Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Club Brugge
Match Time & Date:
22/10/2019
03:00 PM
Prediction: 1-1
PSG
PSG will be aiming to keep their 100% record in the Champions League group stages intact when they take on Club Brugge at Jan Breydelstadion on Tuesday evening. Club Brugge produced a splendid performance in a 2-2 draw with Real Madrid in their last group game and they were more than unfortunate not to pick up all three points from the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu clash.
The Belgian champions are brimming with confidence ahead of the visit of PSG and seeing that Kylian Mbappe is likely to miss the game with injury, we predict that the hosts are going to hold les Parisiens to a draw. Edinson Cavani is sidelined with injury as well, meaning that all eyes will be on Brazil superstar Neymar when the two teams face each other at Jan Breydelstadion on Tuesday. The two teams meet for the first time ever in European competitions.
Highlighted Player (Hans Vanaken):
Hans Vanaken is a Belgian footballer who was born in Neerpelt on August 24, 1992. Hans Vanaken is a product of PSV football academy, joining the club at the age of 10, but in 2008 he joined Lommel United. The Belgian midfielder continued wearing the green shirt at senior level, scoring 21 goals in 80 appearances for the club in the league.
In 2013 he moved to Lokeren and after spending two seasons at Daknamstadion, he signed a deal with famous Belgian team Club Brugge. Vanaken has established himself as one of the team’s key players and he is likely to play an important role in the Jan Breydel Stadium outfit in the 2019/2020 Europa League season.
His main position is attacking midfielder, but he is used as both central midfielder and left midfielder as well. He has a contract with Club Brugge until June 30, 2024.
Highlighted Team (PSG):
Formed by the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain in 1970, Paris Saint-Germain or as they call it PSG is the most successful club in French football with 31 domestic titles to their name. Having won six Ligue 1 title so far, a record ten Coupes de France, a record six Coupes de la Ligue, six Trophees des Champions and one Ligue 2 title, PSG are also one of only two French clubs to ever win a European title.
Les Parisiens were crowned UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup champions back in 1995-96, while their last European trophy was the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Beginning of the new millennium was particularly hard for the celebrated club who flirted with relegation in 2000s before they were bought by the Quatar Sports Investments group in 2011 when the rebirth of the Paris Saint-Germain as we know it today began.
Following heavy squad investments and team boosting, PSG won their first Ligue 1 title in 19 years with Swedish legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic almost singlehandedly leading his side towards the trophy with 30 goals. Having established domestic dominance, PSG now set their sights on winning the Champions League which remains an elusive dream for the club from Paris.
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