Europa League betting and spectator preview: Crvena Zvezda and Sporting Braga meet at Stadion Rajko Mitić to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
This looks to be an engaging game with lots of action and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last played a game. Bring it on!
It's quite the trip for Sporting Braga when visiting Crvena as the cities are 2900 kilometers apart.
Crvena Zvezda form and stats
Last season, Crvena's Europa League journey ended in the 16th finals against Milan.The Super Liga stats at home this season for Crvena Zvezda are 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Crvena haven’t lost a league-game in 46 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Backa Topola, 459 days ago.
Crvena Zvezda's last game was hosting Proleter Novi Sad and winning 3-0.
In the game before, an away victory in the Super Liga match versus Cukaricki with a 2-1 scoreline.Crvena Zvezda are traveling soon after this match as the Super Liga match at Partizan awaits in one day.
The Crvena fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Crvena have only let in 1 goal at home.
Sporting Braga form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 16th finals, when Roma drew the shortest straw.Sporting Braga are happy with their away performances in the Primeira Liga so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
Sporting Braga aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. R. Horta was the last player to find the net. The Sporting Braga goalkeeper Tiago Magalhaes Sa is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 187 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Braga are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Pacos de Ferreira. Matheus (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.93. Matheus stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away Primeira Liga victory against Moreirense with the score of 3-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Sporting Braga in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Sporting Braga, one draw and zero defeats.
After this away game Braga return home for a Primeira Liga game against Tondela. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Braga's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Sporting Braga as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - two - one (Crvena wins - draws - Sporting Braga wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Katai 4 goals |  M. Ivanić 2 goals |  E. Ben Nabouhane 2 goals |
Crvena Zvezda missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Crvena Zvezda | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 13 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 62 | 41 | Scored | S | 18 | 33 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 32% | ||
| 7.3 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 16.3 | 17.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 12 | ||
| 6.9 | 7.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crvena Zvezda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Midtjylland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Partizan | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 21 |
| 2 | Crvena Zvezda | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Backa Topola | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Napredak | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Spartak Subotica | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Vozdovac | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 7 | Cukaricki | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Kolubara | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 9 | Radnik Surdulica | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Vojvodina | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Radnicki Nis | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Radnicki Kragujevac | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 13 | Metalac GM | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Proleter Novi Sad | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 5 |
| 15 | Novi Pazar | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 4 |
| 16 | Mladost Lucani | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Porto | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | Estoril | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Boavista | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Portimonense | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Pacos de Ferreira | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Vizela | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 12 | Maritimo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 4 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Tondela | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Arouca | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 17 | Famalicao | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 2 |