Boavista vs Braga Live Stream, Predictions

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Boavista

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Boavista will be wanting a better result here following a 3-1 Primeira Liga defeat last time out to Gil Vicente.

In that game, Boavista had 52% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer for Boavista was Sebastián Pérez (56'). For their opponents, Gil Vicente got 15 shots at goal with 5 on target. Fran Navarro (38', 64') and Murilo (85') scored for Gil Vicente.

It has not been often in recent times where Boavista have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Boavista have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 8 goals along the way.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Boavista:

• have not beaten Braga in their previous 5 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Braga

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Braga will go into this encounter following on from a 5-3 Primeira Liga win versus Santa Clara in their previous outing.

In that match, Braga had 66% possession and 17 shots at goal with 10 on target. For Braga, goals were scored by Ricardo Horta (10'), Sikou Niakaté (35'), Abel Ruiz (45'), Bruma (88') and Pizzi (94'). Santa Clara got 15 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Matheus Babi (17', 70') and Kennedy Boateng (85') scored for Santa Clara.

Illustrating their predisposition for fruitful encounters, we’ve seen goals 21 times in the previous six matches in which Braga have taken to the pitch, making it a mean average of 3.5 goals per clash. Their opponents have got 6 from this total. It will be interesting to find out if that trend can be continued on here.

Heading into this contest, Braga have not been beaten by Boavista when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 13/06/2020 tells us that Boavista have won 1 of these games and Braga 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.

In all, 16 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 6 from As Panteras and 10 created by Os Arcebispos. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.

The previous league contest between the two was Primeira Liga match day 16 on 14/01/2023 when it ended Braga 1-0 Boavista.

On that occasion, Braga managed 48% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Vítor Oliveira (46').

At the other end, Boavista got 10 shots on goal with 0 on target.

The referee was André Narciso.

📰 Team News: Boavista

The Boavista boss Armando Petit will be thankful to have no fitness worries at all ahead of this match thanks to a fully injury-free squad to choose from.

It looks as if As Panteras may well use a 4-2-3-1 system for this one featuring Rafael Bracali, Pedro Malheiro, Reggie Cannon, Rodrigo Abascal, Gaius Makouta, Filipe Ferreira, Sebastián Pérez, Kenji Gorre, Bruno Lourenço, Ricardo Mangas and Salvador Agra.

ℹ️ Team News: Braga

Braga manager Artur Jorge has not got a full squad to pick from. Al-Musrati (Unknown Injury) and Castro (Unknown Injury) won’t be making appearances.

We are inclined to think that Os Arcebispos seem likely to begin the game with a 4-1-3-2 system, settling for Matheus Lima, Víctor Gómez, Sikou Niakaté, Paulo Oliveira, Nuno Sequeira, Uros Racic, Iuri Medeiros, André Horta, Bruma, Abel Ruiz and Ricardo Horta.

⚡ Prediction

We’re envisaging that Boavista might have a difficult job to put one past this Braga outfit who we think will win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We’re going for a 0-1 winning margin for Braga at the conclusion of the game.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

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Andre Moura, 00:44 16/05/2023