Atalanta vs Club Brugge Prediction 30.09.2025 | UEFA Champions League

The opening of Europe’s most prestigious club competition could hardly have started in a worse or more painful way for Atalanta, who were battered from head to toe in a 4-0 demolition at Parc des Princes by reigning UCL champions Paris Saint-Germain.

As a reminder, the Bergamo club lost two influential figures over the summer — the legendary coach Gian Piero Gasperini and last season’s Serie A top scorer Retegui — but they have been trying to ensure that the absence of this duo is not felt, at least for now.

In Italy’s top flight, La Dea have made a rather modest start to the season, but they can take comfort in remaining unbeaten through their first five league outings, collecting two wins and three draws, the most recent being a solid 1-1 stalemate away to Juventus in Turin.

Croatian tactician Ivan Juric faces defensive headaches, with key centre-backs Giorgio Scalvini and Isak Hien both sidelined by adductor pain, while Sead Kolasinac and left-back Mitchel Bakker are also out, leaving that area particularly exposed.

Unlike the Bergamo club, Club Brugge emerged last season as one of the pleasant surprises of UEFA’s top-tier competition, reaching the last-16 stage before Aston Villa proved too strong for them, handing them a 6-1 defeat on aggregate.

Blauw-Zwart’s new push for the UEFA Champions League knockout stage got off to the perfect start, delighting their loyal fans on matchday one by tearing apart French side AS Monaco with a resounding 4-1 victory.

After that, Nicky Hayen’s side put together a nice league run of three matches without defeat, comfortably seeing off St. Truiden 2-0, playing a spectacular ten-goal draw against Westerlo, and then cruising to an important 2-1 win over St. Liege at the weekend, boosting their confidence ahead of their second UCL matchday.

Heading into their first away match in this competition’s League Phase, Club Brugge show no fear and will look to carry over the brave performances from the qualifiers, where they first beat RB Salzburg 1-0 in Austria and then demolished Rangers 3-1 in Glasgow.

Club Brugge will face a setback with their first-choice goalkeeper Simon Mignolet sidelined due to a groin injury sustained in the UCL opener, while key midfielder Raphael Onyedika also misses out because of a hamstring issue.