📊 Form Guide

Sporting Lisbon

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Sporting Lisbon, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-3 Primeira Liga victory vs Estrela Amadora.

In that game, Sporting Lisbon managed 66% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Sporting Lisbon, the goalscorers were Viktor Gyökeres (52', 89') and Geovany Quenda (81'). Estrela Amadora had 7 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

At least three goals per match were seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Sporting Lisbon have been involved. Their opponents scored 5 of them in this period while Sporting Lisbon totted up 14. While that may be of interest, it remains to be seen whether such a trend might be sustained in this next game.

Their prior results show that Sporting Lisbon:

• have not been beaten in the league by Braga in their previous 5 games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 7 home league matches.

Braga

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Braga go into this meeting following a 2-1 Primeira Liga win over Arouca in their previous outing.

In that match, Braga had 55% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Braga, the scorers were Ricardo Horta (39') and Uroš Račić (44'). Arouca got 7 shots on goal with 1 on target. Alfonso Trezza (68') was the scorer for Arouca.

A series of resolute displays by the Braga defensive players has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 3 from their last 6 fixtures overall. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 6.

Coming into this contest, Braga haven't beaten Sporting Lisbon in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 22/01/2022 shows that Sporting Lisbon have won 3 of these and Braga 1, with the number of drawn results being 2.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 27 in all at an average of 4.5 goals per match.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was Primeira Liga match day 11 on 10/11/2024 and the score finished Braga 2-4 Sporting Lisbon.

In that game, Braga had 29% possession and 3 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Ricardo Horta (20', 45').

Sporting Lisbon had 13 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Hidemasa Morita (58'), Morten Hjulmand (81') and Conrad Harder (89', 94') scored.

The match was refereed by Luis Godinho.

📰 Team News: Sporting Lisbon

We think that Sportinguistas will probably use the 3-4-3 system featuring Rui Silva, Matheus, Ousmane Diomande, Jerry St. Juste, Ivan Fresneda, Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Maximiliano Araujo, Trincao, Viktor Gyoekeres and Geovany Quenda.

ℹ️ Team News: Braga

Braga boss Carlos Carvalhal has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Fran Navarro (unknown injury) and Roger (Muscle injury) are not able to play.

From our viewpoint, Os Arcebispos seem most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting the game with Lukas Hornicek, Victor Gomez, Paulo Oliveira, Robson Bambu, Francisco Chissumba, Joao Moutinho, Jean-Baptiste Gorby, Gabri Martinez, Rodrigo Zalazar, Ricardo Horta and Amine El Ouazzani.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Sporting Lisbon are likely to get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

In contrast, Braga might well find it a difficult task getting on the scoresheet but do we see them hitting back at some stage, too.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a 3-1 win for Sporting Lisbon come full-time.

Victor Martins, 19:03 07/04/2025