Club Brugge vs Rangers Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Champions League | Playoffs
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Club Brugge have an excellent chance to wrap up league phase qualification in the UEFA Champions League against a Rangers side seemingly already in disarray.
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Key Stats
- European Cup finalists in 1978, Club Brugge are the only Belgian club to have reached the European Cup/UEFA Champions League final
- Club Brugge reached the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions last season, losing out 1-6 on aggregate against Aston Villa. They had previously finished 24th in the league phase and defeated Atalanta 5-2 on aggregate in the knockout round play-offs
- Club Brugge have participated in the UEFA Champions League proper in seven of the last nine seasons.
- Club Brugge’s last appearance in the play-off round was in the 2019/20 campaign when they reached the group stage with a 3-1 aggregate victory against LASK (1-0 a, 2-1 h).
- Club Brugge have won all their three matches in UEFA Champions League qualifying this season.
- Club Brugge have won six and drawn one of their last seven matches in UEFA Champions League qualifying.
- Club Brugge have lost only two of their 18 home matches in UEFA Champions League qualifying (W12 D4).
- Rangers are aiming to reach the UEFA Champions League proper for the first time since the 2022/23 season when they qualified via a 3-2 victory on aggregate against PSV in the play-off round (2-2 h, 1-0 a). Their last appearance at this stage of the competition was the following season when they lost 3-7 on aggregate against the same opponent (2-2 h, 1-5 a).
- Overall, Rangers have reached the UEFA Champions League proper 11 times, but only one of those appearances was in the last 14 seasons, with the 2022/23 participation being their first since 2010/11.
- Rangers have won three of their previous six UEFA competition matches away from home against Belgian teams (D1 L2).
- Rangers have won only one of their last 21 UEFA Champions League matches away from home, all rounds included (D8 L12).
Club Brugge vs Rangers prediction
It was fairly humiliating for Rangers in the first-leg of this UEFA Champions League playoff round tie at Ibrox in Glasgow last week, as Club Brugge eased past the ‘Gers by three goals to one, racing into a 3-0 lead inside 20 minutes via goals from Romeo Vermant, Jorne Spileers and Brandon Mechele, before Danilo got a goal back for Rangers a few minutes into the second-half.
Rangers have since drawn 1-1 with Saint Mirren and the pressure is already majorly growing on former Southampton boss Russell Martin, with the Bears having managed just three victories in nine matches across all competitions.
Club Brugge may well be set to sell some key players this week, including Greece international Christos Tzolis, but they remain the overwhelming favourites for this one.
Club Brugge vs Rangers tip: Club Brugge to win & over 2.5 goals
