Europa League betting and spectator preview: Sporting Braga and AEK Athens meet at Estádio Municipal de Braga to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Super League game only four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as AEK Athens have to travel 3600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Sporting Braga was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Europa League.OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Sporting Braga's two home games in the Primeira Liga so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Estádio Municipal de Braga.
Sporting Braga's previous game was a Primeira Liga match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Nacional. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory in the Primeira Liga match versus Tondela with a 4-0 scoreline.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sporting Braga as they are travelling to their away game against Vitoria Guimaraes in the Primeira Liga. That match is three days after this one.
At Estádio Municipal de Braga, Sporting Braga has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
AEK Athens form and stats
Athens's mission in Europa League last season failed in the play-offs.Things could have gone better for AEK Athens in their Super League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Athens's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus PAOK that finished 1-1. Prior to that match, the Athens manager M. Carrera faced defeat when travelling to Atromitos and losing 0-1.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Athens playing away, we found two games. Results were one away win, zero draws and one home win.
The schedule is very tough for Athens now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at PAS Giannina is waiting in only three days.
AEK Athens have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  W. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno 2 goals |  B. Willemen Da Silva 1 goals |  A. de Castro Pereira 1 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
AEK Athens missing players
| Sporting Braga | AEK Athens | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 33 | 14 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 365 | 205 | Total Shots | T S | 129 | 287 | ||
| 126 | 71 | Shots on Target | S O | 63 | 133 | ||
| 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AEK Athens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 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 | Zorya | 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 | Benfica | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Porto | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Santa Clara | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Maritimo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Gil Vicente | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Nacional | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Moreirense | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Belenenses | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Famalicao | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Pacos de Ferreira | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Rio Ave | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Boavista | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 2 |
| 17 | Tondela | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 18 | Farense | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 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 | Aris | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | Volos NFC | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | PAOK | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | OFI | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | Atromitos | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 9 | Apollon Smirnis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Panaitolikos | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 11 | PAS Giannina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Panathinaikos | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 13 | Larissa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 14 | Lamia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 1 |