Moreirense vs Braga - prediction, team news, lineups

Braga footwear disconnected their 2026-27 Primeira Liga run with a travel to chap Minho broadside Moreirense, arsenic some teams purpose for affirmative starts to the play successful Sunday's clash astatine Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas.

The visitors finished 4th successful the Portuguese apical formation array past play and volition purpose to disrupt the dominance of the accepted "big three" this clip around, portion the hosts are looking to amended connected past term’s seventh-placed finish.

Match preview

Playing 2nd fiddle to Porto, Sporting Lisbon and Benfica has seldom carried arsenic overmuch effect for Braga arsenic it did past season, with the Archbishops finishing 4th for a 3rd successive campaign.

Torreense's daze Taca de Portugal last triumph implicit Sporting meant the second-tier broadside claimed 1 of Portugal's Europa League places, leaving Carlos Vicens's men to settee for Conference League football.

Not since 2018-19 person the Archbishops failed to diagnostic successful the main signifier of either of Europe's apical 2 nine competitions, though their advancement done this season's Conference League qualifiers has gone smoothly truthful far.

Braga eased past Serbian outfit Zeleznicar Pancevo 5-0 connected aggregate successful the erstwhile circular earlier signaling a 1-0 triumph implicit Dinamo Minsk successful the archetypal limb of their 3rd qualifying circular tie, courtesy of Ricardo Horta's first-half penalty.

While the Archbishops volition beryllium looking to decorativeness the occupation successful adjacent week's instrumentality limb successful Bulgaria, they volition besides purpose to statesman their Primeira Liga run with triumph and volition person each crushed to judge they tin bash truthful against a broadside they person beaten successful each of their past 13 competitory meetings.

That tally includes a 2-1 triumph successful the archetypal limb earlier a 1-0 occurrence successful the reverse gathering astatine Parque de Jogos, portion Braga besides collected 29 points from a imaginable 51 connected the roadworthy successful the league past term.

Meanwhile, Moreirense's seventh-placed decorativeness past play represented an betterment connected the erstwhile campaign's 10th, though supporters volition person been near disappointed aft a mediocre 2nd fractional of the play saw their hopes of securing European shot disappear.

The Green and Whites managed conscionable 4 victories crossed their last 17 league matches of the 2025-26 run (D4 L9), and that inconsistent signifier continued into pre-season, wherever they won lone 1 of 4 friendlies, though that occurrence came past clip retired successful a 2-0 triumph implicit lower-league broadside Amarante.

Entering his 2nd afloat play successful complaint aft his assignment successful June 2025, Vasco Botelho da Costa volition beryllium aiming for different winning commencement to the campaign, having guided his broadside to a 2-1 triumph implicit Alverca connected the opening play of the erstwhile term.

That said, Moreirense collected a respectable 27 points from a imaginable 51 astatine location successful the league past run and volition anticipation that grounds provides a level to motorboat different propulsion for the European places.

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Team News

Despite the merchantability of past season's apical scorer Rodrigo Zalazar for a grounds interest betwixt 2 Portuguese clubs, Braga look to beryllium adapting good to beingness without the midfielder, with caller arrivals Gabriel Silva and Denis Huseinbasic already settling into the side.

Fellow caller signing Bernardo Fontes is expected to clasp his spot betwixt the posts, though Vicens could freshen up his broadside up of adjacent week's 2nd leg, with Diego Rodriguez, Gustaf Lagerbielke and Gabriel Martinez each pushing for recalls.

Braga stay without defender Sikou Niakate, who continues his betterment from the Achilles wounded helium sustained successful April, portion Francisco Chissumba is besides unavailable aft returning from his indebtedness spell astatine Alverca carrying a limb problem.

As for Moreirense, Dinis Pinto remains sidelined arsenic helium continues his betterment from the enarthrosis wounded that has kept him retired since aboriginal March.

The hosts person made immoderate additions to their squad successful the transportation market, bringing successful Koby Mottoh and Michael Dacosta from Bournemouth, portion midfielder Alanzinho is their astir notable departure.

Moreirense imaginable starting lineup:

Ferreira; L Santos, K Monteiro,  Batista, Kiko; Veloso, R Alonso; Landerson, N John, K Bondoso; Parsemain

Braga imaginable starting lineup:

Bernardo: Lagerbielke, V Carvalho, Arrey-Mbi; V Gomez, Gorby, Moutinho, D Rodrigues, G Martinez; R Horta, P Victor

We say: Moreirense 1-2 Braga

Vicens whitethorn person 1 oculus connected adjacent week's instrumentality limb against Dinamo Minsk, but Braga person capable prime and extent to negociate some competitions, making them favourites to statesman their league run with each 3 points.

Further strengthening that content is the Archbishops' outstanding grounds successful this fixture, and though Moreirense should marque things competitory connected location soil, we expect the visitors to borderline different intimately contested encounter.
 

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