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Braga
Primeira Liga | Gameweek 4
Aug 29, 2021 at 6pm UK
Estádio Municipal de Braga
Vitoria de Guimaraes

Braga
0 - 0
Guimaraes


Silva (32'), Elmusrati (37')
FT

Almeida (24'), Rochinha (27'), Soares (52'), Trmal (85'), Mumin (90+2')

Preview: Braga vs. Vitoria de Guimaraes - prediction, team news, lineups

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Primeira Liga clash between Braga and Vitoria de Guimaraes, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Braga will be looking to build on last week's thrilling 3-2 victory at Moreirense when they welcome Vitoria de Guimaraes to the Braga Municipal on Sunday.

The visitors will head into the game with the aim of getting one over their hosts, who are currently on a five-game winning streak in this fixture.


Match preview

Braga's Paulinho celebrates scoring against Leicester City in the Europa League on November 26, 2020© Reuters

Taca de Portugal champions Braga returned to winning ways last time out when they withstood a late comeback scare to claim a 3-2 victory over Moreirense.

In a frenetic and action-packed contest, Moreirense looked set to pick up a point when quickfire goals from Steven Vitoria and Paulinho Mota in the final 10 minutes of normal time levelled the scores after Fabio Martins and Iuri Medeiros had put Braga two goals up, but Ricardo Horta popped up in the 95th minute to grab a dramatic winner.

This followed a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Sporting Lisbon two Saturdays ago when Abel Ruiz grabbed a 92nd-minute consolation goal after Jovane Cabral and Pedro Goncalves put the reigning champions two goals ahead.

Carlos Carvalhal's side have now picked up six points from a possible nine and will look to avoid more dropped points to keep abreast with the sides at the top of the table.

Meanwhile, Vitoria picked up their first win of the new season last Sunday when they cruised to an emphatic 4-0 win over Vizela on home turf.

With the scores level going into the break, Os Vimaranenses put on a clinical team performance in the second half as Andre Andre, Oscar Estupinan, Marcus Edwards and Falaye Sacko were on target to condemn the newly-promoted side to their second defeat of the season.

Prior to that, Vitoria were on a run of six games without a win in the Primeira Liga, with their last win coming back in April when they beat Moreirense 2-0.

With one win and one draw from their opening three games, Pepa will be impressed with his side's positive start to the season and will hope last week's performance can serve as a springboard for a fine run of form.

However, next up is the daunting task of taking on an opposing side who have won each of the last five meetings and are unbeaten in 10 of the last 11.

Braga Primeira Liga form:
  • W
  • L
  • W

Braga form (all competitions):
  • D
  • W
  • L
  • W
  • L
  • W

Vitoria de Guimaraes Primeira Liga form:
  • L
  • D
  • W

Vitoria de Guimaraes form (all competitions):
  • W
  • W
  • W
  • L
  • D
  • W


Team News

Braga head coach Carlos Carvalhal pictured in December 2020© Reuters

Carvalhal will be unable to call upon the services of left-back Francisco Moura, who is yet to feature this year after rupturing his cruciate ligament back in November 2020.

He is joined on the club's injury table by David Carmo and Andre Castro, who are presently recovering from ankle and groin injuries respectively.

Nuno Sequeira was hooked off with a 22nd-minute injury against Maritimo three weeks ago and is also out of contention for Sunday's game.

Meanwhile, Vitoria will be boosted by the return of Alfa Semedo, who is expected to slot right into the middle of the park having served his one-match ban for picking up a red card in the game against Estoril Praia two Fridays ago.

However, first-choice goalkeeper Bruno Varela and striker Joseph Amoah remain on the sidelines through knee and ankle injuries respectively.

Braga possible starting lineup:
Matheus; Oliveira, Silva, Tormena; Fabiano, Musrati, Fransergio, Galeno; Piazon, Ruiz, Martins

Vitoria de Guimaraes possible starting lineup:
Trmal; Sacko, Fernandes, Borevkovic, Soares; Almeida, Semedo, Andre; Rochinha, Estupinan, Quaresma


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We say: Braga 2-1 Vitoria de Guimaraes

Fresh off the back of picking up their first win of the season, Vitoria will head into Sunday's game full of confidence and in high spirits. However, looking at the trend of results between the sides over the last four years, we anticipate Braga will come away with all three points.



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Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Braga win with a probability of 47.33%. A draw had a probability of 27.7% and a win for Vitoria de Guimaraes had a probability of 24.95%.

The most likely scoreline for a Braga win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.16%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.61%) and 2-1 (8.68%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.78%), while for a Vitoria de Guimaraes win it was 0-1 (9.42%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 10.4% likelihood.


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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Sporting Lisbon1010003533230
2Porto109012742327
3Benfica97112461822
4Braga106221771020
5Vitoria de GuimaraesGuimaraes105321210218
6Santa ClaraSanta Clara106041312118
7FamalicaoFamalicao10442129316
8MoreirenseMoreirense104241212014
9Casa Pia10334913-412
10Gil Vicente102441216-410
11BoavistaBoavista10235713-69
12Estoril PraiaEstoril10235816-89
13AVS10235919-109
14Rio AveRio Ave10235820-129
15Nacional9225613-78
16AroucaArouca10217619-137
17Estrela Amadora10136820-126
18SC FarenseFarense10118417-134


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