Porto vs Club Brugge match facts

After a last-gasp defeat at Atlético de Madrid, Porto are looking to get their first Group B points on the board as they welcome a Club Brugge side who opened their latest UEFA Champions League campaign with a victory.

Porto went down 2-1 in Spain on Matchday 1, all three goals coming after the 90th minute with the winner arriving 11 minutes into added time. Meanwhile an Abakar Sylla strike proved enough for Club Brugge to see off Bayer Leverkusen in Belgium and claim a rare group stage victory, ending a four-match losing streak in the competition in the process.

Previous meetings

The teams were paired together in the 2016/17 group stage, André Silva scoring the decisive goal for Porto in both games. His 93rd-minute penalty secured a comeback win in Belgium on Matchday 3, Jelle Vossen having given Club Brugge a 12th-minute lead that was cancelled out by Miguel Layún in the 68th minute. Silva then got the only goal at the Estádio do Dragão two weeks later.

Those six points helped Porto finish second in Group G behind Leicester on 11 points; Club Brugge were bottom having lost all six games.

Porto prevailed 5-3 on aggregate when the clubs met in the 1972/73 UEFA Cup second round, winning the first leg 3-0 at the Estádio das Antas thanks to goals by Abel Miglieti (6, 49) and Flávio Fonseca (48). Although Club Brugge managed three goals in the return – through Ruud Geels (3), John Thio (45) and Nico Rijnders (65) – Flávio (34) and Miglieti (88) scored again for the visitors.

Form guide

Porto
Porto are making their 26th appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stage, level with Bayern München and one short of Barcelona and Real Madrid’s competition record. They have featured in the competition proper in 11 of the last 12 campaigns.

In 2021/22, Sérgio Conceição's side finished third in their section behind Liverpool and Atlético, winning only one of their six games. It was the first time Porto had failed to progress from their UEFA Champions League group since 2015/16.

The Dragons therefore moved into the UEFA Europa League, beating Lazio in the knockout play-offs (2-1 h, 2-2 a) but losing to Lyon in the round of 16 (0-1 h, 1-1 a).

Porto have reached the round of 16 or better on six of their last nine UEFA Champions League group stage appearances.

Conceição's team claimed the Portuguese Liga and cup in 2021/22 – Porto’s ninth domestic double and second in three seasons.

Last season's Matchday 6 loss to Atlético (1-3) was only Porto's second in their last 11 home games in the UEFA Champions League group stage, with eight victories in that sequence, although they have lost nine of their last 19 matches in the competition (W7 D3).

Porto have never lost at home against Belgian opposition (W6 D2), winning the last two. All six of their defeats by Belgian clubs have come away from home.

Club Brugge
This is Club Brugge's tenth UEFA Champions League group stage campaign – two short of Anderlecht's Belgian record – and a club-record fifth in succession.

All nine of those previous campaigns have failed to extend into the knockout rounds; in 2021/22 the Bruges side finished bottom of Group A behind Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Leipzig after collecting four points from their six games, the last four all defeats.

Before that four-match losing run, Club Brugge had recorded three victories in eight group games – as many as in their previous 22 matches in the competition.

The Matchday 1 defeat of Leverkusen this season is one of only five Blauw-Zwart have managed in their last 33 fixtures in the UEFA Champions League proper (D10 L18).

Champions of Belgium for the 18th time in 2021/22 – their third title in a row – Club Brugge appointed Carl Hoefkens as coach in May, their former defender earning internal promotion to replace the Ajax-bound Alfred Schreuder, who had in turn taken over from Philippe Clement four months earlier.

Club Brugge have lost only four of their last 11 away matches in the UEFA Champions League group stage (W3 D4), scoring twice in three of the last six.

Club Brugge's record from five previous visits to Portugal reads W1 L4. That solitary success came at Braga in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage, Ryan Donk securing a 2-1 win with a 91st-minute goal.

Home and away, Club Brugge's record against Portuguese clubs is W4 D1 L5.

Links and trivia

Has played in Portugal:
Roman Yaremchuk (Benfica 2021–22)

Yaremchuk played 47 matches in all competitions for Benfica, scoring in a 3-1 Portuguese Liga defeat at Porto on 30 December 2021.

