Portuguese giants Benfica travel to the Jan Breydel Stadium to face Belgian outfit Club Brugge for the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday.
The Eagles were knocked out of the Taca de Portugal by Braga on penalties last Thursday, while Blauw-Zwart played out a 1-1 draw with Union SG in the Belgian Pro League last weekend, and here, Sports Mole rounds up all of the latest team news for the two clubs.
CLUB BRUGGE vs. BENFICA
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CLUB BRUGGE
Out: None
Doubtful: Tajon Buchanan (knock), Andreas Skov Olsen (hip), Ferran Jutgla (back)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Mignolet; Mata, Hendry, Mechele, Meijer; Rits, Onyedika, Vanaken; Buchanan, Yaremchuk, Lang
BENFICA
Out: None
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Vlachodimos; Bah, Silva, Otamendi, Grimaldo; Luis, Chiquinho; Mario, Rafa, Aursnes; Guedes
For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.
Oliver Thomas
