Betting Tips for Today: Monaco and Brugge set for another close encounter

One of the early kick-offs on Tuesday's Champions League coupon sees Monaco face Club Brugge.

Both teams are in need of a victory on matchday four, having taken just a single point from the campaign so far.

While each team will harbour outside hopes of snatching second spot in the group from Atletico Madrid, in reality they're likely to battling it out for third place and a Europa League berth.

888Sport make Monaco they're 57/50 (2.14) favourites to claim victory at the Stade Louis II despite a terrible run of results recently.

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Thierry Henry has taken over the Ligue 1 club, but the former Belgium assistant manager has failed to turn around their fortunes as of yet.

A defeat to Reims at the weekend means it's 14 straight games without a win for the hosts and it's tough to trust them at such a short price given such a significant injury list.

Brugge for their part, have only won one of their previous seven in all competitions and they're 5/2 (3.50) to heap more misery on Henry's side.

The way to go looks to be a draw at 13/5 (3.60) with 888Sport. Four of Brugge's last five outings have ended all square and the reverse fixture between these teams two weeks ago showed how there's little to choose between them.

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13/5 (3.60) is a solid enough price but the difficulty in trusting either defence means a score draw looks the best selection at 33/10 (4.30) with the same firm.

Each of the aforementioned draws for the Belgians have been either 1-1 or 2-2 while Monaco have failed to keep a clean sheet in their previous 13 matches.

With Monaco’s fans growing increasingly uneasy and a potentially disastrous meeting with Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday, a share of the spoils would be an acceptable result in the circumstances.

With little to separate the teams and neither showing much positive form of late, a score draw at 33/10 (4.30) looks worthy of investment ahead of Tuesday's clash.

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