Cercle Brugge vs St.Gallen Prediction and Betting Tips | October 3rd 2024

Cercle Brugge welcome St. Gallen to Jan Breydel Stadium for their opening game of the UEFA Conference League on Thursday (October 3rd). The home side are coming into the game on the back of a 1-1 draw against St. Truiden at the same venue in the Jupiler Pro League over the weekend.

They went into the break with a lead, courtesy of Ahoueke Denkey's 34th-minute goal, while Andres Ferrari drew the game level with one minute left on the clock.

St. Gallen, meanwhile, fell to a 1-0 defeat away to Yverdon in the Swiss Super League in their last outing. Hugo Komano's 72nd-minute strike proved to be the difference between the two sides.

Enrico Maassen's side will now turn their attention to the European competition. They booked their spot in the league phase with a penalty shootout victory over Trabzonspor following a 1-1 aggregate draw in the playoff round. Cercle qualified with a 7-5 aggregate win over Wisla Krakow of Poland.

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Cercle Brugge vs St.Gallen Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• This will be the first meeting between the two sides.
• Four of Cercle's five home European games in the 21st century have ended in a 1-0 scoreline for the victor (two losses).
• St. Gallen have not played out a goalless draw in an away fixture since December 2020.
• Eleven of Cercle's last 12 competitive games, including each of the last eight, have produced over 1.5 goals.
• Five of St. Gallen's last six games across competitions have witnessed goals at both ends.
• Cercle have won just one of their last six competitive games (four losses).

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Cercle Brugge vs St.Gallen Prediction

Cercle Brugge made a return to European football this season after a 14-year hiatus. The Green and Black are making their debut in the main stage of a UEFA club competition following a see-saw playoff tie against Wisla.

The same applies to St. Gallen, who defied expectations to qualify for the UEFA competition. Espen eliminated the more-fancied Trabzonspor to get here but do not have good memories of their sole clash with Belgian opposition in Europe. On that occasion, the Swiss side were eliminated by Cercle's city rivals Club Brugge in the 2000/01 UEFA Cup.

We are backing the two sides to cancel each other out in a low-scoring stalemate.

Prediction: Cercle Brugge 1-1 St. Gallen

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Cercle Brugge vs St.Gallen Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Draw

Tip 2 - Both teams to score

Tip 3 - Over 1.5 goals