Braga vs Porto Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Braga

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Braga, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-4 Primeira Liga triumph vs Vizela.

In that game, Braga managed 58% possession and 13 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Braga, the scorers were Almoatasembellah Al Musrati (43'), Iuri Medeiros (49', 64') and Ricardo Horta (75'). On the other side, Vizela had 14 shots on goal with 1 on target.

Matches featuring Braga have tended to be absorbing ones recently with high scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past six games, a total of 20 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 11 of those coming from Braga.

Ahead of this meeting, Braga have not been beaten in their last 5 league matches at home.

Porto

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Last time out, Porto drew 0-0 in the Champions League tie with Inter Milan.

In that game, Porto had 68% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 7 on target. On the other side, Inter Milan had 11 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

In the course of their six previous matches, Sérgio Conceição's Porto have found the net 8 times therefore earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.33.

Pre-game facts show that Porto:

• have not won against Braga in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 10 league matches away from home. They've been so good on the road.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head clashes going back to 25/07/2020 shows that Braga have won 2 of them and Porto 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them in these games, with 7 for Os Arcebispos and 11 netted by Dragões. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The last league clash between the two was Primeira Liga match day 8 on 30/09/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Porto 4-1 Braga.

On that occasion, Porto had 49% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Goals were scored by Evanilson (32'), Stephen Eustáquio (34'), Pepe (55' Own goal), Pepê Aquino (63') and Galeno (96').

On the other side, Braga had 9 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The match was refereed by Artur Soares Dias.

ℹ️ Team News: Braga

The Braga manager Artur Jorge will be grateful not to have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this match thanks to a fully healthy group available for selection.

In our view, Os Arcebispos may well go for a 4-4-2 system this time and select Matheus Lima, Víctor Gómez, Sikou Niakaté, Serdar Saatci, Nuno Sequeira, Iuri Medeiros, Ali Elmusrati, André Horta, Bruma, Ricardo Horta and Abel Ruiz.

🗞️ Team News: Porto

Owing to a fully injury-free squad available to choose from, the Porto boss Sérgio Conceição has zero fitness concerns at all coming into this game.

We are inclined to think that Dragões seem likely to make use of a 4-4-2 lineup, choosing Diogo Costa, Rodrigo Conceicao, David Carmo, Fabio Cardoso, Zaidu Sanusi, André Franco, Marko Grujic, Stephen Eustáquio, Otávio, Danny Namaso and Toni Martínez.

💭 Prediction

In our view, Braga will have to work hard as a team to score goals against this Porto team who we think will likely manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

That’s why we have predicted a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 win for Porto after 90 minutes.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

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Peter Guest, 02:51 15/03/2023