Europa League betting and spectator preview: AEK Athens and Sporting Braga meet at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
AEK Athens form and stats
Last season, Athens's Europa League journey ended in the play-offs.When playing at home in the Super League, AEK Athens have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses in this competition. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Athens after consecutive victories at their own ground.
A good away victory last time out for Athens, who won 2-1 against Asteras Tripolis. Before that game, the home loss against Zorya with the scoreline 0-3.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus Panathinaikos in only three days. This game is also played here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis.
AEK Athens are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis in their league games, having scored an impressive 10 goals in 4 matches. AEK Athens have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Braga's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 16th finals.3-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sporting Braga in their Primeira Liga matches away. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 2W-1D-1L. This is both home and away. Braga have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. Having won their last three away games Braga has no reason to fear anyone.
Impressive finishing from Mutassim Al Musrati secured the home win 1-0 against Farense in their previous game. Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Leicester City in the Europa League.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager C. Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal when Mutassim Al Musrati scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute.
The schedule is very tough for Braga now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primeira Liga game at Belenenses is waiting in only three days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Braga are regular goalscorers on their travels. Braga have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Sporting Braga - Athens 3-0, played this season.Top Goalscorers
  K. Ansarifard 4 goals |  M. Livaja 2 goals |   B. Willemen Da Silva 2 goals |
AEK Athens missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| AEK Athens | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Scored | S | 24 | 46 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 22 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 14.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leicester City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 4 | Zorya | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 | PAOK | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Aris | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Volos NFC | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Atromitos | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 7 | Panathinaikos | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Asteras Tripolis | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | OFI | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | PAS Giannina | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Apollon Smirnis | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 12 | Larissa | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 13 | Panaitolikos | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 14 | Lamia | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -11 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 22 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Porto | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Benfica | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 13 |
| 6 | Pacos de Ferreira | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Nacional | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Famalicao | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Moreirense | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Tondela | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | Maritimo | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Boavista | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Farense | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 5 |