Sporting Braga will be looking to move to the top of the Primeira Liga standings when they play host to Vizela at the Estadio Braga Municipal on Sunday.
On the other hand, Vizela head into the weekend on a run of five consecutive matches without a win and will be desperate to end this dry spell.
Sporting Braga made it two wins from two in their quest for European glory as they defeated Union Berlin 1-0 on home turf in Group D of the Europa League last Thursday.
Having began their campaign with a 2-0 victory over Malmo on September 9, Vitinha scored the only goal of the game to condemn the German outfit to a second successive group defeat.
Artur Jorge’s side now return to the Primeira Liga, where they are currently on a five-game winning run, scoring 18 goals and keeping four clean sheets since a 3-3 draw with Sporting Lisbon on the opening weekend back in August.
Os Arcebispos head into Sunday on a run of seven consecutive wins across all competitions, while they are unbeaten in 12 of their last 14 matches in all competitions, claiming 12 wins and one draw since the start of July.
Meanwhile, Vizela were condemned to a second consecutive defeat last time out when they were beaten 1-0 by Estoril Praia at the Estadio do Vizela.
The Vizelenses have now failed to win any of their last five matches, picking up two points from the available 15 while conceding seven goals and scoring four since a 1-0 victory away to Rio Ave in August’s league opener.
Having picked up five points from their opening six matches, Vizela are currently 13th in the league standings, level on points with 14th-placed Rio Ave, but could move as high as 10th place with all three points on Sunday.
Sporting Braga vs Vizela head to head
These two teams have previously met on just four occasions, where Sporting Braga have claimed three victories while Vizela have won one. Braga have scored nine goals and conceded five in the process. In their last meeting, Sporting Braga claimed a 1-0 away victory.
Vizela 3-4 Sporting Braga 06/07/21
Sporting Braga 4-1 Vizela 30/11/21
Vizela 1-0 Sporting Braga 23/12/21
Vizela 0-1 Sporting Braga 10/04/22
Sporting Braga latest home form
Sporting Braga have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their 12 most recent matches. They defeated Union Berlin 1-0 in their last home game in the Europa League. In their last five matches, they have scored 12 goals and conceded just one.
Sporting Braga 2-1 Celta Vigo 29/07/22
Sporting Braga 3-3 Sporting Lisbon 07/08/22
Sporting Braga 5-0 Maritimo 21/08/22
Sporting Braga 1-0 Vitoria Guimaraes 03/09/22
Sporting Braga 1-0 Union Berlin 15/09/22
Sporting Braga latest away form
Sporting Braga have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having won each of their four most recent matches. They managed to defeat Rio Ave 3-2 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 14 goals and conceded four.
Portimonense 2-0 Sporting Braga 23/07/22
Famalicao 0-3 Sporting Braga 12/08/22
Arouca 0-6 Sporting Braga 28/08/22
Malmo 0-2 Sporting Braga 08/09/22
Rio Ave 2-3 Sporting Braga 11/09/22
Vizela latest home form
Vizela have recenty failed to keep a good run of form at home, having been winless in their six most recent matches. They were beaten 1-0 by Estoril Praia in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded 10.
Vizela 1-3 Torreense 15/07/22
Vizela 2-3 Gil Vicente 27/07/22
Vizela 0-1 Porto 14/08/22
Vizela 2-2 Gil Vicente 29/08/22
Vizela 0-1 Estoril 12/09/22
Vizela latest away form
Vizela have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just two of their eight most recent matches. They lost 2-1 to Benfica in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded six.
Penafiel 2-0 Vizela 30/07/22
Pacos Ferreira 1-2 Vizela 30/07/22
Rio Ave 0-1 Vizela 06/08/22
Chaves 1-1 Vizela 20/08/22
Benfica 2-1 Vizela 02/09/22
Sporting Braga news
Sporting Braga will once again be without defender Victor Gomez, who has been out of action since he was forced off in August’s league opener against Sporting Lisbon.
Jorge is expected to name a back four of Nuno Sequeira, Paulo Oliveira, Vitor Tormena and Fabiano Silva, shielding Matheus Lima in goal.
Vizela news
Vizela full-back Silva is out of contention for this contest after receiving his marching orders against Estoril Praia last time out, while Bruno Wilson will sit out his second consecutive game.
In his absence, Igor Juliao will push for his first starting appearance of the season, teaming up with Anderson, Kiki Afonso and Ivanildo Fernandes.
Prediction and Odds
Sporting Braga have recently kept an impressive run of results and head into the contest as one of the most in-form sides in the division.
We predict that they will make light work of a struggling Vizela side who have failed to get on track this season. So, we expect a home win.
Odds: 1 1.89 X 2.10 2 2.30
Probable outcomes
Sporting Braga 2-0 Vizela
Sporting Braga 2-1 Vizela
Sporting Braga 3-0 Vizela
Sporting Braga 3-1 Vizela
Sporting Braga 4-1 Vizela
