Atalanta vs Club Brugge
, KO: 17:45 , Gewiss Stadium
Two teams that suffered contrasting results on matchday one in the Champions League will go toe-to-toe on Tuesday evening, as Atalanta play host to Club Brugge.
Atalanta crashed to a 4-0 defeat away at PSG a fortnight ago, on a night where I delivered a clean sweep of winners in the French capital.
As for Club Brugge, they hit the ground running in emphatic fashion with a thumping 4-1 win over Monaco.
Ivan Juric’s hosts have since taken four points from their last two outings in Serie A, defeating Torino 3-0 and then earning a 1-1 draw away at Juventus.
The Bergamo-based club will now switch their attention back to continental matters as they look to lift themselves off the bottom of the Champions League table.
Meanwhile, Club Brugge returned to winning ways in the Belgian Pro League on Saturday with a 2-1 win over Standard Liege.
How the bookies view it: Advantage Atalanta
The bookies odds suggest that Atalanta will claim their first Champions League win of the season at the second attempt on Tuesday evening, with a home success priced up at 5/6 on Boylesports.
Club Brugge are as big as 14/5 on Boylesports to emerge from the Gewiss Stadium victorious while a share of the spoils is also considered unlikely at 11/4 with the same firm.
Head to head: Familiar foes
Club Brugge could hold the psychological edge in this clash after defeating Atalanta both home and away in the play-off round of the competition last season. With that in mind, the Belgian giants look an attractive option on the double chance here at 10/11 with Boylesports.
Players to watch: Sulemana hot-streak to continue?
Kamaldeen Sulemana has scored in each of his last two outings for Atalanta, making the Ghanaian forward worthy of consideration in the anytime goalscorer market here at 13/5 on Bet365.
Christos Tzolis has been one of Club Brugge's stand-out performers this season, registering five goals and eight assists across his 15 appearances in all competitions thus far. Therefore, the Greek ace looks good value for another goal involvement here at 11/8 on Bet365.
Predicted line-ups
Atalanta boss Juric will once again be unable to call upon the services of injured quartet Gianluca Scamacca, Giorgio Scalvini, Nicola Zalewski and Sead Kolasinac.
Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet will miss out for Club Brugge due to a groin injury, so Nordin Jackers is expected to remain between the sticks for the visitors.
Atalanta: Carnesecchi; Kossounou, Djimsiti, Ahanor; Bellanova, De Roon, Pasalic, Zappacosta; De Ketelaere, Sulemana; Krstovic
Club Brugge: Jackers; Sabbe, Spileers, Mechele, Meijer; Onyedika, Stankovic; Forbs, Vanaken, Tzolis; Tresoldi
Anything else catch the eye?
With an entertaining encounter anticipated at the Gewiss Stadium on Tuesday evening, the 10/11 on Boylesports for both teams to score and over 2.5 goals holds plenty of appeal.
This bet would have proven profitable in each of the two meetings between the pair last season.
It’s also worth noting that this selection would have been a winning one in three of Club Brugge’s last four matches across all competitions.
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