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Club - Osasuna: The Club Facts

UEFA Conference League

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Tonight's away match against Spain's Osasuna is on the schedule and thus the final hurdle towards the group stage of the UEFA Conference League. Read all the Club Facts below and prepare yourself for the match.

The match

It is the tenth match of the season and an important one at that. Club achieved a nice starting position by going 1-2 last week in Estadio El Sadar after goals from Andreas Skov Olsen and Maxim De Cuyper.

The win against Los Rojillos is the first victory in 16 European matches on Spanish soil for Club Brugge. For Osasuna, it was only their second ever home defeat in Europe, the first in almost 32 years. In the previous fifteen home games against a Spanish opponent, Club achieved seven wins, three draws and five defeats.

Under coach Ronny Deila, Blue-Black was able to win seven times, played one draw and suffered one defeat. Should Club win against Osasuna, only Trond Sollied (10W, 0D, 0L) and Eric Gerets (9W, 0D, 1L) made a better start with FCB in their first 10 matches.

Some European stats for this match:
-> This is Club Brugge KV's 349th European match and Osasuna's 30th.
-> This is the 122nd confrontation between a Belgian and Spanish club in Europe.
-> This is Blauw-Zwart's 52nd European campaign and Osasuna's 5th.

The opponent

Osasuna had to get right back into the Spanish league after the outward game of the playoff round. They won their second away game of the season visiting Valencia CF. Coach Jagoba Arrasate made eight substitutions in the team that started last week against Blue-Black: Herrera, Cruz, Areso, Muñoz, Ibañez, Arnáiz, Raul Garcia and Barja were the newcomers. David García, Alejandro Catena and Aimar Oroz were the only three to remain in the squad. Los Rojillos won 1-2 after goals from Aimar Oroz and Nacho Vidal. The victory puts Osasuna in seventh place in the rankings.

Milestones

  • Denis Odoi can play his 60th official game for Club Brugge.
  • For Raphael Onyedika, it could be the 50th match for Club on Thursday.
  • Newcomers Igor Thiago and Hugo Vetlesen can already play their tenth match for Blauw-Zwart.
  • Andreas Skov Olsen, Maxim De Cuyper and Antonio Nusa can finish their tenth European match for Club.
  • For Hugo Vetlesen, it could be the 40th European match of his career. The Norwegian midfielder played 34 for FK Bodø/Glimt and 5 for Club.
  • Brandon Mechele can play the 400th match of his career! He has already played 381 times for Club and 18 times for STVV.

The referee

Referee on duty is Poland's Daniel Stefański. He will be assisted by Dawid Golis and Michal Obukowicz (assitent-refs) and Wojchiech Myc (fourth official).

The Polish ref has never before whistled a Club Brugge match, but has already officiated European matches for Antwerp, Standard, Gent and Genk.