On Friday, Famalicao vs Sporting Braga meet in a match that counts for the 27th round of the Portuguese championship.
Famalicao – The surprise of the season
After 25 years in the lower leagues, Famalicao is back in the top flight, but no one expected it to have such a good run, even if the club is funded by a huge company that still owns 32% of Atletico’s shares. Madrid. Joao Pedro Sousa was chosen to prepare the team, although he is at his first experience as principal. However, for seven years he collaborated with Marco Silva and knows the Portuguese championship very well. The results started to come at the beginning of the season, and now, after 26 stages, he is in fifth place with 43 points and has a chance to take a place in the Europa League. Currently it is only three points away from this performance. Immediately after the resumption of the championship, he received a visit from Porto, and surprisingly he obtained all three points at stake. The previous stage had an easier trip to Gil Vicente, where he won 3-1. The team’s game looks better and better and considering the morale of the players, I don’t think they will lose this match.
- Probable team (4-4-2): Vana – Pinto, Roderick, Riccieli, Patrick – Goncalves, Martins, Pote, Lameiras – Racic, Toni
Braga – Can miss European cups
In the last five seasons he failed to finish on the podium. It ranked 4-5th, although the goal was at least the third place. The current season has not started well. Just one day before Christmas, Ricardo Sa Pinto was fired from the technical bench. Ruben Amorim was brought in his place, but he did not last more than two months. For the end of the season, he was chosen to prepare the team, Custodio Castro, who is in his first experience as a coach. Although on the technical bench he started with a victory, in the last two stages the team’s game looked catastrophic. He lost away to Santa Clara, score 2-3, and the previous stage with Boavista, he didn’t even manage to score. After two consecutive defeats, he is tied on points with Sporting and has a good chance of not finishing in a Europa League place. The main scorer of the team is Paulinho, with ten successes.
- Probable team (4-4-2): Matheus – Sequeira, Rolando, Carmo, Esgaio – Fransergio, Viana, Horta, Horta – Trincao, Paulinho
Famalicao vs Sporting Braga: Direct results (H2H)
- Braga vs Famalicao 2-2
- Famalicao vs Braga 1-2
Famalicao vs Sporting Braga Picks
The tour match was a spectacular one, in which four goals were scored, score 2-2. It is an important match for both teams and neither of them can afford to lose points. The hosts are in good shape, and Braga does not think he will get all three points at stake.
Our Prediction: 1x
Odds: 1.62
