Club Brugge vs Manchester United Prediction & Betting Tips - Europa League

Prediction published on 18/02/2020, 02:51  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 18/02/2020 at 02:56 in Europa League Predictions

Manchester United travel to Belgium to face Club Brugge in the first leg of their Europa League second round clash. The two sides have had good runs in their recent matches and if anything, this match promises to be quite entertaining. United are coming straight from a win over Chelsea in the Premier League, which pushed them to four matches unbeaten. As for Club Brugge, their win over Waasland-Beveren marked their 12th unbeaten outing. Club Brugge dropped to the Europa League after a poor run in the Champions League, where they managed just three points and no win in the six matches in a group that had Real Madrid and PSG. They conceded a massive 12 goals, and scored four, which was not unexpected in such a group. The Belgian giants are not known to be a big force in Europe; in their last 12 Europa League matches, they have just two wins, and three clean sheets in 14 matches in the competition. They have two wins and two draws in their last six home matches in the competition. In two earlier meetings with United, the Belgians have managed just one goal, while conceding seven.

Club Brugge have never beaten Manchester United and having lost 4-0 in their last meeting in 2015, they will have genuine concerns going to this clash. United do not have a run as good as Brugge’s but they will be high in confidence after their win over Chelsea. Also, United have kept four straight clean sheets ahead of this game while scoring in three of them. They have proven they can deliver away from home as well, with three straight wins – the last two against Manchester City and Chelsea. With wins over the two Premier League giants, they will have the motivation to go for the kill in this game. With four clean sheets in five away matches, and with defender Eric Bailly returning from injury, they have all the reasons to carry the favorites tag here. Manchester United were not the best in attack in their group but with four wins, and 10 goals, they managed to finish top. They conceded just two goals in their six group matches though their last away game in the group ended in defeat as they fell to bottom place finishers – Astana. In 20 Europa League matches, United have lost just two.