📊 Form Guide

Braga

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Braga will be looking for an improved result here after the 2-4 Primeira Liga losing effort in their last game against Sporting Lisbon.

In that game, Braga had 29% possession and 3 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Braga was Ricardo Horta (20', 45'). On the other side, Sporting CP got 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Hidemasa Morita (58'), Morten Hjulmand (81') and Conrad Harder (89', 94') scored for Sporting Lisbon.

Braga have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets recently, although they’ve also found ways to hit the back of the net themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Braga have been punished defensively in 5 of them as well as managing to get on the scoresheet in 6 of those matches. However, time will tell if such a trend shall be sustained in this next game or not.

Hoffenheim

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Hoffenheim go into this clash after a 4-3 Bundesliga win in the defeat of RB Leipzig in their most recent game.

In that match, Hoffenheim had 60% possession and 20 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Hoffenheim, the goalscorers were Adam Hložek (17', 82'), Tom Bischof (50'), Stanley Nsoki (67' Own goal) and Jacob Bruun Larsen (87'). At the other end, RB Leipzig had 14 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Willi Orbán (15') and Antonio Nusa (19') scored for RB Leipzig.

Christian Ilzer's Hoffenheim have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 8 times in the course of their previous 6 matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during those matches comes to 8.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league clash between the two was Europa League match day 5 on 23/11/2017 which finished with the scoreline of Braga 3-1 Hoffenheim.

On that occasion, Braga managed 33% possession and 6 shots on goal with 5 on target. The goals were scored by Marcelo Goiano (1') and Fransérgio (81', 93').

Hoffenheim had 18 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Mark Uth (74') scored.

The referee was Andre Marriner.

📰 Team News: Braga

Rodrigo Zalazar (Muscle injury) and Paulo Oliveira (Calf injury) will not be taking part for Braga manager Carlos Carvalhal.

In our view, Os Arcebispos will probably opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, handing starts to Matheus Lima, Adrian Marin, João Ferreira, Sikou Niakaté, Gabri Martinez, Joao Moutinho, Vitor Carvalho, Bruma, Ricardo Horta, Roger Fernandes and Amine El Ouazzani.

🗞️ Team News: Hoffenheim

Hoffenheim boss Christian Ilzer has multiple availability issues to deal with. Finn Ole Becker (Fitness), Ihlas Bebou (Knee surgery), Grischa Prömel (Cruciate ligament tear), Florian Grillitsch (Inner ligament injury), Christopher Lenz (Calf injury), Marius Bülter (Hamstring injury) and Ozan Kabak (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.

We reckon that Hoffenheim will likely play in a 4-3-1-2 formation by sending out Oliver Baumann, Pavel Kaderabek, Arthur Chaves, Stanley Nsoki, Alexander Prass, Anton Stach, Andrej Kramaric, Tom Bischof, Haris Tabakovic, Adam Hlozek and Mërgim Berisha.

💭 Prediction

In our view, Hoffenheim are capable enough to find the back of the net against this Braga outfit, however that is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re predicting both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for Braga at the end of this one. We’ll have to see what happens.

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Lucas Pereira, 19:00 28/11/2024