Football Bet of the Day: Brugge to bug Atletico

Club Brugge v Atletico Madrid
Tuesday 20:00 (Live on BT Sport Extra)

It was a good start to the week in Spain last night as Rayo came from behind to beat Elche 2-1 and land our BTTS bet. Today we're following another Spanish outfit all the way over to Belgium...

Atletico Madrid face Club Brugge in the third round of games from Champions League Group B. Brugge have won their first couple of matches. Their Spanish visitors are W1-D0-L1, but it's Atletico who are even-money favourites.

Diego Simeone's men lost 2-0 at Bayer Leverkusen last time out in Europe, having won their opening Group B game 2-1 over Porto - with all three goals coming after the 90th minute. Simeone has taken Atletico to Jan Breydel Stadium before: in the 2018/19 Champs League, Atletico drew 0-0 here after beating Brugge 3-1 in the home fixture.

This season, Atletico are running fifth in La Liga. On the road, they are a watertight W3-D1-L0, notching three Wins To Nil and a 1-1 draw with a decent Real Sociedad outfit. Three of the four games finished with Under 2.5 Goals - only a leaky Getafe side have been put to the sword. Going back to Atleti's last visit here, 7/11 of their CL away days have also been low scorers.

Club Brugge have lost once in 10 matches across all competitions. At home, Carl Hoefkens's men are W5-D1-L0, sneaking past Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 here in the Champions League. The Farmers have played in the group stages of this competition in all of the last five seasons. They are W2-D5-L6, firming to W2-D2-L3 since 2020.

Seven of those 13 games have finished with Under 2.5 Goals. The high scorers have often been matches in which Brugge have been thumped (0-5 v Leipzig, 1-5 v Man City, 0-3 v Dortmund, 1-3 v Real Madrid, 0-5 v PSG). Atletico don't tend to thump teams, and there are signs Brugge are stronger this season, so we like Under 2.5 Goals at 1.9210/11 on the Exchange.

For an odds-against punt, if you fancy Atleti to take all three points, look out for the Atleti Win To Nil at somewhere around 3.55/2. If you think Simeone's staring down the barrel of another stalemate, use the Bet Builder on the Sportsbook to put the draw and Under 2.5 Goals in a double that pays out at over 3.814/5.