Start date: Friday, September 14
Start time: 20:30 CET
Venue: Jan Breydel Stadium, Brugge
Club Brugge – Lokeren Bet365 Odds
Club Brugge – Lokeren H2H
Brugge have not lost to Lokeren at home since 2012, winning the last four encounters. The Blue and Black won both matchups last season (3-1, 4-0) and have won 16 out of the last 22 matches overall. Lokeren has won only two out of those 22.
Club Brugge – Lokeren Preview
Belgian champions Club Brugge went through the pre-season undefeated, won the Belgian Super Cup 2-1 against Standard Liege and then won five out of six games to start the new season, including a couple of 5-2 victories. The only draw was on the road to Antwerpen (1-1), a team which has conceded only two goals after six rounds. They come into this game on a 10-game unbeaten run and have scored first in the last seven. Kaveh Rezaei (4), Jelle Vossen (3) and Arnaut Groeneveld Danjuma (3) lead the team in goals, while Hans Vanaken is the league leader in assists with four.
Lokeren’s scheduled to begin the season has been very demanding, with matchups against Genk, Gent, Standard Liege and now Club Brugge. They recorded their first win in the last round versus Waasland-Beveren (1-0) and currently find themselves in 14th place, two above last-placed Mouscron. Lokeren finished 13th, 11th and 11th in the last three seasons in the Jupiler League, so they’re used to hanging around in the bottom part of the table.
Club Brugge – Lokeren Bet365 Odds
Club Brugge 1.16 (1/6)
Draw 7.5 (13/2)
Lokeren 13 (12/1)
Club Brugge – Lokeren Prediction
Club Brugge are a Champions League team, and as such, we have every reason to believe they must win this contest. The margin of victory is more difficult to predict, as four of the six games prior to last season finished 1-0, with no more than three goals scored in any of them.
