UEFA Champions League---Atalanta VS Club Brugge Prediction

Atalanta VS Club Brugge    Livescore / H2H stats and Live Streaming
Time:01-10-2025 00:45 Wednesday
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Match Preview:
Atalanta's 'reward' for finishing ninth in last season's league table was a playoff against Club Brugge, but they meekly succumbed to a 5-2 aggregate defeat and a once-promising campaign never really recovered.

Having only lost three of 10 Champions League matches last term - two to Brugge, one to Real Madrid - the Italian side started this year's league phase with another chastening defeat.

Handed the toughest of tasks on matchday one, La Dea had to visit reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain, and they duly suffered an emphatic 4-0 loss - the club's joint-worst away result in Europe.

Under former boss Gian Piero Gasperini and now his successor Ivan Juric, Atalanta have kept only one clean sheet in their last seven UEFA fixtures, conceding goals at a rate of more than two per game.

While Tuesday's hosts memorably won the Europa League in 2024, Club Brugge have yet to taste such glory, finishing runners-up in the UEFA Cup and European Cup during their 1970s heyday.

Still, the Belgian side did beat La Dea in both legs of February's playoff, and they will now try to replicate their shock 3-1 win in Bergamo.

That result ended a 15-match winless streak against Italian opposition, though Aston Villa then knocked out Nicky Hayen's men in the last 16.

Match Prediction:
Both sides carry an attacking threat, but they can also be undone at the back; so an entertaining contest could be on the cards. Atalanta are often more effective on the road than at home, while Club Brugge have recently improved on their travels - it should be a score-draw.