind Porto, <\/strong>eliminating Bayer Leverkusen and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scott Parker came this year to replace Carl Hoefkens, who was fired, but the results have not been as expected. Although they have gone 6 unbeaten games, they have only won 1 of their last 10 matches (7 of them with Parker). <\/strong>Without a doubt, these are bad news for a team that usually wins in local football. In addition, in the Champions League,<\/a> they won the first 3 group games but then drew 0-0 with Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen, both away, and fell 0-4 at home with Porto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The offensive issue has been one of the team’s negative items, and that is that its scorer, Ferran Jutgla, has not scored a single goal in 2023 (5 games). <\/strong>Precisely Jutgla and Andreas Skov Olsen, another of the scorers, are injured and have not played the last few games. The Belgians hope that the Spanish can be on Wednesday, while the Danish issue is more complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is the first time that Brugge has advanced to the round of 16 since it was called the Champions League (1992).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Benfica comes to this commitment as the top favorite. The Portuguese team excelled and won the group against Paris Saint Germain, in addition to eliminating Juventus. They got 16 goals, being inferior in this category only to Bayern M\u00fcnchen and Napoli.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Portuguese league, they are doing very well, as they are leaders with 53 points, 8 more than Porto, although they have just been eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Portuguese Cup after losing to Braga on penalties. They have 8 undefeated games with 6 wins and 2 draws, also in the 6 games they won, they did not receive a goal.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the important casualties for Roger Schmidt’s team is that of Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez, who went to Chelsea a few weeks ago in a 100 million-dollar transfer. Chiquinho has been in charge of replacing him. On the other hand, Gon\u00e7alo Guedes arrived in this market on loan from Wolverhampton and has scored 2 goals and given 1 assist in 5 games.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy Bet on Brugge?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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