📊 Form Guide

Braga

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Braga are hoping to win again following the 0-1 Primeira Liga victory versus Estoril.

In that game, Braga managed 54% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Braga was Álvaro Djaló (64'). Estoril had 4 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target.

Over their preceding six games, Artur Jorge's Braga have netted a combined total of 11 times, with that being an average number of goals per match of 1.83.

Vizela

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Chaves in Primeira Liga competition, Vizela and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Vizela had 65% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Vizela was Jota Gonçalves (29' Own goal). For their opponents, Chaves had 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

Looking at their form, and Vizela have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 13 goals overall. In defence, Vizela have been far from perfect.

Coming into this meeting, Vizela have not won away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league match featuring these sides was Primeira Liga match day 13 on 08/12/2023 when the final score was Vizela 1-3 Braga.

In that match, Vizela had 38% possession and 14 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player to score was Samuel Essende (72').

On the other side, Braga got 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Simon Banza (15', 56') and Bruma (96') scored.

The match was refereed by Cláudio Pereira.

🗞️ Team News: Braga

It seems likely that Os Arcebispos will possibly kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation this time, utilising Matheus, Victor Gomez, Sikou Niakate, Serdar Saatci, Cristian Borja, Joao Moutinho, Carvalho, Alvaro Djalo, Ricardo Horta, Bruma and Simon Banza.

📰 Team News: Vizela

Due to a fully healthy group available to select from, the Vizela manager Rubén de la Barrera does not have any fitness worries at all before this match.

We are inclined to think that Vizela could decide to elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup, going with Fabijan Buntic, Tomas Silva, Jota Goncalves, Joao Rodrigo Escoval, Orest Lebedenko, Samu, Diogo Nascimento, Alberto Soro, Quina, Matias Lacava and Samuel Essende.

🧠 Prediction

In our opinion, Vizela are dangerous enough to find the net against this Braga outfit, however that is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We can see both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Braga at the end of the 90 minutes. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 19:05 20/04/2024