Club Brugge KV vs Lens Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form: goals at both ends

Club Brugge's last 20 matches across competitions show 12 wins from 20, with 47 goals scored but 22 conceded. That's a team that keeps finding the net domestically, beating Genk 3-0 and Antwerp 3-1 in their last two Jupiler Pro League outings. But their continental form has been shakier, including a 2-3 home defeat to Aston Villa and an earlier 0-1 loss away to Lommel United.

Club Brugge KV: 20 completed matches; Lens: 20 completed matches.

Club Brugge KV

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

47

Conceded

22

Difference

+25

Lens

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

25

Difference

+14

Lens have been more up and down. Ten wins, five draws and five losses from 20 games, with 39 scored and 25 conceded, tells its own story. They've had big, loose scorelines recently too, drawing 2-2 with Le Mans and 3-3 with Stade Brestois, alongside a 5-2 win over Auxerre. Their most recent result was a 3-2 away win at Slavia Praha in the Champions League.

Both teams have shown they can score, but also that they can be got at defensively.

Comparative Team Statistics: Club Brugge KV vs Lens

Champions League league phase table

The standings here only reflect the two clubs after a single matchday each, so it's very early days. Lens sit 10th with three points, having won 3-2 at Slavia Praha. Club Brugge are down in 24th with no points yet, after that 2-3 home defeat to Aston Villa.

One matchday isn't much to go on, especially with two group phase games sandwiched between now and this fixture. It does suggest Lens have started their continental campaign with more control than Brugge managed against Villa.

What kind of game this could be

Given both sides' recent scoring numbers, a tight, cagey affair seems unlikely on the evidence so far. Brugge have scored freely at home in the league, but their continental form has leaked goals too. Lens have shown they can score in bunches away from home, including that win in Slavia Praha, but they've also lost matches by conceding first, as against Monaco and Strasbourg.

With over a month still to run before kickoff, squad rotation, fitness and further league phase results could easily shift both teams' rhythm by the time this one is played.