Brugge dominated from the off and should have led in the eighth minute when Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis had the goal at his mercy but could only meet Ruud Vormer’s cross with a woefully off-target header.
Matej Mitrovic then shouldered a free-kick over the crossbar and Brugge were almost made to pay for their profligacy, Gala’s Ryan Babel unable to beat Simon Mignolet after a defensive mistake sent him through on goal.
There was more frustration for Brugge as Federico Ricca hit the crossbar on the half-volley at the end of a counter-attack, with Dennis then wasting another gilt-edged chance, collecting a long ball only to drag wide with just goalkeeper Fernando Muslera to beat.
Muslera came to Gala’s rescue twice in quick succession, first to again deny Dennis before then keeping out David Okereke’s header with a superb diving save.
Sofiane Feghouli clipped the top of the crossbar with a curling effort and Yuto Nagatomo fired wide from long range but Gala could not claim a victory they would not have merited.
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