Lens can make Como's first pass difficult with an aggressive home start. Como have the links to carry the ball beyond that pressure and make Lens defend another arrival after the first save. PSV can put Club Brugge under sustained pressure from both wide channels. Brugge's ability to make a separate reply after the first wave should determine how this match opens up.
Lens's pressure has brought entries, yet the Brugge and Lille matches showed how hard it has been to turn those entries into clean finishes and then end the opponent's next move. Como can bring Paz, Douvikas, Baturina and Couto into different parts of the attack; their current group has already found separate finishes against United and Torino. Lens have also allowed the next accurate shot after Risser's first stop. I am siding with Como to keep creating after the opening exchange and find the winning finish.
PSV can use Dest and its left-side combinations to feed the box, but Brugge have made distinct wide-to-central replies against Inter and St Truiden. PSV's pressure against Porto and Feyenoord produced territory without a separate accurate finish to settle either game. Spileers played the full latest Brugge match in Ordoñez's place, while Pepi's PSV return has so far been a limited spell. I am siding with Club Brugge to carry an attacking answer through PSV's pressure.
