Back in the Champions League, AS Monaco made a more discreet school year than those of OM and PSG. A trip against Club Bruges for a match between two accustomed clubs of the Cup with the big ears. With a state of form of the Monegasques on a ascending slope marked by two victories in the last two games, the main objective of this 2025/2026 edition will be to confirm their ambitions.
Despite a Gala victory against FC Barcelona 2-1 on the 1st day last season, Adi Hütter's team had been eliminated in the knockout stages against Benfica (4-3 in the cumulative score).
Hopefully AS Monaco will not be disturbed by the last events. Understand here the adventures experienced by the players on the plane which was to transport them to Bruges this Wednesday. Also, the rock club will have to do without several executives. In particular Denis Zakaria, affected by adductors, or even Alexander Golovin, victim of a lesion to the hamstrings.
Bruges-Monaco club, the likely compos
Bruges club: Mignolet – Mechele, Meijer, Ordoñez, Sabbe – Vanaken, Onyedika – Forbs Borges, Tzolis, Tresoldi, Stankovic.
Monaco: Köhn – Vanderson, Dier, Mawissa Elebi, Caio Henrique – Akliouche, Bamba, Camara, Minamino – Balogun, Biereth.
How to see the match live and streaming?
The kick -off of the match of the 1st day of the Champions League between the Bruges club and AS Monaco will be given this Thursday, September 18 at 6.45 p.m. The meeting will take place at Jan Breydel Stadion (29,000 places) and will be directed by Italian referee Simone Sozza. This match will be broadcast live and exclusively on Canal+ Foot, a chain also accessible in streaming on the MyCanal platform for subscribers.
