Club Brugge KV vs Barcelona Prediction & Betting Tips (5 November)

Club Brugge has been defeated twice in its last two Champions League matches, first against Atalanta Bergamo in Italy 2-1 and more logically on the turf of Bayern Munich in a 4-0 defeat. It was finally against AS Monaco that the Gazelles managed to take their only victory in this C1 and in style on top of that 4-1. Furthermore, since this success against the Monegasques on September 18, Club Bruges has not lost a single match on the national scene, even winning its Belgian Cup poster last week against Eendracht Aalst 6-1. Last weekend, the local team received Dender in the championship, result to follow and tried to record a fifth successive victory in the Belgian elite after successes against Standard de Liège 1-2, Union Saint-Gilloise 1-0, Louvain 0-1 and on the lawn of Royal Antwerp 0-1. Barça allowed itself to slap Olympiakos during the previous day 6-1 but not without difficulty since the Greeks had reduced the score after the locker room 2-1 before finally finishing with ten men via an exclusion.

A precious victory for Hansi Flick's men who were left with a significant defeat at home against a PSG weakened 1-2 but above all with a correction suffered on the lawn of Sevilla in La Liga 4-1. About ten days ago, the Blaugrana lost the first clasico of the season at the Bernabeu against Real Madrid 2-1, thus ending their series of four victories in a row against the Merengue. When we add up, while awaiting the result of the clash with Elche last weekend in La Liga to follow, Barça have lost three of their last five matches in all competitions. 

Absent from the trip to Munich, the usually starting goalkeeper Mignolet, the Nigerian international Raphael Onyedika and Ludovit Reis are still on the flank and will be missing today for this gala match. On the other hand, the Belgian international Vanaken (1 goal in C1) and the German international hopeful Nicolo Tresoldi (1 goal in C1) will be in the mix as will the Greek international Tzolis (4 goals, 3 assists in the league), the Portuguese international hopeful Carlos Forbs, the Belgian international Brandon Mechele and the Belgian international hopeful (2 goals, 2 assists each in the league). Hansi Flick finally thought of fielding Raphinha but the Brazilian returned to the infirmary immediately after his return to the training grounds. It will not be available before mid-November (a priori). The physical struggles continue for the Catalans who saw their maestro Pedri join the infirmary for the next five to seven weeks. Remember that Gavi was operated on successfully but out until February and a possible 1/8th final of the Champions League.

Joan Garcia and Marc-André Ter Stegen are also on the flank which leaves the 3rd goalkeeper and not the least, Szczesny to take the place of starting goalkeeper. Dani Olmo and Andreas Christensen are doubtful for this trip to Belgium. Ditto for Robert Lewandowski. Relaunched at Aston Villa in the second half of last season, Marcus Rashford rose from the ashes in Catalonia, notably scoring 4 goals in the Champions League, including two "doubles" against Newcastle and Olympiakos. Author of a hat-trick against the Greek team the previous day, Fermin Lopez made a nice jump in the scorers' rankings. 

• Summary: Club Brugge KV is going head to head with Barcelona starting on 5 Nov 2025 at 20:00 UTC at Jan Breydel Stadium stadium, Bruges city, Belgium. The match is a part of the UEFA Champions League .
• Club Brugge KV Feedinco Rating: 6.90
• Barcelona Feedinco Rating: 7.04