Estrela Amadora vs Braga - prediction, team news, lineups

Braga could ascent into the apical 5 of the early-season Primeira Liga table erstwhile they question to look Estrela Amadora astatine Estadio Jose Gomes successful their rescheduled matchday-three brushwood connected Thursday evening.

Originally pencilled successful for August 23, this fixture was pushed backmost owed to the Archbishops' continental commitments, and it arrives with the Minho visitors sitting sixth successful the standings, portion their Reboleira hosts are ninth.

Match preview

Finishing down the accepted large 3 has ne'er been much costly for Braga, who ended 4th for a 3rd play successful a enactment past word but saw a imaginable Europa League qualification berth snatched distant aft Torreense's upset Taca de Portugal triumph implicit Sporting Lisbon.

The Archbishops' top-three ambitions this play person been affected by a disrupted schedule, with 2 of their opening 5 league fixtures altered from their archetypal dates, arsenic matchday two's location crippled against Gil Vicente was postponed owed to a gastrointestinal corruption successful the squad earlier this fixture was besides pushed back.

Even so, Carlos Vicens's broadside person secured transition to the Conference League main signifier aft a 2-0 aggregate triumph implicit Austria Vienna successful the playoff round, portion the Minho outfit person besides picked up 7 points from their 3 league outings this season.

Braga kicked disconnected their Primeira Liga run with a gully astatine Moreirense, earlier a constrictive triumph successful matchday four's Minho derby against Vitoria de Guimaraes was followed by past weekend's Pau Victor-inspired comeback 2-1 triumph implicit Alverca.

Another maximum haul connected Thursday would spot the Archbishops grounds victories successful 3 consecutive league matches for the archetypal clip since their tally of 4 consecutive wins from mid-January to precocious February, though conscionable 2 triumphs successful their past 7 top-flight visits (D5) to Jose Gomes supply immoderate origin for doubts.

Estrela, connected the different hand, person been coagulated without being exceptional, with their existent four-match unbeaten tally this play comprising 3 draws, portion their sole triumph came successful a thrilling distant triumph astatine Nacional connected matchday four.

Pepa's men person proven to beryllium an breathtaking broadside this term, scoring and conceding aggregate goals successful each of their 4 league games, thawing recovered the nett 9 times portion allowing eight, with their attacking menace and antiaircraft vulnerability some evident successful past weekend's 2-2 gully against Famalicao.

After conceding aboriginal from a Georgios Koutsias strike, the Tricolores turned the crippled connected its caput done goals from Leandro Antonetti and Max Scholze but failed to clasp connected to their pb arsenic Koutsias completed his brace from the punishment spot to gain Fama a point.

The effect besides serves arsenic further reminder of past term's signifier of failing to crook draws into wins, with Estrela signaling a joint-league-high 12 stalemates successful 2025-26 and finishing conscionable supra the relegation playoff spot nether Cristiano Bacci, who departed aft his three-game spell astatine the club.

Meanwhile, Pepa volition look to physique connected his coagulated commencement to beingness successful Reboleira, though helium volition beryllium good alert that the Tricolores person failed to triumph immoderate of their past 5 location matches successful the league, with each of the past 3 - stretching backmost to the erstwhile run - ending successful draws.

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Team News

Braga are expected to stay without semipermanent absentee Sikou Niakate (Achilles), portion Jean-Baptiste Gorby remains a uncertainty and skipper Ricardo Horta is looking to regain afloat fittingness aft a musculus injury.

On a much affirmative note, Jonas Wind and Bright Arrey-Mbi are some backmost and available, having made the seat arsenic unused substitutes past clip out, with the erstwhile pushing for his debut connected Thursday.

Head manager Vicens made 3 changes astatine fractional clip astatine Alverca, with Gabri Martinez, Sergio Barcia and Fran Navarro each pushing for a commencement aft being introduced pursuing the interval successful that encounter.

As for Estrela, Emerson Pedro Vanga volition request to acquisition a precocious fittingness trial to measure his availability aft being forced disconnected injured successful the archetypal fractional against Famalicao past weekend, portion Kevin Hoog Jansson remains a doubt, having not featured this season.

Antonetti enters this brushwood looking to widen his awesome scoring streak, having recovered the nett successful each of the Tricolores' 4 matches this season, and helium is astir definite to clasp his spot successful the fig 9 role.

Estrela Amadora imaginable starting lineup:

Linck; Scholze, Patrick, Lekovic Soares; Doue, Robinho; Marcus, Zvonarek, Stoica; Antonetti

Braga imaginable starting lineup:

Fontes; Lagerbielke, Barcia, Carvalho; Gomez, Tiknaz, Moutinho, Martinez; Rodrigues, Victor, Dorgeles

We say: Estrela Amadora 2-2 Braga

Both sides met connected the last matchday of the erstwhile season, with the brushwood ending successful a 2-2 draw, and we expect a akin result present considering the signifier of results successful Estrela's games, with the hosts apt to springiness Braga a tally for their wealth connected location soil.

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