📊 Form Guide

Braga

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Braga fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 3-5 Primeira Liga triumph versus Portimonense.

In that match, Braga had 62% possession and 18 shots on goal with 9 on target. For Braga, the scorers were Bruma (3', 69'), Roger Fernandes (30') and Simon Banza (49', 61'). On the other side, Portimonense got 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Pedrão (18'), Hildeberto Pereira (71') and Taichi Fukui (86') scored for Portimonense.

At least three goals per game have been seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Braga have participated. Opposing sides scored 6 times in this period while Braga managed to get a total of 17. We shall soon see if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Arouca

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Arouca head into the game following a 2-1 Primeira Liga win to beat Farense in their last match.

In that match, Arouca had 65% possession and 28 shots at goal with 15 of them on target. For Arouca, the scorers were Tiago Esgaio (45') and Cristo González (68'). For their opponents, Farense got 13 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Bruno Duarte (88') was the scorer for Farense.

Looking at their form, and Arouca have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals in total. In defence, Arouca just haven’t been too solid at all.

↔️ Head to head

An inspection of past results between these clubs stretching back to 04/03/2017 reveals that these encounters have been disappointments for Arouca. They have not managed to come away with any wins at all while Braga have remained in the ascendancy, beating them in 100 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

A combined sum of 20 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 19 from Os Arcebispos and 1 coming from Arouca. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.

The last league match between the two was Primeira Liga match day 11 on 12/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Arouca 0-1 Braga.

On that occasion, Arouca managed 39% possession and 14 shots at goal with 7 of them on target.

On the other side, Braga got 17 shots on goal with 6 on target. Álvaro Djaló (36') scored.

The match was refereed by João António Ferreira Gonçalves.

🗞️ Team News: Braga

Ricardo Horta (unknown injury) and Serdar Saatçı (unknown injury) will be missing for Braga boss Artur Jorge.

It seems likely that Os Arcebispos should line up in a 4-4-2 system this time, utilising Matheus, Victor Gomez, Sikou Niakate, Serdar Saatci, Josafat Mendes, Roger Fernandes, Joao Moutinho, Rodrigo Zalazar, Bruma, Simon Banza and Abel Ruiz.

📋 Team News: Arouca

Due to a completely injury-free squad to choose from, the Arouca manager Daniel Sousa doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever before this clash.

We are inclined to think that Arouca seem likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to I. De Arruabarrena, Bogdan Milovanov, Robson Bambu, Francisco Montero, Weverson, Pedro Santos, David Simao, Jason, Cristo Gonzalez, Morlaye Sylla and Rafa Mujica.

💡 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Arouca are capable enough to breach the defence of this Braga side, but it might not quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our tip is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Braga when all is said and done. We are expecting it to be pretty even.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 16:08 06/04/2024