Club Brugge KV vs Monaco PREVIEW & PREDICTION 24/10/2018

In Group A of the Champions League, Wednesday, October 24, Club Brugge – AS Monaco will be played. The match will take place at “Jan Breydel Stadion” starting at 17:55. The guest band is trying to get the second success of the current season.

After an excellent season start with 8 wins in the first 9 games, the hosts began to show signs of weakness. In the last five games, played in all competitions, they achieved only one success and scored no less than three defeats. Without any points within the group, confrontation with Monegasque is vital to the European team’s future. A new defeat would be equivalent to eliminating the competition, but also drastically reducing the chances of qualifying in the spring of the Europa League. Hopes of the fans are directed to Brazilian young Wesley, who with six successes is the scorer of the team in the championship. However, although he is in the third European campaign for Brugge, Wesley has not scored any goals in the European Cups so far.

On the other hand, the arrival of Thierry Henry on the Monegasque bench did not change too much in the Strasbourg move, where they yielded with the score of 1-2. It was the fifth consecutive defeat for Monaco, who occupies the penultimate position in Ligue 1. However, the team did not perform at all bad, having a superior possession, but also a higher number of opportunities. But the lack of efficiency of the offensive, and childhood mistakes in the defensive phase are chapters Henry seems to have much to work for. On Wednesday’s move, the Frenchman will not be able to count on Pellegri’s services, N “Doram, Benaglio, Gabriel, Lopes and Geubbels (injured). Most likely, Rdamel Falcao will not be in the bout after suffering an injury in the 37th minute of the Strasbourg fight.

The only direct confrontation between the two bands dates back to 1988. Then in the European Championship, Brugge was forced to score 1-0 in the first leg, but Monaco took revenge in the second leg after a categorical 6-1.

Probable teams:

Club Brugge (3-5-2): Letica – Poulain Denswil Mitrovic – Vlietinck Vanaken Vormer Rits Cools – Vossen Wesley

AS Monaco (4-3-2-1): Sy – Sidibe Glik Jemerson Henrichs – Aholou Tielemans Chadli – Traore Golovin Jovetic


PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1.60

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