Midtjylland vs Club Brugge Betting Tips

This group has been dominated by Napoli who have won all 5 of their fixtures but there is a real scrap on for 2nd place. The winner of this match will progress into the last 32 although if it finishes all square, Legia Warsaw would grab 2nd place in the group with a win against the Italians in the night’s other game.

It has been a season of two halves for both these two clubs already. When the sides met in Belgium back in early October, all the momentum was with Midtjylland. They’d beaten Premier League Southampton to reach the group stage and made it 2 wins out of 2 in the group with a 3-1 win over a badly out-of-form Club Brugge side.

However flash forward a couple of months and the roles have completely reversed. Midtjylland have lost all 3 matches in the competition since then, conceding 10 goals in the process. They’ve only won 1 of their last 9 matches in all competitions and have lost 7 of those games.

Club Brugge meanwhile are looking much improved and have won 8 of their last 9 matches in all competitions and look well set to get some revenge on the Danes in this one.

Given a Legia win in Naples is unlikely, Midtjylland, who are still 2nd in the group as it stands would most likely progress with a draw and may adopt a cautious approach here given their recent defensive woes. Given that and the way they have been playing an outright win for the hosts seems unlikely so consider backing a re-vitalised Brugge side to win in the ‘draw no bet’ market at 8/11.

Both sides have conceded an average of 2 or more goals per game in this group so we can see both defences being breached here and a 2-1 away win looks most likely at 17/2.