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Rangers vs Braga Prediction & Betting tips
This Thursday evening, the Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow will return to its old-fashioned style when Sporting Braga from Portugal visits Scottish Rangers in the sixteenth finals of the Europa League. The home club is a favorite, but the visitors have been in top form the last few weeks and feel invincible.
Rangers:
Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is doing fantastic in his first job as head coach. Rangers is all the way back to the Scottish top, and despite a very tough draw with FC Porto and Feyenoord among others, they managed to hibernate as opponents in the Europa League.
With Sporting Braga as the next opponent, there are opportunities to reach the last sixteen of the Europa League, although the Glasgow club has not been in good shape in recent weeks. The Gers dropped points in no less than three of their last six league duels, which means they have lost sight of Celtic in the Scottish Premier League. A major reason for this form dip is the goal dryness of the Colombian striker Alfredo Morelos. El Bufalo managed to get the net in his last six official games only once, although he can still call himself a top scorer of the Europa League with six goals. In any case, Gerrard remains confident in his talisman, also because Jermain Defoe is in the rag basket. Midfielder Ryan Jack has been suspended and will be replaced by Glen Kamara.
Sporting Braga:
Sporting Braga is relatively unknown, but is therefore no less harmless. The Portuguese won the very last edition of the then Intertoto Cup in 2008, and reached the Europa League final in 2011. In recent years, Os Arcebispos did not make much of a name for themselves, but they are currently in a deserving third place in the Portuguese Primeira League and crowned themselves in an pool with Wolverhampton Wanderers and Besiktas among others in the Europa League. This team can really kick a nice ball.
The advance of Sporting Braga is mainly due to Ruben Amorim. When he got hold of the reins at the end of last year, the club was only in the gray mid-range, but since then the red and white have won no less than eight of the nine games. The provisional blow was the great 0-1 victory over Benfica last weekend – Sporting Braga’s first victory at the Estadio da Luz in 65 years. Especially at dead game moments, the Portuguese are extremely dangerous. Amorim, however, is disappointed by the miserable state of the turf in the Ibrox, which, due to heavy rainfall, is not exactly in good shape.