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Sporting Braga Sporting CP betting prediction


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Looking at the match between these clubs, it is possible to notice that the Braga players have an advantage by playing inside doors, that is, they must dominate and enjoy the best chances to score goals. On the other hand, Sporting should enter the field with an offensive mentality, looking for the goal through counterattacks by the runners, a transition in which they are very competent. Having said that and taking into account these factors, we believe that there are goals in this League Cup semi-final.
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Preview
Sporting Braga and Sporting CP meet at Estádio Municipal de Braga, in a match for this stage of the Taça da Liga (Semi‑finals). At this stadium, the head‑to‑head history indicates total balance between these two teams, since there is a record of 2 draws and 2 wins for each team in the last 6 matches. Sure enough, the last time these teams met at this stadium was on 23‑01‑2019, in a match for the Taça da Liga, Sporting CP only reached the win by (3‑4), after a penalty shootout. The goals of the match were scored by Dyego Sousa (3' ), for Sporting Braga, and by S. Coates (37' ), for Sporting CP. In this match the home advantage may play an important role, as both teams present significant differences between home and away performances.

Analysis Braga

The home team got access to this stage of the Taça da Liga (Semi‑finals) after having finished the group stage in the 1st position of Group A, with 9 points won. This is a team that, oddly enough, has had better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 11 wins and 4 losses in away matches; against 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses at their stadium. In their last match, for the Primeira Liga, they got an away win against Porto by (1‑2). In the last 10 home matches Sporting Braga has won 6, tied 3 and lost 1. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 7 times, but have turned the score around in 3.

Braga go into this game very motivated after winning, by 1-2, while traveling to FC Porto, in a game counting for the Portuguese championship. To reach this stage of the League Cup, the club from Braga beat Paços de Ferreira by 1-4. For playing against a more complicated opponent, mister Rúben Amorim must keep a team farther back, waiting for the opponent in his defensive midfield. Paulinho is the best scorer of this Braga team with 16 goals scored. For this game the home team cannot count on Claudemir and Hassan, both with physical problems.

Confirmed Lineup: Matheus, Raul Silva, Nuno Sequeira, Bruno Viana, Vitor Tormena, Ricardo Esgaio, Ricardo Horta, Fransergio, João Novais, Paulinho, Wenderson Galeno.

Analysis Sporting CP

The away team comes to this stage of the Taça da Liga (Semi‑finals) after having finished the group stage in the 1st position of Group C, with 6 points won. This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses in away matches, with 26 goals scored and 19 conceded; against 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses at their stadium, with 23 goals scored and 18 conceded. In their last match, for the Primeira Liga, they got a home loss against Benfica by (0‑2). Their last away match was for the Primeira Liga and ended in a win by (1‑3) against Vitória Setúbal. In the last 10 away matches Sporting CP has won 6 and lost 4. Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 6 times and have only turned the score around in 1. In the last 10 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 7 of their 18 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Sporting comes unmotivated for this match after having lost, by 0-2, against Benfica, in a game counting for the Portuguese championship. To reach the final stage of the League Cup, the Leon club eliminated Portimonense. In this match against Braga, coach Silas must maintain his standard tactical system, the 4-3-3, favoring a more dominant style of play, that is, recovering the ball in more advanced terrains and looking for organized attacks to create danger . Bruno Fernandes is Sporting's best scorer with 15 goals scored. For this game the outsider mister can count on all his players.

Confirmed Lineup: Luis Maximiano, Jérémy Mathieu, Stefan Ristovski, Sebastián Coates, Idrissa Doumbia, Wendel, Rafael Camacho, Rodrigo Battaglia, Bruno Fernandes, Marcos Acuña, Luiz Phellype.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Braga vs Sporting CP match, on 21 January 2020, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Over 2,5 goals ⇒ bet available on bet365.

The Braga vs Sporting CP on 21 January 2020 will be played at Braga, Estádio Municipal de Braga.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Online Betting Academy, for the Braga Sporting CP match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Braga at with 56% of the tips.

 

Taça da Liga - 2019/2020

  • 100% 45 / 45 Games

  • Home team wins 42.22%
  • Draws 15.56%
  • Away team wins 42.22%
  • Over 1.5 66.67%
  • Over 2.5 42.22%
  • Over 3.5 17.78%
  • Goals 106
  • Goals /match 2.36
  • Goals /match home 1.11
  • Goals /match away 1.24
  • Both teams score 51.11%
  • Goals after 80' 21.7%
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