Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Club Brugge
Match Time & Date:
12 August 2025
18:30
Prediction: 2-0
Salzburg
Club Brugge will look to seal their spot in the Champions League playoffs when they welcome Salzburg to their Jan Breydel Stadion on Tuesday evening. Club Brugge won the first leg thanks to Romeo Vermant’s goal and they are now on a quest to defend their slim lead in front of home fans. Boss Nicky Hayen is unlikely to make changes to the team that defeated the Red Bulls in Austria.
Meanwhile, the Austrian vice-champions will have a big fish to fry in the return leg. As Salzburg need to adopt an attack-oriented strategy in the second leg, we predict that the Belgians will have a number of chances to score on the break. Therefore, we predict that Thomas Letsch’s charges are going to return home with their hands empty. Summer signing Kerim Alajbegovic is pushing for a start, while experienced forward Karim Onisiwo remains in the recovery room.
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 (Salzburg):
Salzburg are a professional football club that compete in Austrian Bundesliga. The club’s main sponsors are Red Bull and, as a result, they are well known under the name of the Red Bulls. The club was founded on 13 September, 1933 and they won their first Austrian Bundesliga trophy in 1994.
Salzburg quickly established themselves as the dominant force in the national championship and they are the most successful Austrian club in the 21st century. It has to be noted that they won their tenth Austrian Premier League trophy in 2016, finishing the season nine points clear of second-placed Rapid Wien.
The Red Bulls welcome their rivals at Red Bull Arena, the stadium that was opened on 8 March, 2008. The capacity of the venue is 31 895. Salzburg participated in the 1993/1994 UEFA Cup final, but Italian side proved to be a big catch for the Austrian outfit. Inter recorded a 2-0 win over Salzburg in the final (on aggregate).
