Comments and predictions for Atalanta vs Club Brugge: Dramatic chase
The match between Atalanta vs Club Brugge in the Champion League takes place at 0:45 on October 1. Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and Television analyzes performance, comments on football and predicts the score.
Latest Atalanta vs Club Brugge squad information
Atalanta's injury list remains long - Giorgio Scalvini, Isak Hien, Nicola Zalewski, Gianluca Scamacca, Sead Kolasinac and Mitchel Bakker are all absent - but Ederson returned to the bench against Juve.
In addition, Ademola Lookman was also brought back after ending the conflict with the board, allowing him to compete for a position with Sulemana, Lazar Samardzic and Charles De Ketelaere in supporting striker Nikola Krstovic.
De Ketelaere scored his first European goal for Club Brugge almost five years ago, so he will certainly be eager to face his former club.
Meanwhile, his Belgian teammate, Hans Vanaken, continued to shine with two goals against Monaco, bringing his total to 14 goals in the Champions League.
Tresoldi – born in Italy – has scored the opening goal in his last two European games, with four goals in his last four games. He also scored a hat-trick for Germany U21s earlier in September.
However, Brugge will be without two key players: Nigerian midfielder Raphael Onyedika has a hamstring injury, while veteran goalkeeper Simon Mignolet is out with a groin injury.
Latest expected lineup Atalanta vs Club Brugge
Atalanta BC:
Carnesecchi; Kossounou, Djimsiti, Ahanor; Bellanova, De Roon, Pasalic, Zappacosta; De Ketelaere, Sulemana; Krstovic
Club Brugge:
Jackers; Sabbe, Ordonez, Mechele, Meijer; Stankovic, Vanaken; Forbs, Sandra, Tzolis; Tresoldi
Latest football commentary on Atalanta vs Club Brugge
Atalanta's “reward” for finishing ninth in the table last season was a play-off against Club Brugge, but they were easily beaten 5-2 on aggregate and a once-promising season quickly spiralled downwards.
Last season, Atalanta lost just three of their 10 Champions League games – two to Brugge and one to Real Madrid – but they opened this year's group stage with a heavy defeat.
In the first match, La Dea had to play away against defending champion Paris Saint-Germain and received a 0-4 loss - the club's worst away result in European competition.
Under former coach Gian Piero Gasperini and now his successor Ivan Juric, Atalanta have kept just one clean sheet in their last seven European games, conceding an average of more than two goals per game.
Juric also won just one of his four Europa League games as manager of Roma last season – Gasperini's next destination – so he is keen to prove himself at the highest level.
Atalanta are unbeaten in the league so far, their only defeat coming against PSG. They continued their impressive form last weekend, holding Juventus to a 1-1 draw in Turin, with Kamaldeen Sulemana scoring the opening goal before captain Marten de Roon was sent off.
With their Serie A form slowly stabilizing, Atalanta look to restart their European journey.
Meanwhile, despite never having won European football, Club Brugge finished runners-up in the UEFA Cup and European Cup in the 1970s. Last season, they won both legs of their play-off against La Dea, including a 3-1 win in Bergamo – ending a 15-game winless streak against Italian sides. However, Brugge were then eliminated by Aston Villa in the round of 16.
This year, Brugge started their Champions League campaign in the qualifying round, winning all four of their games to overcome Salzburg and Rangers. In their opening group game, they created another surprise with a 4-1 win over Monaco, with new signing Nicolo Tresoldi and captain Hans Vanaken both scoring.
More broadly, Brugge have lost just three of their last 16 games in the group stages and knockout stages of European competition, winning nine of them – establishing themselves as formidable opponents.
In the Belgian league, they are now six points behind champions Union Saint-Gilloise, after a dramatic 5-5 draw with Westerlo and a last-minute winner against 10-man Standard Liege.
Latest Atalanta vs Club Brugge score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Atalanta vs Club Bruggeas follows:
- Sportsmole:Atalanta 2-2 Club Brugge
- WhoScore:Atalanta 2-1 Club Brugge
- We predict:Atalanta 2-2 Club Brugge
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