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Club Brugge KV vs Galatasaray Prediction & Betting tips
In the wake of giants Real Madrid and PSG, Club Brugge and Galatasaray are fighting for the crumbs at first sight. Which team deals the first blow?
Club Brugge:
Club Brugge is a very tough group with Real Madrid, PSG and Galatasaray, all three clubs that have (much) more to spend than the number two in Belgium last season. It is likely that a third place is the highest attainable for the Belgians. Galatasaray is the biggest competitor for that place, so there’s a crucial duel on the program right away. The people of Bruges are certainly confident because the start of the season can be called very convincing.
Just like Ajax, Club had to survive two preliminary rounds to make it to the main tournament and the team of coach Philippe Clement succeeded through successively Dynamo Kiev (1-0 win at home, 3-3 out) and LASK Linz (0-1 and 2-1 victories) ) defeat. It is also going well in the Netherlands: the first six competition matches produced four wins and two draws. Last weekend the city derby against Cercle was easily won with 0-2.
Incidentally, the former Eredivization level at Club has been considerably reduced. Last summer, Arnaut Groeneveld (15 million to Bournemouth), Marvelous Nakamba (Aston Villa, 12 million), Stefano Denswil (Bologna, 6 million) and Sofyan Amrabat (on rent to Hellas Verona) left the Jan Breydel stadium. In addition, Club star player Wesley (24.5 million to Aston Villa) was lost. In their place came a whole contingent of players from Africa, South America and Eastern Europe who want to play their way to the top via Club.
Galatasaray:
Galatasaray was named the best team in Turkey last season after a title fight that was the most exciting in years. With 69 points from 34 games, it was not possible to say that Cim Bom was ahead, as Istanbul Basaksehirspor (67 points), Besiktas (65 points) and Trabzonspor (63 points) followed a short distance. Moreover, the team of coach Fatih Terim lost points in no fewer than fourteen of the 34 games.
The championship gives Gala a second chance in the Champions League, but the chance of hibernation seems extremely small given the opposition in this group. Last year was a great opportunity for Gala to reach the knockout phase, as the pool with FC Porto, Lokomotiv Moscow and Schalke 04 was the weakest possible pool that the Turks could hit. Gala, however, had to let Porto and Schalke take the lead and went to the Europa League, where Benfica was immediately too strong.
To defend the title and to show itself better on the European stage, the club leadership brought the necessary reinforcements to Istanbul. Radamel Falcao (AS Monaco), Ryan Babel (Fulham), Mario Lemina (Southampton), Jimmy Durmaz (Toulouse), Steven Nzonzi (AS Roma), Jean-Michel Seri (Fulham) Florian Andone (Brighton) and Emre Mor (Celta) the Vigo) wear the orange-red of Galatasaray this season.
Club Brugge KV vs Galatasaray head to head matches
23.10.02 CL Club Brugge KV Galatasaray 3 : 1
01.10.02 CL Galatasaray Club Brugge KV 0 : 0