Belgian champions Club Brugge and Serie A heavyweights Juventus are each a win away from guaranteeing their places in the next stage of the UEFA Champions League as they prepare to clash at the Jan Breydelstadion in Bruges.
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Tip | Current Odds |
Draw | |
Christos Tzolis Over 0.5 Shots on Target | |
Corner Matchbet - Club Brugge |
Draw - 9/4
Two of Europe's most in-form clubs meet at the Jan Breydelstadion in Bruges where it's hard to see anything other than a tight contest, and one that may well end in a draw.
Draws are certainly something that Thiago Motta's Juventus are specialising in this season and another one here would take them to 12 points in Europe and guarantee their place in the knockout stage.
While Club Brugge would dearly love to win this contest ahead of a difficult trip to Manchester City in their final League Phase fixture, a draw that would take them to 11 points may well be all they need to make it into the play-offs.
Nicky Hayen's Brugge have been excellent throughout the European campaign, especially after losing two of their first three, against Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan.
Since then they have beaten Aston Villa 1-0 at home, drawn 1-1 at Celtic and pipped Sporting Lisbon 2-1, again at home in front of their passionate fans.
They are unbeaten in 18 matches in all competitions, winning 15, have found the net in each of their last 13 and haven't lost a home game since the end of September.
They are locked in a title fight with Genk and are the Jupiler League's top scorers with the goals shared around among a group where the sum is very much greater than the parts.
Belgium's top flight isn't as strong as Italy's, though it is improving and there is no way Motta will be taking them lightly.
Juventus, a point better off than the Belgians, have beaten PSV Eindhoven, RB Leipzig and, last time out, Manchester City while drawing at Lille and Aston Villa. Their sole loss was 1-0 at home to Stuttgart.
They are fifth in Serie A, 13 points off the pace being set by Napoli, yet, remarkably, are the only unbeaten side in the competition.
Their downfall is the number of draws - 13 out of 21 matches - and they just aren't creating enough chances.
Juventus rank ninth in Serie A for shots taken and if teenage wideman Kenan Yildiz is (as expected) ruled out through injury, they promise to be even less incisive in the final third.
Christos Tzolis to have over 0.5 shots on target - 4/5
Club Brugge are averaging more shots per game in the UEFA Champions League than Juventus this season, and that makes them a real threat, especially at home.
With a trip to City to come and qualification not yet assured, the Belgian champs will have to be positive and will get their chances to attack against Motta's well-drilled men.
They carry threats in the likes of Hans Vanaken, Huge Vetlesen, Ferran Jutgla and one or two others, but Greece international Christos Tzolis is as lively as anyone and may well flourish against second-string right-back Nicolo Savona if Weston McKennie isn't passed fit.
Tzolis has scored 12 goals for Brugge this season including four in his last five. He has also popped in a couple for Greece and looks a good thing at 4/5 to get over 0.5 shots on target.
He tops his team's shot charts in the UEFA Champions League this season with 15 efforts in six appearances.
Corner Matchbet - Club Brugge - 6/5
This trip to Belgium comes at a thankless time for Juventus, sandwiched between two massively important Serie A fixtures against AC Milan (which they won 2-0) and away to leaders Napoli on Saturday.
They must be delighted to have already racked up 11 points because they are as good as into the last 24 with that total and Motta can, therefore, utilise a squad potentially stretched badly by injuries.
He is already without Bremer, Danilo, Juan Cabal, Flavio Conceicao and quite probably both Weston McKennie and Kenan Yildiz, so won't want to risk any more knocks before the showdown in Naples.
Club Brugge have the chance to be positive then and that could manifest itself in them winning the corners matchbet.
The Belgian side are averaging 3.8 corners per game in Europe this term, Juve just 3, so the portents are good.
Prediction | BetSie Supercomputer % | Odds | Odds % |
Draw | 25.2% | 30.8% | |
1-1 Draw | N/A | 16.7% |
Club Brugge have lost only one of their last 12 European home games.
Juventus have drawn 11 of their last 18 matches.
Club Brugge are unbeaten in 18 matches while Juve are unbeaten in Serie A
Club Brugge | 24.0% |
Draw | 25.2% |
Juventus | 50.8% |
The odds suggest that Juventus have a 44.4% chance of beating Club Brugge on Tuesday night, while the BetSie Supercomputer believes there is 50.8% chance of that happening.
The BetSie Supercomputer rates Club Brugge's chances of winning the match at 24%, less than the 30.8% indicated by the odds.
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Team: Mignolet; Sabbe, Ordonez, Mechele, De Cuyper; Onyedika, Jashari; Vetlesen, Vanaken, Tzolis; Jutgla
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Team: Di Gregorio; Savona,. Gatti, Kululu, Cambiaso; Locatelli, Thuram; Weah, Koopmeiners, Mbamgula; Gonzalez.
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