Belenenses and Sporting Braga measure strength in National Stadium, in a match for the 15th round of the First League. The history of recent direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which records 5 wins and 2 losses in the last 7 games. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 22-02-2019, ended with the victory of the Belenenses by (0-2).
Belenenses:
After 4 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, the home team is currently in 14th position, with 15 points won. In his last game, he lost with the Moreirense away by (2‑1), after in the previous match having tied for (1‑1) at home, in a match against Porto. In their last 6 home games for the championship, the Belenenses won 2, drew 1 and lost 3, so they won 7 points in 18 possible. In their home league games, the most frequent final result at the break was 0-0 (3 in 6 games). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 games, so he has not presented great defensive strength, but his attack has scored regularly, since he scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since in 11 of the last 18 they played there were less than 3 goals. In 14 games in the competition, he suffered the first goal 6 times and only got 1 comeback.
The Belenenses team has failed to maintain the level of the last seasons in this edition of the NOS League, even if it is out of the relegation places, with an advantage that is currently only four points. Pedro Ribeiro’s team has already demonstrated the ability to surprise, as in the draw won against the powerful FC Porto (1-1), two days ago, but it has been very irregular. Proof of this is the result of the last round, in which the Belenenses did not take advantage of the fact of having managed to score first to succeed in the visit to the Moreirense arena, since it was defeated 2-1, in a match in the that finished the last half hour in numerical inferiority, by the expulsion of André Sousa.
Sporting Braga:
After 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, the away team is currently in 8th position, with 18 points won. In their last game, they lost with Paços de Ferreira at home by (0-1), after in the previous match they lost out, in a match against the Desportivo Aves, by (1‑0). The team arrives at this match after a victory outside with Paços de Ferreira by (1-4). For the championship, Sporting Braga conquered 7 points in 21 possible, after 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in the last 7 games he played as a visitor. In 14 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 8 times and never got the comeback.
Despite being an excellent campaign in the Europa League, in which the group stage ended in the first place, Sporting de Braga has been well below expectations in the Portuguese championship, so the club management He decided to fire coach Ricardo Sá Pinto. Meanwhile, he was replaced by the young coach Rúben Amorim, who was promoted from team B of Braga. In the fight for a European place next season, Braga is six points from Famalicão, in fourth position, in addition to strong competition in the middle. After the elimination of the Portuguese Cup, with a 2-1 defeat with Benfica, the Braga team won 4-1 at Paços de Ferreira, two weeks ago, which guaranteed the qualification for the final phase of the Portuguese League Cup.
