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Sporting Braga Benfica betting prediction


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The "Quarry" should be the scene of another great football game, between two teams that have been at the top of the league table for several seasons in the NOS League. Braga will emerge motivated by the Europa League victory, but may feel a little resentful of it physically, aiming to steal points from one of the three chronic candidates, something they have not been able to do for a long time. Benfica will want to leave behind the defeat in the classic and have enough tactical-technical quality to triumph in a battle where they have been smiling in recent years.
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Preview
Sporting Braga and Benfica face at Estádio Municipal de Braga, in a match for the 4th round of the Primeira Liga. The head‑to‑head record at this stadium favours the away team, since in the last 5 head‑to‑heads they won 4 and lost 1. Accordingly, in the last head‑to‑head played at this stadium, for the Primeira Liga, on 28‑04‑2019, Benfica won by (1‑4). Wilson Eduardo (35' ) scored for Sporting Braga and Pizzi (59' and 65' ), Rúben Dias (69' ) and Rafa Silva (90' ) for Benfica. Benfica registers significant differences between home and away results, so special attention is due to the home/away factor.

Analysis Braga

The home team is currently in the 6th position of the league, with 4 points won, after 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Sporting CP, by (2‑1). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Gil Vicente, by (1‑1). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 18 goals scored and 20 conceded; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 26 goals scored and 16 conceded. They come to this match after a away win against Spartak Moskva by (1‑2). Sporting Braga has won 6, tied 2 and lost 2 of the last 10 home matches. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches. In the last 6 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 3 of their 7 goals between minutes (61'‑75').

Braga will play in this matchday 4 of the championship after joining the lot of Portuguese teams that will represent national football in this year's Europa League. Having beaten Spartak Moscow 1-0 at home, Ricardo Sá Pinto's side made an excellent replica on Russian soil, repeating the 2-1 win with the same scorer in service: Ricardo Horta. In the championship, Braga started well, beating Moreirense 3-1, but lost points in the last two matches, visiting Alvalade to face Sporting (2-1) and, in Barcelos, against Gil Vicente (1- 1). This match of the last round had a much stronger Braga in the first half hour of the game, a period in which a goal was scored by Galeno, but the opponent's reaction in the second half was excellent and the draw eventually accepted.

Confirmed Lineup: Matheus, Nuno Sequeira, Bruno Viana, Lucas Cunha, Ricardo Esgaio, André Horta, João Novais, João Palhinha, Ricardo Horta, Koka, Wenderson Galeno.
Coach: R. Gomes Duarte.

Analysis Benfica

The away team is currently in the 4th position of the league, with 6 points won, after 2 wins and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Belenenses, by (0‑2). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Porto, by (0‑2). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 12 wins and 3 losses in away matches, with 39 goals scored and 13 conceded; against 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses at their stadium, with 45 goals scored and 12 conceded. In the last 10 away matches Benfica has won 8 and lost 2. Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches.

Benfica will look to Braga for their reaction to their first defeat, coincidentally their first goal-free game of the Bruno Lage era. It took place last week in the heart of Estádio da Luz, which saw one of the weakest performances of the champion in recent times, which eventually hit the carpet against FC Porto's 2-0 win. Behind them were the three straight wins without conceding goals, which won the Super Cup (5-0 to Sporting) and the record of six points in the championship (5-0 to Paços de Ferreira and 2-0 to Belenenses). Lage's men will be trying to get back to winning ways, not only to miss Sporting and Famalicão in the lead, but to regain confidence and the spirits lost with last week's classic defeat.

Confirmed Lineup: Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Francisco Ferreira, Álex Grimaldo, Rúben Dias, Pizzi, Adel Taarabt, Florentino Luís, Rafa Silva, Haris Seferović, Raúl de Tomás.
Coach: R. Schmidt.

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Frequently asked questions

The tip and bet suggestion for the Braga vs Benfica match, on 1 September 2019, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Benfica wins ⇒ bet available on bet365.

The Braga vs Benfica on 1 September 2019 will be played at Braga, Estádio Municipal de Braga.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Online Betting Academy, for the Braga Benfica match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Benfica at with 79% of the tips.

 

Primeira Liga - 2019/2020

  • 100% 306 / 306 Games

  • Home team wins 41.18%
  • Draws 25.82%
  • Away team wins 33.01%
  • Over 1.5 69.61%
  • Over 2.5 44.12%
  • Over 3.5 25.16%
  • Goals 763
  • Goals /match 2.49
  • Goals /match home 1.35
  • Goals /match away 1.15
  • Both teams score 49.02%
  • Goals after 80' 16.78%
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