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Porto Sporting Braga betting prediction


Betting suggestion:

This is a very important short-term match for the top scorers, where FC Porto will have to win, even to pressure, just minutes before, Benfica, who on this journey goes to Alvalade. The defensive cohesion of Conceição's team has not been at its best and this will be something that Braga will be able to enjoy in good time, although the superiority of the "dragons" should not be undermined, as the team will act with the support of their fans in a game of great importance for the FC Porto fight for the title.
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Preview
Porto and Sporting Braga meet at Estádio Do Dragão, in a match for the 17th round of the Primeira Liga. At this stadium, the head‑to‑head history favours the home team, since they have a record of 4 wins and 1 draw in the last 5 matches. Sure enough, the last time these teams met at this stadium, on 26‑02‑2019, in a match for the Taça de Portugal, Porto won by (3‑0). The goals of the match were scored by Alex Telles (37' ), Tiquinho (63' ) and Y. Brahimi (90' ) for Porto.

Analysis Porto

The home team is currently in the 2nd position of the league, with 41 points won, after 13 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Sporting CP, by (1‑2). In the last match, they won in an away match against Moreirense, by (2‑4). In their last match, for the Taça de Portugal, they got a home win against Varzim by (2‑1).

In this competition, they have a sequence of 7 wins in the last home matches. There are a few recurrent results in their home matches: at half‑time 2‑0 (3 out of 7 matches) and 1‑0 (4 out of 7 matches) and after the 90' 3‑0 (3 out of 7 matches). Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that likes to score first. They have opened up the score in 12 of the last 16 matches for the Primeira Liga, they have reached half‑time in front in 11 of those 12 matches and have always held on to the lead until the end of the 90'. In 16 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 4 times and have only turned the score around in 1. there are 2 periods that stand out in the last 16 home matches for all competitions: they have suffered 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (31'‑45') and 3 of their 8 goals between (0'‑15').

The FC Porto team comes to this 17th round, which completes the first round of the NOS League, in the runner-up of the classification, with four points disadvantage for Benfica. Despite the good campaign carried out by the team led by Sérgio Conceição, the dragons have lagged behind their rivals and are looking to capitalize on the eventual loss of eagles' points in the derby against Sporting. In the last round, FC Porto won, in a difficult game, against Moreirense, by 4-2, with goals scored by Soares, Alex Telles, Luis Díaz and Corona, to materialize the turnaround after the goal conceded early in the match. However, already after that, the blue-and-white team again failed to convince at all but managed to reach the Portuguese Cup semi-finals by beating Varzim at home last Tuesday, by 2-1.

Confirmed Lineup: Agustin Marchesin, Ivan Marcano, Alex Telles, Chancel Mbemba, Danilo Pereira, Otavinho, Wilson Manafá, Mateus Uribe, Jesús Corona, Tiquinho, Moussa Marega.

Analysis Braga

The away team is currently in the 5th position of the league, with 24 points won, after 7 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Belenenses, by (1‑7). In the last match, they won in a home match against Tondela, by (2‑1). In the last 8 away league matches Sporting Braga has a record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, so they have won 10 points out of 24 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑1 (3 out of 8 matches). Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 16 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 9 times and have only turned the score around in 1.

Despite the stubborn start, Sporting Braga is moralized on this round 17, having managed to get closer in recent weeks to the places of access to European competitions, in what is the main goal of the Minho's group in this championship. Rúben Amorim's entry into the coaching position left vacant by the departure of Sá Pinto seems to have worked well, as Braga scored two wins in both games with the new coach. First, with the historic 7-1 victory against Belenenses and, more recently, against Tondela, where Braga had to react to a less successful first half, in a game where they went to the disadvantage. A Paulinho's encore would materialize, in the last minutes of the game, the turnaround at Pedreira, in a second half where Braga clearly rose from production.

Confirmed Lineup: Matheus, Raul Silva, Vitor Tormena, Bruno Viana, Nuno Sequeira, Ricardo Esgaio, João Palhinha, Fransergio, Francisco Trincão, Paulinho, Wilson Eduardo.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Porto vs Braga match, on 17 January 2020, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: FC Porto wins and Over 1.5 goals ⇒ bet available on 1xbet.

The Porto vs Braga on 17 January 2020 will be played at Porto, Estádio Do Dragão.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Online Betting Academy, for the Porto Braga match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Porto at with 92% 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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