Europa League preview and statistics: Malmö FF vs Sporting Braga full pre-match guide

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 08.September
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Eleda Stadion

Sporting Braga have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Malmö FF. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sporting Braga, who are travelling more than 2800 kilometers to play this game.

Malmö have less rest than Sporting Braga in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Allsvenskan game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Elfsborg, so at least Malmö FF are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Malmö FF form and stats

Malmö FF was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Europa League.

Malmö FF have performed here at Eleda Stadion this season with 7 wins from 10 Allsvenskan matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. 3W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Malmö FF.

The regulars are hoping that Malmö will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the game against Elfsborg. Christiansen (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.01/10. Christiansen served one assist, hit four key passes and had 57 successful passes (of 65 total).

Before that, a nice away victory at Brålanda. A Svenska Cupen match.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Malmö FF as they have a new game in only three days, a Allsvenskan match thankfully also at home. Norrköping are visiting.

The Malmö FF fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Malmö FF have conceded only 7 goals.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

Braga's mission in Europa League last season failed in the quarter-finals against Rangers.

Sporting Braga are yet to lose a point on their Primeira Liga travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.

Sporting Braga have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Matheus Lima Magalhaes. It's been 367 minutes since they last conceded in Primeira Liga.

Sporting Braga had fun at their own home (Eleda Stadion) last time out, beating Vitoria Guimaraes 1-0. Tormena scored. Late drama in the previous game, when Tormena scored the winning goal eight minutes into stoppage time to defeat Vitoria Guimaraes. Defender Silva was the best team player with a rating of 8.31. Silva hit one key pass and won 13 of 17 duels.

Prior to that result Braga won their away game at Arouca in the Primeira Liga. The scoreline was 6-0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sporting Braga manager Jorge as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Rio Ave.

9 goals so far away for Sporting Braga, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Malmö FFI. Thelin
I. Thelin
9 goals
Malmö FFV. Birmančević
V. Birmančević
5 goals
Sporting BragaS. Banza
S. Banza
5 goals

Malmö FF missing players

Sporting Braga missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Malmö FF Sporting Braga
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   11 25
12 8   Won W   5 16
4 0   Drew D   3 5
9 3   Lost L   3 4
48 23   Scored S   18 45
31 11   Conceded C   11 21
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 92%
88% 91%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 64%
60% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 48%
36% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 28%
16% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 24%
48% 55%   BTTS BTTS   45% 40%
32% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   45% 52%
24% 18%   Failed to Score F T   18% 16%
 
6.4 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.6
3.9 2.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5.5
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
16.2 19.3   Shots (avg) S (   13.9 14.3
5.3 6.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.3
30% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 34%
 
10 8.2   Shots against (avg) S A   15.5 12.7
3.5 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.7 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Malmö FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Sporting Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 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 Häcken 21 13 6 2 50 28 11 7 2 2 28 15 10 6 4 0 22 13 22 45
2 Djurgården 21 13 5 3 43 16 10 9 1 0 30 7 11 4 4 3 13 9 27 44
3 Hammarby 20 12 4 4 42 16 11 7 3 1 27 9 9 5 1 3 15 7 26 40
4 AIK 21 11 6 4 36 26 11 7 3 1 17 7 10 4 3 3 19 19 10 39
5 Malmö FF 21 10 4 7 29 21 10 7 1 2 19 7 11 3 3 5 10 14 8 34
6 IFK Göteborg 20 10 3 7 26 17 10 5 3 2 14 7 10 5 0 5 12 10 9 33
7 Kalmar 20 10 3 7 23 17 10 7 1 2 11 4 10 3 2 5 12 13 6 33
8 Mjallby 20 8 7 5 20 17 10 4 5 1 14 9 10 4 2 4 6 8 3 31
9 Elfsborg 21 6 9 6 37 30 10 5 4 1 24 15 11 1 5 5 13 15 7 27
10 Sirius 21 7 4 10 20 29 10 5 0 5 10 10 11 2 4 5 10 19 -9 25
11 Norrköping 20 5 6 9 22 27 10 3 2 5 14 14 10 2 4 4 8 13 -5 21
12 Varberg 20 5 6 9 18 34 11 3 4 4 10 16 9 2 2 5 8 18 -16 21
13 Varnamo 20 4 7 9 20 33 9 2 5 2 8 7 11 2 2 7 12 26 -13 19
14 Degerfors 21 4 4 13 20 43 10 3 3 4 11 17 11 1 1 9 9 26 -23 16
15 Helsingborg 20 3 5 12 14 30 11 2 3 6 6 13 9 1 2 6 8 17 -16 14
16 GIF Sundsvall 21 3 1 17 19 55 10 3 0 7 13 26 11 0 1 10 6 29 -36 10
  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 3 3 3 0 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 10 15
2 Sporting Braga 5 4 1 0 18 3 3 2 1 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 9 0 15 13
3 Porto 5 4 0 1 12 4 2 2 0 0 8 1 3 2 0 1 4 3 8 12
4 Portimonense 5 4 0 1 7 2 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 5 12
5 Casa Pia 5 2 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 8
6 Estoril 5 2 1 2 7 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 7
7 Chaves 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 7
8 Sporting CP 5 2 1 2 8 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 5 6 0 7
9 Arouca 5 2 1 2 3 11 2 1 0 1 1 6 3 1 1 1 2 5 -8 7
10 Vitoria Guimaraes 5 2 0 3 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1 6
11 Boavista 4 2 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 -3 6
12 Vizela 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 -1 5
13 Gil Vicente 5 1 2 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 5
14 Rio Ave 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 5 -2 4
15 Santa Clara 5 1 1 3 4 6 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 4
16 Famalicao 5 1 1 3 1 6 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 2 0 3 -5 4
17 Pacos de Ferreira 4 0 0 4 2 10 2 0 0 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 2 4 -8 0
18 Maritimo 5 0 0 5 3 15 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 3 2 12 -12 0

Malmö FF:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Malmö FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Sporting Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.