Have played together:
Pepe & Cyle Larin (Beşiktaş 2017–18)
Marko Grujić & Simon Mignolet (Liverpool 2016–17)

International team-mates:
Matheus Uribe & Éder Balanta (Colombia)
Stephen Eustáquia & Tajon Buchanan, Cyle Larin (Canada)
Zaidu Sanusi & Raphael Onyedika (Nigeria)

Porto coach Conceição played in Belgium for Standard Liège between 2004 and 2007, winning two of his five games against Club Brugge (D2 L1). His only goal came in a 1-1 league draw in Bruges on 10 April 2005.

Conceição started his coaching career as assistant at Standard in May 2010.

Latest news

Porto

Summer transfers
In: David Carmo (Braga), Stephen Eustáquio (Paços Ferreira, loan made permanent), Samuel Portugal (Portimonense), Gabriel Veron (Palmeiras), André Franco (Estoril Praia)
Out: Carraça (Gil Vicente, loan), Chancel Mbemba (Marseille), Diogo Leite (Union Berlin, loan) , Fábio Vieira (Arsenal), Francisco Conceição (Ajax), Sérgio Oliveira (Galatasaray), Vitinha (Paris), Mamadou Loum (Reading, loan), Agustín Marchesín (Celta Vigo), Romário Baró (Casa Pia, loan)

Porto's record in this season's Portuguese Liga is W5 L1; they were 3-0 winners at home to Chaves on Saturday.

Mehdi Taremi found the net for the second league game in a row and the fourth time in this season's Liga; Evanilson also got his third league goal of the campaign while summer signing and fellow substitute André Franco opened his Porto account on only his second appearance.

The Dragons won their first three league games of the season, Taremi's double helping them to a 5-1 win against Marítimo on 6 August before Iván Marcano's late header earned a 1-0 win at Vizela eight days later. Sporting CP were beaten 3-0 on 20 August.

However, on 28 August Porto went down 3-1 at promoted Rio Ave, only the second time they had lost to those opponents in the 21st century and the first since 2004. It was also only their second league defeat by a two-goal margin under Sérgio Conceição and the first since a 2-0 loss at Belenenses on 2 April 2018.

Taremi missed a penalty in that game, meaning he has failed convert three of his last four spot kicks.

Porto had started the season by winning their 23rd Portuguese Super Cup thanks to a 3-0 win against second division side Tondela on 30 July, Taremi scoring twice and Evanilson once.

Marko Grujić was an unused substitute on Saturday having sat out four games due to muscle fatigue.

Full-back Wilson Manafá, who has not played since 30 December 2021, is in the final stages of his recovery from a ruptured patella.

Otávio fractured two ribs during the defeat at Atlético on Matchday 1 and is expected to be out for at least a month.

Club Brugge

Summer transfers
In: Ferran Jutglà (Barcelona), Cyle Larin (Beşiktaş), Bjorn Meijer (Groningen), Casper Nielsen (Union Saint-Gilloise), Dedryck Boyata (Hertha Berlin), Raphael Onyedika (Midtjylland), Roman Yaremchuk (Benfica)
Out: Bas Dost (Utrecht), Michael Krmenčík (Persija Jakarta), Faitout Maouassa (Montpellier, loan), Matej Mitrović (Rijeka), David Okereke (Cremonese), Loïs Openda (Lens), Charles De Ketelaere (Milan), Stanley Nsoki (Hoffenheim), Federico Ricca (Leuven), Jack Hendry (Cremonese, loan)

Club Brugge have six wins from eight league games this season (D1 L1) and five victories in a row, most recently Saturday’s 2-0 success at Seraing.

Cyle Larin scored his first Club Brugge goal at the weekend, when Hans Vanaken found the net for the first time since the opening game of the campaign.

Club Brugge recorded their biggest win of the season on 2 September, 4-0 at home to local rivals Cercle Brugge.

Casper Nielsen has three goals in his last five league games while Roman Yaremchuk marked his club debut with the fourth goal against Cercle Brugge.

Summer signing Ferran Jutglà is Club Brugge's top league scorer this season with five goals from seven games, one more than Andreas Skov Olsen.

Captain Vanaken has signed a new contract until 2027.

Noa Lang has not played since a 2-1 home win against KV Kortrijk on 21 August, when he was substituted with an ankle injury that was expected to keep him out for up to five weeks.

Clinton Mata has sat out the last two games having gone off in the first half against Cercle Brugge with an ankle injury.

Mats Rits has been out since 1 May with a cruciate knee ligament injury while Tajon Buchanan (muscle) has also not played this season; Rits has not been included in the UEFA Champions League squad.