📊 Form Guide

Braga

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Braga enter this fixture after a 1-1 Europa League draw vs IF Elfsborg.

In that match, Braga had 63% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, IF Elfsborg got 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Timothy Ouma (67' Own goal) and Emil Holten (84') scored for IF Elfsborg.

At least three goals per match have been seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Braga have taken part. Opposing sides scored 8 times in this period while Braga bagged a total of 10. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to be continued here, of course.

Looking at their past form shows that Braga:

• have not registered a win against Sporting Lisbon in their last 4 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

Sporting Lisbon

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Sporting Lisbon will come into the clash after a 4-1 Champions League win as they beat Manchester City in their last fixture.

In that match, Sporting Lisbon had 27% possession and 9 shots at goal with 6 on target. For Sporting Lisbon, goals were scored by Viktor Gyökeres (38', 49', 80') and Maximiliano Araújo (46'). For their opponents, Manchester City got 20 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Phil Foden (4') scored for Manchester City.

In their last six outings, Sporting Lisbon have helped themselves to a tally of 17 goals. Sporting Lisbon have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. In that time, they have seen 3 goals go against them.

Their previous form shows that Sporting Lisbon:

• have left without a victory over Braga when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• have not lost to Braga when they've played them away from home in the last 4 league games. A very good record, indeed.
• are undefeated in their previous 16 away league matches. An amazing run.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head clashes dating back to 14/08/2021 shows us that Braga have won 1 of these & Sporting Lisbon 3, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 24 in total at an average of 4 goals per match.

The previous league contest between the two was Primeira Liga match day 21 on 11/02/2024 when it finished Sporting Lisbon 5-0 Braga.

In that match, Sporting Lisbon had 47% possession and 14 shots at goal with 5 on target. The goals were scored by Trincão (8'), Eduardo Quaresma (18'), Viktor Gyökeres (70'), Daniel Bragança (73') and Nuno Santos (85').

At the other end, Braga had 7 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The referee was António Nobre.

🗞️ Team News: Braga

In all likelihood, Os Arcebispos may well go for a 4-2-3-1 formation this time, utilising Matheus, Joao Ferreira, Paulo Oliveira, Sikou Niakate, Yuri Ribeiro, Carvalho, Jean-Baptiste Gorby, Roger Fernandes, Andre Horta, Bruma and Amine El Ouazzani.

ℹ️ Team News: Sporting Lisbon

Sporting Lisbon manager Rúben Amorim has not got a full squad to pick from. Gonçalo Inácio (unknown injury) and Nuno Santos (Patellar tendon rupture) will miss out on this game.

We are inclined to think that Sportinguistas seem likely to elect for a 3-4-3 system, choosing Franco Israel, Zeno Debast, Ousmane Diomande, Jerry St. Juste, Geovany Quenda, Morten Hjulmand, Daniel Braganca, Maximiliano Araujo, Trincao, Viktor Gyoekeres and Pedro Goncalves.

✨ Prediction

We feel that Braga should have enough to put a goal past this Sporting Lisbon lineup, but one goal probably won’t prevent defeat.

We therefore reckon that it will be both teams to score in a 1-2 winning margin for Sporting Lisbon after the 90. Hopefully this is a good one.

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Lucas Pereira, 18:03 10/11/2024