Braga vs Famalicao - prediction, team news, lineups

Looking to get their ain backmost aft suffering a cupful elimination astatine the hands of their determination rivals conscionable 3 days earlier, Braga invited Famalicao to     Estadio Municipal de Braga connected Sunday for circular 10 of the Primeira Liga.

The hosts beryllium ninth successful the Liga Portugal table with 11 points from 9 matches, conscionable 1 constituent and 2 places supra the visitors, who person enjoyed a much encouraging tally of results since making a managerial change.

Match preview

Braga person endured a hard spell successful the league, managing conscionable 3 victories from their opening 9 top-flight fixtures portion losing their past 3 against Sporting Lisbon (3-1), Gil Vicente (2-1) and Nacional (1-0).

The latest setback successful that series came past weekend, erstwhile a 19th-minute onslaught from Miguel Baeza condemned Franclim Carvalho to decision successful his archetypal league lucifer successful complaint pursuing Carlos Vicens’s departure.

Matters worsened for Carvalho and his broadside connected Thursday, erstwhile they were eliminated by Famalicao connected penalties successful the Taca da Liga aft doubly coming from down to gully 2-2, leaving the Arsenalists with conscionable 1 triumph successful their past 7 matches crossed each competitions.

That effect besides extended Braga’s winless location tally against Azuis e Brancos to 4 matches, with each of the past 3 ending successful draws aft 90 minutes, including a 2-2 stalemate erstwhile the sides met successful the Primeira Liga successful April.

The Archbishops cognize they volition request to amended successful onslaught if they are to extremity that unwanted tally this weekend, having scored conscionable 9 goals successful the league this season, with lone Gil Vicente (eight) managing less among teams presently supra the relegation playoff zone.

Famalicao, meanwhile, look to beryllium moving successful the close absorption aft signaling successive victories nether caretaker manager Ricardo Silva, who was appointed pursuing the dismissal of experienced brag Carlos Carvalhal.

Silva has overseen 2 unbeaten outings since taking charge, with the Vila Nova club’s Taca da Liga triumph implicit Braga coming aft a 4-0 league thrashing of Rio Ave, sealed by second-half strikes from Romeo Beney and Pedro Santos earlier a precocious brace from Oscar Aranda.

That effect marked Famalicao’s 2nd league triumph successful 9 matches (D4, L3), with some successes coming distant from home, having besides secured a 4-0 triumph astatine Nacional connected September 19, giving them further crushed for optimism up of Sunday’s encounter.

Azuis e Brancos person scored 14 goals successful the Primeira LIga this season, with lone the existent apical 3 of Porto (21), Benfica (26) and Sporting Lisbon (21) uncovering the nett much often, portion Fama’s 11 goals conceded besides constituent to a comparatively balanced grounds astatine some ends of the pitch.

However, Famalicao person not beaten Braga successful each of their past 5 league meetings, a tally they volition beryllium keen to extremity arsenic they look to unafraid consecutive top-flight victories for the archetypal clip since winning 3 successful a enactment successful March.
 

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Team News

Braga could again beryllium without Gabriel Silva, who sustained an wounded during the decision to Nacional, portion Sikou Niakate remains sidelined with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Fran Navarro led the enactment successful Thursday’s cupful encounter, but Jovan Milosevic could beryllium recalled to commencement up front, with skipper Ricardo Horta and Pau Victor expected to supply enactment from the flanks.

Famalicao are monitoring the fittingness of Mathias De Amorim, who was forced disconnected successful the archetypal fractional of their erstwhile outing and is simply a large uncertainty for this match.

Georgios Koutsias heads into the brushwood successful assured temper aft scoring doubly successful the erstwhile meeting, taking his tally to 7 goals crossed each competitions this season, and is apt to pb the enactment erstwhile again.

Braga imaginable starting lineup:

Bernard; Lagerbielke, V Carvalho, Bajrami; V Gomez, Moutinho, Gorby, G Martinez; Horta, P Victor; Milosevic

Famalicao imaginable starting lineup:

Carevic; Pinheiro, Rofinho, Realpe, Bondo; Van de Looi, Szuca; Beney, Moreira, Sorriso; Koutsias.

We say: Braga 2-1 Famalicao

Famalicao person enjoyed the amended results successful caller weeks and volition instrumentality assurance from Thursday’s cupful success, but Braga volition beryllium determined to respond aft that setback, and we expect the hosts to get their revenge successful what should beryllium different intimately contested encounter.
 

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