Europa League betting and spectator preview: Sporting Braga and Malmö FF meet at Estádio Municipal de Braga to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
These teams have little in common geographically as Malmö FF have to travel 2800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Braga was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Europa League. Rangers was too strong.The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Sporting Braga at their home stadium (Estádio Municipal de Braga) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. 2W-1D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Sporting Braga.
The Sporting Braga goalkeeper Matheus Lima Magalhaes is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 268 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primeira Liga.
Braga are returning here after visiting Gil Vicente and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Medeiros scored the goal(s). Medeiros (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.45/10. Medeiros scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 24 successful passes (of 25 total).
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Union Berlin in the Europa League. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Sporting Braga home games with this odds we find 15 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 8 matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sporting Braga, as the Primeira Liga home game vs Casa Pia is only three days away.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (11 in 5 games), Sporting Braga's attacking play is working. Braga are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal de Braga in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Malmö FF form and stats
Malmö FF's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 2nd qualifying round against Zalgiris.As the visiting team in Allsvenskan matches, Malmö FF have produced an overall stat of 5-3-7 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses both home and away.
Two trips in a row for Malmö FF, whose coach Hareide could celebrate last time after the win against Varberg. As you can tell from the result, the match against Varberg was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? It's hard not to mention Toivonen's lethal finishing against Varberg. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Toivonen, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.11. Toivonen scored three goals.
The match before was the Europa League-battle against Union Saint-Gilloise, a home loss (0-2).
A new game in only three days for Malmö, the Allsvenskan home match versus Degerfors. Busy days.
Malmö FF find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Malmö FF have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have met before this season: Malmö FF - Braga 0-2.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Thelin 11 goals |  O. Toivonen 6 goals |   S. Banza 5 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Malmö FF missing players
| Sporting Braga | Malmö FF | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 50 | 24 | Scored | S | 28 | 44 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 32% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16.1 | 17.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 13.9 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | ||
| 11.3 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 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 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 31 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 25 |
| 3 | Porto | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 4 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Sporting CP | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | Boavista | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 8 | Estoril | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Portimonense | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Arouca | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Chaves | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Vizela | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | -18 | 5 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 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 | Häcken | 29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 66 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 32 | 63 |
| 2 | Djurgården | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 57 |
| 3 | Hammarby | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 58 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 31 | 53 |
| 4 | AIK | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 50 |
| 5 | Kalmar | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 48 |
| 6 | Elfsborg | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 46 |
| 7 | Malmö FF | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 45 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 29 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 42 |
| 9 | Mjallby | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 40 |
| 10 | Varnamo | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -10 | 37 |
| 11 | Sirius | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -10 | 35 |
| 12 | Norrköping | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 33 |
| 13 | Degerfors | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -17 | 30 |
| 14 | Varberg | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 30 | -27 | 28 |
| 15 | Helsingborg | 29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -28 | 17 |
| 16 | GIF Sundsvall | 29 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 28 | 76 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 38 | -48 | 14 |
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