Club Brugge v Sporting CP: Prediction and Tips

Club Brugge sit 22nd in the UEFA Champions League table but can move up the standings and join out-of-sorts Sporting CP on 10 points by beating the Lions on Tuesday. 

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Club Brugge v Sporting CP Prediction

Key Prediction Stats & Insights

Supercomputer Prediction

Club Brugge v Sporting CP Betting Tips

Predicted Starting Line-ups

Club Brugge v Sporting CP Prediction

Prediction	BetSie Supercomputer %	Odds	Odds%
Club Brugge	26.8%	8/5	38.5%
Club Brugge to win 2-1	N/A	10/1	9.1%

Key Prediction Stats & Insights

• Club Brugge are unbeaten in 10 games, while Sporting CP have lost their last three fixtures
• Viktor Gyokeres has scored five goals in five UEFA Champions League matches
• There have been a combined five penalties scored during the pair's 2024/25 European campaigns

Supercomputer Prediction

Club Brugge	26.8%
Draw	24.3%
Sporting CP	48.9%

The odds suggest that Club Brugge have a 38.5% chance of winning their upcoming UEFA Champions League clash with Sporting CP, though the Supercomputer has them with a 26.8% chance of winning.

With a 48.9% win probability, the BetSie Supercomputer believes the travelling Sporting CP have a slightly higher chance of victory than the odds (6/5 - 45.5% chance) suggest.

Club Brugge v Sporting CP Betting Tips

Tip	Current Odds
Club Brugge to win and both teams to score	4/1
Viktor Gyokeres anytime goalscorer	13/10
A penalty in the match - Yes	6/4

Club Brugge to win and both teams to score - 4/1

Sporting CP looked like early surprise candidates to go deep in this competition after taking 10 points from their opening four games, including beating Manchester City 4-1.

However, Ruben Amorim's departure to take over at Manchester United soon after seeing off the Citizens has sparked a mini-crisis.

Replacement Joao Pereira should get it right eventually, but after a 6-0 Taca de Portugal win over Amarante in his first game in charge, the 40-year-old has overseen three straight defeats, losing 5-1 to Arsenal and 1-0 to Santa Clara at home, before going down 2-1 at Moreirense on Thursday.

Although less notable as a player - Pereira won 40 caps for Portugal - opposite number Nicky Hayen has a similar profile as a young coach with a reputation for combining tactical nous with self-assuredness and energetic displays from the dugout.

Saturday's 2-1 win at Mechelen extended Hayen team's unbeaten run to 10 and features a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa and a 1-1 draw at Celtic.

Their last defeat was also in this competition, going down 3-1 to AC Milan, while they lost their opener 3-0 to Borussia Dortmund but beat Sturm Graz 1-0 in October.

With games against Juventus and Manchester City to close their league phase campaign, Tuesday's match looks vital to their hopes of finishing in the top 24.

By contrast, Sporting CP are still to play RB Leipzig and Bologna and by then, Pereira may have started engineering performances similar to those Amorim achieved before his departure.

Tuesday's game represents a real opportunity for Blauw-Zwart to boost their hopes of qualifying for the knockout rounds of the UEFA Champions League for the second time in three seasons and they can take their chance.

Viktor Gyokeres anytime goalscorer - 13/10

Sporting might be struggling, but they have still scored nine goals in Pereira's four games in charge, so they should be able to test the home defence.

Gyokeres' goal in the defeat at Moreirense was his 25th in just 22 club appearances this season, to go with the nine strikes he managed for Sweden in the Nations League.

The 26-year-old's tally includes five in the UEFA Champions League - a joint-tournament-high alongside Bayern Munich's Harry Kane.

A huge summer move surely beckons for the Swede but he does not seem to have been distracted by the rumours surrounding his future and he is a reliable option to get on the scoresheet again in Belgium.

A penalty in the match - Yes - 6/4

Gyokeres' latest strike at Moreirense was a penalty, which is worth exploring, considering three have been scored in the Lions' last two UEFA Champions League games.

Maxim De Cuyper also scored one for Club Brugge on Saturday and a player has successfully converted from 12 yards in both of their home games in this competition - Serhou Guirassy netting for Borussia Dortmund before Hans Vanaken grabbed the only goal against Aston Villa.

Referee Anthony Taylor has also awarded four penalties during his last two Premier League matches - Arsenal's 5-2 win at West Ham and Chelsea's 4-3 victory at Tottenham - so backing a penalty to be scored appears to have a live chance.

Predicted Starting Line-ups

Club Brugge

Formation: 4-2-3-1
Team: Mignolet; Seys, Ordonez, Mechele, De Cuyper; Onyedika, Jashari; Skov Olsen, Vanaken, Tzolis; Jutgla.

Sporting CP

Formation: 3-4-3
Team: Kovacevic; St Juste, Diomande, Inacio; Quenda, Hjulmand, Morita, Araujo; Trincao, Gyokeres, Edwards.

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