Club Brugge showed their quality with a victory over Inter Milan in the Stadio San Siro last week and the Belgian side will now aim to double their tally when RC Lens visit the Jan Breydelstadion on matchday three of the UEFA Champions League.
Goals have flowed when Club Brugge have been involved and an open contest appears in prospect as Lens traded five goals in overcoming SK Slavia Praha on matchday one.
With the likes of PSV, Liverpool and Napoli to come before Christmas, victory here would propel Club Brugge into a solid position to make the UEFA Champions League knockout phase in the spring.
Club Brugge v Lens Prediction Tips Summary
Best Bet - Club Brugge to win @ 1/1
Alternative Bet - Over 3.5 goals @ 11/10
Bet Builder - Club Brugge to score in both halves, Nicolo Tresoldi to score anytime, Florian Thauvin 1+ shots on target & Over 31.5 shots @ 11/1
Club Brugge v Lens Prediction
Best Bet: Club Brugge to win @ 1/1
Club Brugge emerged with a famous matchday two win over Inter Milan in Italy and can double their points tally by seeing off Lens.
The Belgians lost 3-2 against Aston Villa in their opener but have been in good fettle, with five wins in a row since.
Facing French opposition also brings good memories, with a 4-1 win over Monaco and a 3-0 victory against Marseille in their last two such fixtures.
Before scoring two stoppage-time goals to beat 10-man Slavia Praha 3-2 on matchday one, Lens had gone 16 European away games without a win (D7, L9), and they may come unstuck again now.
Alternative Bet: Over 3.5 goals @ 11/10
Lots of goalmouth action is forecast. Club Brugge's last six UEFA Champions League outings have produced 31 goals, averaging 5.17 per game. Both sides have also conceded at least twice in each match in this competition.
Brugge made lots of changes for Saturday's Belgian Cup win against Sporting Lokeren but prior to that Ivan Leko's side had scored 14 times in four games.
Lens are without a UEFA Champions League clean sheet in their last 15 attempts, and if that trend continues, Yannick Cahuzac's team will have to chase the game at some stage.
Club Brugge v Lens Prediction Bet Builder Tip
Club Brugge to score in both halves
Nicolo Tresoldi to score anytime
Florian Thauvin 1+ shots on target
Over 31.5 shots
Pays 11/1
The goals may start to flow early. There has been a first-half goal in each of the last 12 matches Club Brugge have played in the UEFA Champions League.
Before that win over Sporting Lokeren, which featured a heavily rotated starting XI, Brugge had scored at least once in each half in their previous five games and they can do so again now against a Lens side that has gone nine games without a clean sheet in all competitions.
Lens have attempted 47 shots in two games in this competition and only three teams have tried their luck more. There were 43 shots in their win over Slavia Praha and 33 in the home defeat to Sporting Clube de Portugal.
There were 35 when Brugge lost at home to Aston Villa and an incredible 48 last time at the Stadio San Siro.
Florian Thauvin has contributed to 12 goals (five goals, seven assists) in 10 appearances across all competitions already this season for the French outfit and had two shots on target in the defeat to Sporting CP, taking his tally to five in two games. He can add at least one more.
Nicolo Tresoldi's hat-trick against Inter took his tally to four in two UEFA Champions League games.
He bagged four for Germany's U21s during the international break and can keep his goalscoring form going now.
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Key Match Stats
Club Brugge's last six UEFA Champions League outings have produced 31 goals, an average of 5.17 per game.
The Belgian side have won their last two games against French opposition, beating Monaco 4-1 and Marseille 3-0 here.
Lens were 3-2 winners at 10-man Slavia Praha on matchday one but had previously gone 16 European away games without a win.
Florian Thauvin has 12 goal involvements in 10 appearances for Lens, as well as five shots on target in two UEFA Champions League games.
Striker Nicolo Tresoldi has scored goals in his two UEFA Champions League starts for Club Brugge this season.
Lens have attempted 47 shots in two UEFA Champions League games, the fourth-highest tally among the 36 competing clubs.
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