Atletico Madrid primed to secure group honours

Champions League Group A
BT Sport Extra, 8pm Tuesday

Diego Simeone is not a big one for heavy rotation of his squad and he should be sending his Atletico Madrid side out with the intention of securing the victory against Club Brugge which would nail down top spot in Group A.

Finishing first is important due to the potential to grab an easier last-16 draw, so don't expect many changes from Atletico, who have recovered from a shocking 4-0 defeat at Borussia Dortmund to once again take control of this section.

Atletico played arguably their best La Liga match of the season on Saturday, running out 3-0 winners over surprise highflyers Alaves, and all facets of the team were in excellent working order.

First-choice defenders Diego Godin and Filipe Luis return to the squad following spells out injured and Antoine Griezmann's new strike partner Nikola Kalinic must be oozing confidence after scoring in his last two matches.

Club Brugge have already qualified for the Europa League and were awful when losing 2-1 at Waasland-Beveren on Friday.

Recommendation
Atletico Madrid
2pts 4-6 general

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Team news
Club Brugge
Clinton Mata, Emmanuel Dennis and Krepin Diatta have returned to training but Jan Breydel is likely to miss the game. Dion Cools, Thibault Vlietinck and Jelle Vossen are injured.

Atletico Madrid
Juanfran, Lucas Hernandez and Diego Costa are injured. Stefan Savic is suspended.

Key stat
Eight of Atletico's ten away matches this season have finished with under 2.5 goals.

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