Braga vs Dinamo Minsk - prediction, team news, lineups

Braga proceed their Conference League run connected Thursday erstwhile they invited Dinamo Minsk to the Estadio Municipal de Braga for the archetypal limb of their 3rd qualifying circular tie.

The Portuguese hosts eased past Serbian outfit Zeleznicar Pancevo 5-0 connected aggregate successful the erstwhile round, portion the Belarusian visitors edged past Neftci Baku 4-3 crossed 2 legs to scope this stage.

Match preview

Even though Braga were made to enactment hard successful the first-leg triumph implicit Zeleznicar, fewer would person doubted the Archbishops' quality to decorativeness the occupation successful Minho, and the instrumentality fixture yet proved a regular assignment.

Carlos Vicens's broadside took the pb successful the 21st infinitesimal done Ricardo Horta's punishment earlier Gabriel Silva doubled the advantage, and though the erstwhile missed different spot-kick aft the hour, Pau Victor converted the rebound earlier Fran Navarro completed the rout precocious connected to seal a 4-0 win.

That triumph extended Braga's unbeaten tally to 7 matches (D1), 4 of those triumphs coming during pre-season, portion it besides secured the Minho nine consecutive competitory victories for the archetypal clip since April, having ended 2025-26 with a four-match winless run.

That series included draws successful each of their last 3 league fixtures of the campaign, which saw Vicens's men decorativeness 4th successful the Primeira Liga table and unafraid a spot successful the Conference League qualifiers, ending a tally of 7 successive seasons featuring successful the main signifier of either the Champions League oregon Europa League.

Even so, Braga volition fancy their chances of taking power of this tie, having won 8 of their past 10 European location matches wrong 90 minutes, portion scoring 11 goals and conceding lone erstwhile crossed their astir caller 3 continental qualifier outings successful Minho.

Meanwhile, Dinamo Minsk volition gully assurance from the information that their distant performances person been decisive passim this season's qualifying campaign.

The Belarusian outfit overturned a first-leg shortage against FK Sileks successful the opening circular earlier progressing connected penalties successful North Macedonia, though their way done the 2nd qualifying signifier followed a antithetic pattern.

Alyaksandr Shahoyka's broadside laid the foundations with a 4-2 triumph distant to Neftci Baku earlier surviving a nervy instrumentality limb astatine Stadion Beroe (neutral venue), wherever they suffered a 1-0 decision after conceding successful the 12th infinitesimal but inactive precocious connected aggregate.

Those losses to Neftci and Sileks stay the White-Blues' lone defeats crossed their past 12 matches successful each competitions, highlighting the resilience they person shown during that period, which besides includes a 3-0 triumph distant to metropolis rivals FC Minsk successful their astir caller league outing.

Currently 2 points wide astatine the apical of the Belarusian Premier League table, Dinamo Minsk look good placed to reclaim the rubric they surrendered past season, portion besides targeting a instrumentality to the Conference League due aft featuring successful the league signifier during the 2024-25 campaign.

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Team News

Braga appeared to travel done past week's second-leg triumph without immoderate caller wounded concerns, though defender Sikou Niakate remains sidelined with the Achilles wounded helium suffered successful April.

Vicens made 3 changes from the broadside that started the archetypal leg, handing summertime signings Gabriel Silva, Denis Huseinbasic and Bernardo Fontes their archetypal competitory starts for the club.

Silva strengthened his lawsuit to clasp his spot aft opening his Braga relationship against Zeleznicar, portion Fontes is expected to proceed successful extremity pursuing Lukas Hornicek's determination to Newcastle United, though Huseinbasic could marque mode for Diego Rodrigues successful midfield.

Dinamo Minsk caput manager Shahoyka made conscionable 1 alteration betwixt the 2 legs against Neftci Baku, and it remains to beryllium seen whether Artem Sokolovskiy keeps his spot successful midfield oregon Aleksey Zhechko returns to the starting lineup.

Karen Vardanyan is expected to spearhead the onslaught erstwhile again, with the 22-year-old aiming to physique connected his awesome distant show successful Azerbaijan, having scored a brace nett successful the archetypal limb clash with Neftci.

The visitors volition erstwhile again beryllium without winger Ivan Bakhar, who has been sidelined since March with a hamstring injury.

Braga imaginable starting lineup:

Fontes; Gomez, Barcia, Carvalho, Arrey-Mbi; Moutinho, Gorby, Rodrigues; G Silva, P Víctor, Horta

Dinamo Minsk imaginable starting lineup:

Shimakovich; Gurban, Ivanov, Kalinin, A Toure; Selyava, Zhechko, Abdullahi; Djimet, Vardanyan, Malashevich

We say: Braga 3-0 Dinamo Minsk

Dinamo Minsk's distant exploits successful this season's Conference League qualifiers merit credit, but they present look a Braga broadside with greater quality, stronger European pedigree and an outstanding location grounds successful continental competition.

The Portuguese outfit person been peculiarly ruthless connected their ain turf successful qualifying matches, and we expect Vicens's men to instrumentality a commanding first-leg vantage into adjacent week's instrumentality fixture.

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