Sporting Braga vs Porto Match Analysis and Prediction

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Porto will be looking for the victory that will aid them to clinch their 30th Primeira Liga title when they make a trip to the Estadio Braga Mucipal to face Sporting Braga on Monday.

The Dragons, who have enjoyed an unbeaten campaign so far, boast a nine-point lead over second-placed Sporting Lisbon at the top of the league table after picking up 82 points from 30 matches.

Sporting Braga were denied a fourth conscutive Primeira Liga victory for the first time this season when they were held to a goalless draw by a resilient Estoril Praia side last Monday.

That followed a quarter-final exit from the Europa League as they suffered a 3-1 exra-time defeat against Rangers two Thursdays ago despite their 1-0 victory in the reverse leg on March 4.

Braga have already secured their place in next season’s Conference League, and now head into Monday’s game unbeaten in eight of their last nine league matches, claiming five wins and three draws in the process.

Carlos Carvalhal’s side have calimed 16 wins, eight draws and six defeats from their 30 matches so far to collect 56 points and sit fourth in the Primeira Liga standings, nine points above fifth-placed Gil Vicente in the final European qualification spot.

Meanwhile, Porto continued their chase for a domestic double as they booked their places in the Taca de Portugal final through a 1-0 victory over rivals Sporting Lisbon in the second leg of their semi-final clash last Thursday.

Porto now turn their attention to the Primeira Liga, where they are currently on a run of six consecutive victories since February’s 1-1 draw with Gil Vicente.

With four matches left, Dragoes will be eying their best-ever point tally in the Primeira Liga, currently sitting six points adrift of their 2017-18 title-winning campaign where they finished with 88 points.

Sporting Braga vs Porto head to head

The two teams have previously met on 65 occasions across all competitions, where Porto have claimed 39 victories while Braga have won 13, and they have drawn in 13. Porto have scored 124 goals and conceded 59. In their last five meetings, Porto have won twice, Braga once with two draws.

Porto 3-1 Sporting Braga 19/09/20

Sporting Braga 2-2 Porto 07/02/21

Sporting Braga 1-1 Porto 10/02/21

Porto 2-3 Sporting Braga 03/03/21

Porto 1-0 Sporting Braga 12/12/21

Sporting Braga latest home form

Braga have recently been on a good run of form at home, having lost just one of their eight most recent matches. In their last home game, they defeated Rangers 1-0 on April 7 in the Europa League. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded three.

Sporting Braga 0-0 Santa Clara 28/02/22

Sporting Braga 2-0 Monaco 10/03/22

Sporting Braga 0-1 Gil Vicente 13/03/22

Sporting Braga 3-2 Benfica 01/04/22

Sporting Braga 1-0 Rangers 07/04/22

Sporting Braga latest away form

Braga have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just two of their six most recent matches. They lost 3-1 to Rangers after extra time on April 14 in the Europa League. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded five.

Monaco 1-1 Sporting Braga 17/03/22

Portimonense 1-2 Sporting Braga 20/03/22

Vizela 0-1 Sporting Braga 10/04/22

Rangers (E)3-1 Sporting Braga 14/04/22

Estoril 0-0 Sporting Braga 18/04/22

Porto latest home form

Porto have recently been on a good run of form at home, having won each of their four most recent matches. Their last home defeat came 1-0 against Lyon on March 9 in the Europa League. In their last five matches, they have scored 15 goals and conceded just one.

Porto 0-1 Lyon 09/03/22

Porto 4-0 Tondela 13/03/22

Porto 3-0 Santa Clara 04/04/22

Porto 7-0 Portimonense 16/04/22

Porto 1-0 Sporting Lisbon 21-04/22

Porto latest away form

Porto have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their 13 most recent matches. In their last away game, they managed to defeat Vitoria Guimaraes 1-0 in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded four.

Sporting Lisbon 1-2 Porto 02/03/22

Pacos Ferreira 2-4 Porto 06/03/22

Lyon 1-1 Porto 17/03/22

Boavista 0-1 Porto 20/03/22

Vitoria Guimaraes 0-1 Porto 10/04/22

Sporting Braga news

Braga remain without the services of Iuri Medeiros after he missed out on the trip to Estoril Praia due to injury.

However, they will be boosted by the return of fellow forward Vitor Tormena, who is now available for selection after serving a one-match suspension for receiving a red card against Vizela.

Porto news

After making 24 appearances in the Primeira Liga this season, Mateus Uribe continues his spell on the sidelines after coming off injured in the game against Santa Clara on April 4.

Mehdi Taremi is likely to feature in attack alongside Evanilson and Fabio Vieira for the third game on the bounce.

Prediction and Odds

Porto have enjoyed an impressive run of form in their domestic campaign this season and are now closing in on a record-breaking title victory.

Considering the gap in quality between the two sides, we are backing Dragoes to end their winless run at Estadio Braga Municipal since 2019 with a victory.

Odds: 1 2.40 X 2.00 2 2.15