Club Brugge head to Eindhoven on six points as five Belgian sides play in Europe this week
After wins in Milan and against Lens, the Bruges side face a PSV fresh from a 7-0 victory on Wednesday, with Union, Anderlecht, STVV and Gent following on Thursday.
Club Brugge play at PSV on Wednesday evening on the fourth matchday of the Champions League. The Bruges side lost their opener 2-3 at home to Aston Villa, but then won 3-4 at Inter and beat Lens, leaving them eleventh after three matchdays, Sporza reports. According to calculations by Football Meets Data, Club have close to a 90 percent chance of finishing in the top 24.
Their opponents impressed at the weekend with a 7-0 win over Willem II, although it was only 1-0 after forty minutes, Voetbalkrant writes. Coach Ivan Leko called the first half of the 2-4 win at Zulte Waregem one of the best of the season, but was unhappy about the two goals conceded. In Eindhoven he wants to see a team that dares to attack. The referee is Bosnia's Irfan Peljto, who took charge of the 2025 Champions League quarter-final between Arsenal and Real Madrid and was once suspended for six matches at home after a disputed derby, Walfoot and Voetbalkrant report. He also refereed Club's 0-3 defeat to Dortmund in 2024.
In the Europa League, Union face Celta Vigo, who lost 3-0 at Rayo Vallecano on Sunday after eight unbeaten league matches. Anderlecht meet Salzburg, who beat Austria Lustenau 5-1 with a goal from former Union player Yorbe Vertessen, Voetbalkrant and Walfoot write. A simulation by Football Meets Data gives Anderlecht a 71 percent chance of a top-24 finish and Union 67.8 percent. In the Conference League, STVV host Brann on Thursday, while Gent play Finnish leaders KuPS.
There is already a Belgian touch in Madrid on Tuesday evening: Bayern Munich play at Atlético without their ill coach Vincent Kompany. According to striker Harry Kane, the absence of the coach and of injured regulars has brought the squad closer together, Sporza reports.