Club Brugge will host Barcelona at the Jan Breydel Stadium on Wednesday in the fourth matchday of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League's league phase. The home side enjoyed a winning start to their continental campaign, picking up a dominant 4-1 victory over Monaco in September, but have failed to earn any points in their subsequent two away outings - a 2-1 loss to Atalanta and a 4-0 drubbing at the hands of a ruthless Bayern Munich side. The Belgian side are 20th in the league phase standings.
Barcelona, meanwhile, beat Newcastle United 2-1 in their UCL opener but found themselves on the wrong end of the same scoreline at home in game two as they lost to reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain. They, however, responded emphatically in their third outing, dismantling a 10-man Olympiacos side 6-1, with Fermin Lopez starring through a superb hat-trick.
The Spanish giants sit ninth in the league phase with six points and will be targeting another strong performance in Europe this week to climb into the top eight.
Club Brugge vs Barcelona Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Wednesday's game will mark the fifth competitive meeting between the two teams in the 21st century. Barcelona are undefeated in all four of their previous matchups, picking up three wins and a draw.
- The two teams last faced off in the 2002-03 Champions League campaign, with the visitors winning the group-stage clash 1-0.
- Club Brugge's last meeting against Spanish opposition came during the 2023-34 UEFA Conference League qualifiers, where they faced Osasuna, winning the two-legged tie 4-3 on aggregate.
- Barcelona have had 19 meetings against Belgian opposition in European competitions. They have won 13 of those games, drawn once and lost the other five.
Club Brugge vs Barcelona Prediction
Blauw-Zwart are on a three-game winning streak and have won five of their last six matches across all competitions. They, however, have a mountain to climb this week against far stronger opponents and will hope to receive a much-needed boost from their home advantage.
The Blaugrana approach the midweek encounter in high spirits after bouncing back from their El Clásico setback with a 3-1 triumph over Elche on Sunday. They enter the contest as clear favorites and will simply need to maintain focus to claim all three points.
Prediction: Club Brugge 1-3 Barcelona
Club Brugge vs Barcelona Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Barcelona to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Each of the visitors' last 10 matches have all produced more than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in each of the visitors' last eight matches)