This will be the third meeting in European competition between Club Brugge and Marseille, with the French side winning 3-0 at home and 1-0 away in the 1992-93 UEFA Champions League group stage, before later beating Milan 1-0 in the final.

Marseille are unbeaten in each of their last four away games against Belgian opposition in European competition, while keeping three clean sheets (W2 D2), since a 4-2 loss at Union Saint-Gilloise in the first round of the 1962-63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Club Brugge, meanwhile, have already beaten French side Monaco 4-1 at home in this season’s UEFA Champions League league phase.