Braga – SC Farense Picks & Prediction

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Braga - SC Farense Prediction, Picks and Tips

Sporting Braga and Farense meet at Estádio Municipal de Braga, in a match for the 8th round of the Primeira Liga. There is no recent record of direct confrontations between these two teams, who have not played a game in the last 3 years. The last time they met was on 22‑11‑2015, in a match that ended with the final score: Farense (0‑0) Sporting Braga.

The home team is currently in 2nd position, with 15 points won, after 5 wins and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they won at home against Famalicão by (1‑0). In the last match, they won away against Benfica by (2‑3). In their last match, for the UEFA Europa League, they drew Leicester City at home by (3‑3). In their last 10 home games Sporting Braga has recorded 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. For this competition, he registers a sequence of 5 victories in his last matches. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 6 of the last 7 matches for this competition. This is a team that tends to score many times first: it opened the scoring in 10 of its last 12 games, of these 10 it reached the break with an advantage in 8 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 'in 8. The Braga team comes to this day to occupy the 2nd place in the standings, with the same 15 points as Benfica, four points behind Sporting's leadership and two points ahead of FC Porto. At the head of a very interesting campaign that allows him to nurture his dream of being able to interfere in the fight for the top positions, Carlos Carvalhal's team comes into play after having drawn, last Thursday, against Leicester (3 -3), in Matchday 4 of the Europa League group stage, where Braga is one step away from qualifying. Last weekend, they won with suffering, in the visit to the Trofense (1-2), and guaranteed the classification for the 4th day of the Portuguese Cup.

After 1 victory, 2 draws and 4 losses, the visiting team is currently in 16th position, with 5 points won. In their last match, they beat Boavista at home by (3‑1), after having drawn away in the previous match, in a match against Belenenses, by (1‑1). In their last 10 away matches, Farense has recorded 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. Their defense has not been very solid, since they have conceded at least one goal in each of the last 7 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 9 of the last 10 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 4 away matches for all competitions: they have conceded 3 of their 6 goals between minutes (76' ‑ 90 ').
Our recommendation tip for Braga - SC Farense: BTS / NO @ 1.67