Club Brugge vs Leuven Prediction: Brugge to return to winning ways

Jan Breydel Stadium will host the Jupiler Pro League encounter between Club Brugge and Leuven. The two teams are coming off a poor run of games. How will they approach this one? Below, I preview this game and offer the best predictions.

Club Brugge

Club Brugge are coming off a 1-1 draw with Genk in the Belgian Cup and will hope for a better result here. In that game, Joel Ordonez's strike was enough to see them make it to the finals, having won the first leg 2-1. In the meantime, Club Brugge's last league game was against Antwerp and they lost 2-1. Heading into this game, Club Brugge have not won their last five matches in all competitions. In the league, Club Brugge sits in second spot with 48 points from 24 matches as they sit in second spot.

Leuven

Leuven returned to winning ways the previous time out in the league and will hope for a similar outcome. In a 1-0 encounter, Stefan Mitrovic's strike in the 6th minute was all this team needed to secure maximum points. However, prior encounters saw this team go winless in four games. In that run, they lost to Genk, Club Brugge, and Union Saint-Gilloise while drawing Gent. This season, Leuven have accumulated 29 points from 24 matches. In those games, Leuven scored 20 goals and conceded 24 as they sit in 10th place.

Expert Betting Tips

Back as favourites, I expect an improved play from Club Brugge after struggling lately. However, Leuven have not had a good run of games either and they will need luck against a hungry side like Club Brugge to win. Club Brugge is the better team, and while Leuven do not look confident yet, I will back the home team to win while failing to concede. 

The first option is a win for Club Brugge and both teams scoring no with odds at 2.00 on 1Xbet

The second option is both teams scoring no with odds at 1.66 on Bet365

The last option is under 2.5 goals with odds at 2.10 on Betway