LASK LINZ VS CLUB BRUGGE PREDICTIONS, BETTING TIPS AND MATCH PREVIEWS
LASK Linz vs Club Brugge
Champions League Qualification
Date: Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Kick-off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: Linzer Stadium (Linz).
LASK Linz Form & Team News
LASK was very impressive in the previous round of the Champions League because they calculated the exit of Basel following a 5-2 aggregate victory. They won both matches against the Swiss team, claiming a 2-1 victory in Basel before returning to Austria for a 3-1 victory.
Valerien Ismael's troops made their first appearance in Europe's elite club competition and two more matches from places in the group stage. Bets have a price of 2.30 to win on Tuesday but with only one clean sheet in their last four matches, I recommend BTTS.
LASK has shown a lot of attack quality lately after placing five goals past Basel in the previous round. Klauss is usually the one assigned to lead the line for Austria and is likely to be joined in the attacks by Thomas Goiginger and Samuel Tetteh, who have also been impressed lately.
Brugge Club Form & Team News
Club Brugge overcame aggregate Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 4-3 in the previous round. They won 1-0 at home before being held to a 3-3 draw in the second leg in Ukraine.
Belgium have become draw experts in the Champions League lately after playing four deadlocks in their last six matches. They were given a price of 2.90 to win in Austria but by conceding three goals against Kyiv, BTTS looks likely to have better
results.
David Okereke has been a key player for Brugge in the last match with four goals in his last six matches. He had to start attacking with Siebe Schrijvers while Percy Tau was suspended following a red card against Dynamo Kyiv.
LASK vs Club Brugge Head to Head
This will be the first meeting between LASK and Club Brugge.
LASK Linz vs Club Brugge: Prediction
The phrase 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' works well for Valerian Ismael, the new LASK manager. They still play the same attacking football they played under Oliver Glasner, who took over Wolfsburg this summer. The match against Basel was fair enough, but the Austrian team was more clinical and Basel made some critical mistakes in defense. One thing that really stands out - all the goals, seven of them with two legs, were scored in the second half.
Club Brugge are favorites to win the Pro Jupiler League this season and they are starting a new campaign in a brilliant way. Just like LASK, they have a new person in charge, Philippe Clement, who is a famous figure in the "Blauw-Zwart" faithul. Clement has decided to resign as Genk manager after securing their joint title to take over at Club Brugge, where he spent ten long years as a player, and became a staff member (scouts, assistants, even guards on two occasions) for six seasons . He is at home now.
We must see an interesting game between the two sides of the attacker who could easily go crazy in the second half. The host will not back down from the 3-4-3 formation that kept them so far but keeping a clean sheet might be a problem against the team that scored three against Dynamo on the road.
LASK Linz vs Club Brugge: Betting TipS
Both teams score - Yes @ 1.75 (3/4)
2nd Half: Over 1.5 @ 2.00 (Evens)
