Club Brugge and Atletico Madrid have been two of the most attack-minded sides in the Champions League this season. In the league phase, both sides had an average of 4.0 goals per game, with over 2.5 goals landing in all eight of Club Brugge’s games, and in seven for Atletico Madrid. 

The first leg meeting between the sides lived up to expectations, and it was an enthralling encounter. Club Brugge recorded a total of 17 shots, of which 10 hit the target, while Atletico Madrid had 13 shots with four on target. Both sides had an identical xG tally of 2.33, highlighting how it was an even contest. 

Jan Oblak was the busier of the two goalkeepers, registering seven saves, but a draw was probably a fair result in the end, and there is still everything to play for in the second leg. 

Atletico Madrid managed six corners at the Jan Breydel Stadium, and they should once again be front-footed in their approach. Diego Simeone’s men tend to take things up a gear when they play on home turf, and they will expect to exert a lot more control on proceedings than they did in the first leg. 

Visiting the Metropolitano can be a daunting trip for away sides. Atletico are averaging 8.28 corners per game there across all competitions this season. They have recorded at least five corners in each of their last 13 home games, including against the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan. 

Club Brugge conceded early in the reverse, and they will hope to be much tighter in the opening stages here. If they can keep Atletico Madrid at bay, that would be an ideal gamestate to target corners for the hosts.

Despite only featuring for the final 24 minutes off the bench against Club Brugge, Alexander Sorloth still registered three shots - no other Atletico Madrid player managed more. The Norwegian international looked dangerous when he was introduced, hitting the target once, while also striking the woodwork late on. Sorloth was able to find gaps in the Club Brugge defence, and utilise his physicality to get into promising positions. Because of that, he will hope to start in the second leg. 

Sorloth hasn’t been able to lock down a consistent starting role this season at Atletico, but when he does start, he usually makes an impact. Sorloth is averaging 3.57 shots per 90 across all competitions this season, rising steeply to 4.75 when playing at the Metropolitano. He has landed this bet in each of his last seven starts on home turf and bagged a brace against Espanyol at the weekend. 

Sorloth racked up eight shots with five on target on matchday 8 of the Champions League against Bodo/Glimt, as Atletico were able to dominate proceedings. The hosts registered up 65% possession, but Marc Pubill still landed this selection as he accounted for two of Atletico’s nine fouls in that match. 

There weren't many fouls in the first leg between the two either - Club Brugge recorded only five infringements, to Atletico’s eight. Once again, though, Pubill accounted for two fouls, and this time he was booked. 

The Spaniard is averaging 1.3 fouls per 90 this season, and has landed this selection in 13 of his last 16 appearances across all competitions. Diego Simeone wants his centre backs to be aggressive in their duels, to get tight to the opposing attackers in an attempt to win the ball back quickly and sustain pressure on their opponents. That means Pubill can often be dragged out of position.