📏 Form Guide

Braga

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Braga enter this match following a 1-1 Primeira Liga drawn match against Famalicão.

In that match, Braga had 56% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Famalicao got 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. Justin de Haas (8') and Pinheiro (74' Own goal) scored for Famalicão.

Braga haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They have totted up the amount of 11 during that period and have conceded a total of 4.

Looking at their past form shows that Braga:

• have not lost a league tie with Santa Clara in their previous 6 games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 6 home league matches.

Santa Clara

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Santa Clara will go into the match following on from a 2-0 Primeira Liga win against Arouca in their previous game.

In that match, Santa Clara had 39% possession and 8 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Santa Clara was Ricardinho (4', 37'). At the other end, Arouca had 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

A tendency of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring Santa Clara has become evident in recent matches. Looking at their last 6 outings reveals that this has happened 5 times. During those clashes, their opponents have managed a goal tally of 4 while Santa Clara have scored 5. It will be interesting to find out if that trend can be sustained in this game.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Santa Clara:

• haven't won against Braga in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head results going back to 14/02/2021 reveals that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Santa Clara. They have not been able to get themselves any wins whatsoever while Braga have dominated them, getting wins in 67% of those ties.

A combined total of 17 goals were produced between them in this period, with 13 from Os Arcebispos and 4 netted by Os Açoreanos. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The last league contest featuring the two was Primeira Liga match day 15 on 22/12/2024 when the final score was Santa Clara 0-2 Braga.

In that game, Santa Clara managed 29% possession and 12 shots on goal with 6 on target.

For their opponents, Braga got 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Bruma (51', 77') was the scorer.

The referee was Tiago Martins.

ℹ️ Team News: Braga

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the lone fitness concern for the Braga boss Carlos Carvalhal to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust set of players. Jonatás Noro (Achilles tendon rupture) will miss out.

We are thinking that Os Arcebispos look set to kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one, utilising Lukas Hornicek, Victor Gomez, Robson Bambu, Sikou Niakate, Francisco Chissumba, Joao Moutinho, Uros Racic, Ricardo Horta, Rodrigo Zalazar, Ismael Gharbi and Fran Navarro.

📰 Team News: Santa Clara

Thanks to a mainly healthy group, there is only the one fitness problem for the Santa Clara manager Vasco Matos to be concerned about. Pedro Pacheco (Knee injury) won’t be in action.

We reckon that Os Açoreanos appear most likely to make use of a 3-4-3 formation using Gabriel Batista, Sidney Lima, Luis Rocha, Matheus Nunes, Diogo Calila, Adriano, Sergio Araujo, Matheus Pereira, Ricardinho, Joao Costa and Gabriel Silva.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Braga look likely to create the chances to score more than once when they play Santa Clara, who might well find it difficult to get a goal of their own.

We’re therefore anticipating a controlled 2-0 winning score for Braga at the end of the match.

Renata Leite, 16:04 03/05/2025