We have eight matches to look forward to on Wednesday night in the UEFA Champions League. One of which takes place in Group F as Club Brugge welcome Zenit Saint Petersburg to the Jan Breydel Stadium.
The hosts begin this round of fixtures in third place on 4 points while the visitors are bottom of the group with 1 point.
Club Brugge come into this match having been held to a 0-0 draw at Excel Mouscron in the Belgian First Division on the weekend. The draw sees Club Brugge in third place on 27 points, just 1 point off the two teams above them in the table. That draw means Club Brugge have won only 2 of their last 8 matches in all competitions.
Neither of the two victories have come in the Champions League and you must go back to the first fixture against Zenit Saint Petersburg to find the last time Club Brugge won a Champions League fixture. It was a good win but since then the Belgian club has managed to pick up only a single point at home in a 1-1 draw with Lazio.
Trends show Club Brugge have won just 1 of their last 10 matches in Champions League. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 9 Champions League games, including each of the last 4 at home.
Zenit Saint Petersburg travel to Belgium having been held to a 0-0 draw at Arsenal Tula in the Russian Premier League. The draw means Zenit Saint Petersburg remain top of the table but they are now level on points with second place CSKA Moscow and third place Spartak Moscow.
Question marks have been raised over the future of manager Sergei Semak in recent days.
Zenit Saint Petersburg can no longer qualify from this group having picked up just a single point from their 4 matches. Their only hope is to finish in third place and move over to the Europa League in the New Year.
Trends show Zenit Saint Petersburg have won only one of their last 5 games in all competitions and the victory came at home in the Russian Premier League against Krasnodar.
They have won only one of their last 8 Champions League matches and have tasted defeat in each of their last 4 away from home in the competition. Zenit Saint Petersburg have been defeated by 2 or more goals in their last 3 away matches in the Champions League.
Looking ahead to the team news and Club Brugge will be without the injured duo of Simon Deli and Matej Mitrovic.
Zenit Saint Petersburg travel without Artem Dzyuba, Dejan Lovren, and Magomed Ozdoev. They also have doubts over the fitness of Vyacheslav Karavaev, Wendel, and Daniil Krugovoy.
This is a must win match for Club Brugge if they are to have any hope of qualifying for the knockout stages. We expect to see both teams scoring in this game but it is difficult to predict a winner and the match could end level.