The top two in Group F are set to square off this Thursday Dec 9th in the final matchday of the Europa League group games when Braga will welcome the visiting side to the Estádio Municipal de Braga both having in mind that a draw would not be necessarily enough to take them to the knockout stage and a win is in hunt.
Braga are the second placed team with 9 points that being one point less of their opponents here and a point above the third Midtjylland. Midtjylland’s victory in the final matchday can overturn the known here in this group and climb to finish first on goal difference suppose this match ends in a draw.
The Portuguese side has been impressive in the Portuguese Primeira liga and are among the top 4 in the standings with 25 points from 13 fixtures. They are now 6 points adrift of the third spot and 4 points above the firth spot.
Braga head into the game on a two-game winning run in the Primeira Liga and will look to keep the momentum to seal their place in the next round.
Red Star Belgrade, on the other hand are the top team in the group with 10 points from the 5 group fixtures having won 3 times and drawn once. They come to this match guns blazing having in mind that a draw can have the third placed overtake them.
The Serbian side has been on the same impressive run in the Serbian top flight and is now placed second in the Serbian superliga with 50 points from 19 fixtures. They sit 3 points below the top spot and a big difference gap of 16 points above the third spot.
Dejan Stanković’s men have now won each of their last seven games on the bounce across all competitions and they come on the back of 2-0 win over Napredak Kruševac in the Serbian Superliga.
Braga vs Red Star Belgrade head to head
In the previous 4 matches between the two teams each has won once with 2 draws with Red star Belgrade winning in the latest encounter in September. Braga haven’t lost in any of their last 10 home matches. However, Crvena Zvezda have a winning streak of 7 matches.
- Crvena Zvezda 2-1 Braga 16/09/21
- Braga 2-0 Crvena Zvezda 19/12/07
- Braga 1-1 Crvena Zvezda 29/09/05
- Crvena Zvezda 0-0 Braga 15/09/05
Home
- Braga 2-0 Estoril
- Braga 4-1 Vizela
- Midtjylland 3-2 Braga
- Braga 6-0 Santa Clara Azores
- Benfica Lisbon 6-1 Braga
Away
- Napredak 0-2 Crvena Zvezda
- Crvena Zvezda 1-0 Vozdovac Belgrade
- Crvena Zvezda 3-0 Spartak
- Crvena Zvezda 1-0 Ludogorets
- Mladost Lucani 1-5 Crvena Zvezda
Braga team news
David Carmo, Nuno Sequeira, Vitor Tormena, Ali Elmusrati, Wenderson Galeno will all miss out with injuries.
Red Star Belgrade team news
No reported injuries or suspensions in this squad.
Prediction and odds
- Double chance
- Goals over 2.5
- Both sides to score
