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With Sporting Lisbon and Braga face the eternal third and fourth of the Primeira League. In the past five seasons, the two clubs each four times occupied their ancestral position. Also in the last season this was the case again.
In the new edition of the Portuguese championship Sporting launched last weekend with a disappointing 1: 1 on Madeira at Maritimo Funchal. Just one week earlier, the team of Dutch coach Marcel Keizer suffered a painful 0-5 defeat by Benfica in the Super Cup. The prelude to the current season has thus been unsuccessful.
For Braga things look much rosier. In league play a 3: 1 home win against Moreirense was achieved and also succeeded last Thursday, the entry into the playoffs for participation in the group stage in the Europa League. Although the latest match against Bröndby IF took place at home, the exchange with the Scandinavians was still a tough one.
In light of the current double load of guests and the traditional home strength of the captains, between Sporting Lisbon and Braga we are tempting to win at home but will be backed by a draw-no-bet in case of a draw. The Sporting Lisbon will be played against Braga’s prediction with a stint of five units.
Sporting Lisbon:
The 1: 1 at the island kickers of Maritimo Funchal is clearly too little for the claims of Sporting. Already the preparation was bumpy. Not one of five test matches was won.
Instead, it hailed, among other things, an embarrassing 1: 2 defeat against the Swiss second division FC Rapperswil -Jona. Admittedly, there were also some respectable results, such as a draw against the Liverpool Reds, but there were no real successes in the friendlies.
Two weeks ago, the Super Cup final against titleholder Benfica was really bitter: Sporting from the Estádio Algarve in Faro on the Atlantic coast could be shot 0: 5. Completely as disastrous as the result suggests, the match was not, but once again it became clear that Sporting can not compete with the archrival for some time.
Although Benfica was knocked out of the cup 1-0 last season, it was their first win in three and a half years. The Green-Whites will put in the upcoming match but above all on their home strength.
In the last season no fewer than 14 of the 17 home games were victoriously won – this was the same yield as with champions Benfica, who gave Sporting the only home defeat in early February of this year.
From this perspective, it can be seen why the Sporting Lisbon against Braga quotas, despite the currently little edifying results tend slightly towards a home win. The Leoes are otherwise with a quasi-unchanged team in the new season.
The main players such as the Portuguese Bruno Fernandes, the Dutch Bas Dost and the Brazilian Luiz Phellype could be held. Especially the whereabouts of the 24-year-old Fernandes will have delighted the fans.
After all, he was the second best scorer of the Primeira Liga in the past season and was also involved in a total of 33 seasonal goals of Verde e brancos directly or in the form of a template. An impressive value that covers almost half of all Lisbon matches.
Braga:
The Arcebispos finished fourth in the recent season. The placement is, as mentioned at the beginning, the fate of the kicker from the north. After Porto, Benfica and Sporting, the Arsenalistas have been playing the role of fourth power in Portuguese football for years.
It has never been enough to win the championship, and this dream of the fans of Braga will not come true that quickly. The reason is that the Braguistas compared to the above-mentioned top trio have significantly less financial resources.
Coach Ricardo Sa Pinto had to draw some top players again this summer. One example is the defensive player Mamadou Loum, the league rival and runner-up Porto grabbed. On the offensive also hurt the departure of Dyego Sousa. The 29-year-old is under contract with Shenzen FC in the Chinese Super League.
With him, the two-time cup winner of the country has lost his best striker from the previous season. Nevertheless, the start of the new season in the upper house of Portuguese football succeeded befittingly in the form of a deserved 3-1 victory against FC Moreirense. In addition, Braga is in the playoffs for participation in the group stage in the Europa League.
After 4-2 in the first leg at Bröndby IF, the return leg ended on Thursday evening 3-1 for the Portuguese. The 2011 Europa League finalists, as Braga defeated FC Porto in what is to date the only all-Portuguese final on the European stage, will face Spartak Moscow next week.
Sporting vs Braga head to head matches
17.02.19 PL Sporting Braga 3 : 0
23.01.19 CUP Braga Sporting 1 : 2 (1 : 1)
24.09.18 PL Braga Sporting 1 : 0
31.03.18 PL Braga Sporting 1 : 0
05.11.17 PL Sporting Braga 2 : 2