On Tuesday, starting with 17:55, the match Lazio – Club Brugge will be played, from the round with number 6 from Group F of the Champions League.
The duel between Lazio and Brugge is decisive for the qualification in the next phase of the competition. Dortmund is mathematically qualified, and Lazio – 9 points and Bruges – 7 points, are forced to fight for the second place that ensures the presence in the European spring from the “table of the rich”. However, taking into account the fact that the only result that would send the Belgians to the last 16 of the Champions League is the victory, their chances are only theoretical, the value difference being extremely large.
As for Lazio and the controversial Covid-19 tests, it seems that this problem has been well overcome. All affected players returned to training, including goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha. However, he could start the duel on the reserve bench on Tuesday night, because he could not train at optimal abilities, and the experienced Pepe Reina proved that he is still a top goalkeeper. On the other hand, the only absentees from Brugge Diatta, Mitrovic and Van der Brempt.
In order to choose the best bets for the dispute between the two groups, our team decided to take into account first of all the experience at this level that Lazio has. Both this “pedigree” and the clearly superior experience of Lazio players should be enough for the host team to get at least one draw.
Lazio (3-5-2): Reina; Patric, Acerbi, Hoedt; Marusic, Milinkovic-Savic, Leiva, Alberto, Fares; Correa, Immobile;
Brugge (4-3-3): Mignolet; Mata, Mechele, Kossounou, Ricca; Vormer, Balanta, Vanaken; Dennis, De Ketelaere, Lang.
In the round, the two teams drew, score 1-1;
Lazio comes after the victory in the championship with Spezia, score 2-1;
Brugge, goal difference 6-8 in the first 5 stages of the Champions League.
PREDICTION: Lazio to win @ 1,75
