Preview: Braga vs. Casa Pia - prediction, team news, lineups

Casa Pia volition beryllium looking to unafraid a 3rd consecutive triumph for the archetypal clip since November 2022 erstwhile they fastener horns with Braga astatine the Estadio Braga Municipal connected Sunday.

Os Arcebispos, who are unbeaten successful their astir caller 5 games against the visitors, volition caput into their last crippled of the twelvemonth aiming to widen this awesome streak and unafraid their archetypal location triumph successful the league since October.

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Braga picked up a 3rd distant triumph connected the bounce successful the Primeira Liga arsenic they edged retired 10-man Santa Clara 2-0 erstwhile the 2 sides squared disconnected astatine the Estadio de Sao Miguel past Sunday.

In a crippled wherever Lucas Soares received his marching orders, 30-year-old guardant Bruma turned successful a standout idiosyncratic show arsenic helium netted 2 second-half goals to manus Santa Clara a 3rd consecutive defeat.

Prior to that, Braga were connected a three-game winless tally crossed each competitions, playing retired stalemates with Estoril Praia and Famalicao successful the league connected either broadside of a 3-0 decision astatine the hands of Roma successful the Europa League connected December 12.

With past weekend's victory, Carlos Carvalhal's men person present gone unbeaten successful 4 back-to-back games successful the Primeira Liga, picking up 8 points from a imaginable 12 available, and person mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 7 games since precocious October.  

Braga person won 8 of their 15 Primeira Liga matches truthful acold portion losing 3 and claiming 4 draws to cod 28 points and beryllium 4th in the league standings, 1 constituent supra fifth-placed Santa Clara conscionable extracurricular the European qualifying places.

While Os Arcebispos volition beryllium looking to proceed from wherever they near disconnected against Santa Clara and adjacent retired the twelvemonth connected a high, they person failed to triumph their past 3 location games successful the league since a 2-0 triumph implicit Farense connected October 27.

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Over successful Lisbon, Casa Pia picked up back-to-back Primeira Liga victories for the archetypal clip since September arsenic they edged retired Arouca 3-1 astatine the Estadio Pina Manique past Friday.  

After falling 2 goals down done strikes from Jeremy Livolant and Leonardo Lelo, Alphonso Trezza pulled 1 backmost for Arouca successful the 63rd minute, but Samuel Obeng struck successful the 88th infinitesimal to enactment the effect beyond scope and permission the visitors rooted to the bottommost of the table.

This followed a 2-0 triumph implicit Estoril Praia astatine the Estadio Antonio Coimbra da Mota connected December 15, erstwhile Telasco Segovia and Cassiano scored second-half goals to drawback Os Gansos' tally of 4 consecutive games without a triumph successful the league.

Casa Pia person present gone unbeaten successful each but 1 of their past 9 matches crossed each competitions, picking up 3 draws and 5 wins, including victories implicit Amora FC and Chaves to scope the 5th circular of the Taca de Portugal.

Having secured a ninth-placed decorativeness past season, Joao Pereira's men person enjoyed a coagulated archetypal fractional of the campaign, picking up 20 points from their 15 Primeira Liga matches to beryllium seventh successful the table, level connected points with eighth-placed Moreirense.

While Casa Pia volition beryllium looking to marque it 3 wins from their last 3 games to adjacent retired the year, they look the stern situation of taking connected an opposing broadside who are unbeaten successful their past 5 encounters, claiming 4 wins and 1 gully since December 2022.

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Team News

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Paulo Oliveira was forced disconnected injured soon earlier fractional clip successful the crippled against Santa Clara past clip retired and the 32-year-old defender is simply a large uncertainty for Braga.

Should helium neglect to shingle disconnected the injury, summertime signing Robson Bambu should travel into the fold for conscionable his 3rd league commencement of the campaign, forming the backmost 3 with Sikou Niakate and Joao Ferreira.

With his brace past weekend, Bruma present boasts 7 goals and 4 assists successful 13 league appearances this play and the 30-year-old should pb Os Arcebispos' onslaught erstwhile again, alongside Amine El Ouazzani and skipper Ricardo Horta.

As for Casa Pia, Pereira volition beryllium incapable to sanction Guinea-Bissau guardant Claudio Mendes, who is yet to marque an quality this play aft sustaining a genu wounded successful May.

Fellow attacker Kiki Silva besides continues his agelong roadworthy to afloat fittingness aft coming disconnected injured successful the crippled against Mafra backmost successful August and the 26-year-old is retired of contention for this weekend's matchup.

Braga imaginable starting lineup:
Hornicek; Ferreira, Bambu, Niakate; Fernandes, Zalazar, Carvalho, Ribeiro; Horta, El Ouazzani, Bruma

Casa Pia imaginable starting lineup:
Sequeira; Goulart, Tchamba, Fonte; Larrazabal, Segovia, Kraev, Lelo; Livolant, Cassiano, Moreira

We say: Braga 2-1 Casa Pia

It has been a cheerful festive play for Casa Pia, who volition beryllium looking to marque it 10 points from a imaginable 12 and extremity the twelvemonth connected a beardown note. However, Braga caput into the play buoyed by their triumph implicit Santa Clara and we foretell they volition travel distant with each 3 points successful beforehand of their location supporters.

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