Club Brugge KV vs 21.10.26 19:003 – 0Full Time
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Match report
Club Brugge KV beat Lens 3-0 at Jan Breydel Stadium
Club Brugge KV beat Lens 3-0 at Jan Breydel Stadium on matchday 3 of the UEFA Champions League league stage. The result stretched the Belgian side's winning run to six games in a row.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Brugge struck just before the interval, Hans Vanaken scoring in the 45+3 minute to make it 1-0 at half-time. Five minutes into the second half Joaquin Seys added a second, and the home side never looked back.
Carlos Forbs completed the scoring in the 72nd minute, converting after a pass from Hugo Vetlesen. Lens, managed by Yannick Cahuzac, had the greater share of the attempts but could not find a way past Yann Sommer, and the hosts were comfortable at the end.
Lens return to Ligue 1 on Saturday, when they host Paris FC. Brugge are at home to St. Truiden in the Jupiler Pro League on Sunday.
Joaquin Seys scored Brugge's second goal five minutes after the restart and earned the match's highest rating, 8.33. Yann Sommer, rated 8.21, kept a clean sheet behind him.
Lens had 19 shots to 11 for Brugge, yet finished without a goal.
Club Brugge KV beat Lens 3–0 (half-time 1–0).
Club Brugge KV met Lens in the UEFA Champions League (League Stage - 3). Kick-off was Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 19:00 UTC at Jan Breydel Stadium. Referee: Luis Godinho.
Team pages: Club Brugge KV · Lens · UEFA Champions League
Key moments
- 45+3' Goal: Hans Vanaken — 1–0 · Watch Hans Vanaken's goal video (45+3')
- 50' Goal: Joaquin Seys — 2–0 · Watch Joaquin Seys's goal video (50')
- 72' Goal: Carlos Forbs (assist: Hugo Vetlesen) — 3–0
Starting line-ups
Club Brugge KV (4-2-3-1)
Lens (3-4-2-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Club Brugge KV 51%, the draw 25%, Lens 24%. It finished Club Brugge KV 3–0 Lens.
Home advantage gives Club Brugge a slight lean — With almost nothing between the sides on our strength rating, the usual home advantage puts Club Brugge in front at 51%, helped by their habit of controlling the ball, with 62 possession points to 51 for Lens in recent games. The draw starts near 28% for sides this level but drops to 25% because both teams' own recent games average 3.3 goals.
Why Club Brugge KV in front?
Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1840 to 1815. Sides this close won 45.8% of 13,755 home games (draw 27.7%, visitors 26.5%). Club Brugge KV hold 11 more possession points (62 to 51 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, home teams with this control edge won 48.3% of 5,170 games, vs 44.0% when styles were level.
Why only 51%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Level sides split the rest: the draw at 25% and Lens at 24%.
Why the draw at 25%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 27.7%. These teams' recent games average 3.3 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 17,071. The goals environment takes 2.4 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Lens are 4 games into a new manager (Yannick Cahuzac), appointed 50 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. Out: Joel Ordoñez, an important player. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Club Brugge KV vs Lens final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Champions League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Club Brugge KV 3–0 Lens. Explore more on the Club Brugge KV and Lens team pages or the UEFA Champions League page.