Borussia Dortmund vs Club Brugge Prediction, 11/24/2020 Champions League Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 11/23/2020

Game: Borussia Dortmund vs Club Brugge

Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Location: Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany

TV: CBS All Access

Odds/Point Spread: Borussia Dortmund (-323) Club Brugge (+620)

Jadon Sancho and Borussia Dortmund (2-0-1 in Champions League) host Club Brugge (1-1-1 in Champions League) at Signal Iduna Park on Tuesday. The starting goaltenders will be Roman Burki for Borussia Dortmund and Simon Mignolet for Club Brugge. The line on this game has Borussia Dortmund coming in at -323 and Club Brugge are at +620. The O/U opens at 2.5.

Borussia Dortmund stepped onto the pitch against Hertha BSC in their most recent match and earned the victory with a final of 5 - 2. Borussia Dortmund attempted 21 dribbles in this match and converted 17 of those attempts for a percentage of 81.0%. In sharing the ball, they finished with a 90.4% rate by converting 592 out of their 655 pass attempts last match. In relation to shooting accuracy, Borussia Dortmund finished at a 50.0% clip by hitting 8 shots on target out of 16 shots. Borussia Dortmund sports an average of 2.50 g/90 (20 goals in total) and have 16 assists In all contests for the season.

Jadon Sancho is a player who should impact this matchup for Borussia Dortmund. He has totaled 36 assists while tallying 4 yellow card warnings during his soccer career. Sancho has been a starter in 64 matches so far in his career while he scores 0.46 G/90. The forward from England has tallied 30 goals scored in 5,886 minutes played. One more player who could decide who wins is Erling Haaland, the forward who is from Norway. Haaland has been on the field for 4,676 mins in 49 starts and has been handed a total of 7 yellow card warnings. He has helped on a goal 13 times during his career while scoring 54 goals. He is currently averaging 1.04 G/90 during his soccer career.

The man protecting the net for Borussia Dortmund will be Roman Burki. Burki (153-72-83 mark in his career) has tallied 101 clean sheets, which has earned him a 32.9% clean sheet rate. The goalkeeper taking the field for Borussia Dortmund has faced 1,272 shots tried at him in 307 career starts. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.27 (389 goals surrendered) and he holds a save % of .704. Burki has been on the field for a total of 27,633 mins and is sitting with 896 stops in his pro soccer career.

The last time they took the pitch, Club Brugge took a loss by a final score of 3 - 0 against de Dortmund. They wrapped up this outing by connecting on 484 of the 537 passing attempts earning a percentage of 90.1%. Club Brugge had a 46.2% successful dribble percentage by connecting on 6 out of the 13 dribbles they tried. Club Brugge landed 4 shots on target out of their 17 shots attempted which had them at a 23.5% rate when they last took the field. With a total of 28 goals and 21 assists in all competitions, Club Brugge is averaging 2.15 goals and 1.62 assists per 90 minutes.

Hans Vanaken will need to provide a lift for Club Brugge. He is averaging 0.31 G/90 and has been in the starting lineup in 262 games in his career. The midfielder from Belgium has played 23,172 professional minutes while scoring 81 goals. He has tallied 32 yellow card warnings in his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 62 times. Be sure to keep an eye out for Ruud Vormer, the midfielder representing Club Brugge. Vormer has been given 64 yellow card cautions in 30,774 minutes played (346 starting assignments). His goals per 90 average in his career is 0.17. He has tallied 58 goals so far in his career while helping on a goal 77 times.

Simon Mignolet is expected to look after the net for Club Brugge. In his pro soccer career, Mignolet has conceded 404 goals and has 915 stops in 346 starting assignments. He has surrendered 1.27 goals per 90 while he holds a mark of 155-93-98. He has a save percentage of .697 and his clean sheet rate sits at 30.1%. Mignolet has racked up 104 clean sheets while he has seen 1,315 shots attempted against him in 31,162 minutes throughout his career.

Who will win tonight's Champions League game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Borussia Dortmund (-323)

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