It's Europa League time and the hopeful contenders are Sporting Braga and Monaco

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 10.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

Sporting Braga host the first leg in this deciding Europa League Round of 16 game. Monaco will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Stade Louis II. before the return leg in 10 days.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

The visiting Monaco played their last game only four days ago, a Ligue 1 match. That game, against Olympique Marseille, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Monaco.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 16th finals against Roma.

Sporting Braga have collected 25 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 7-4-2. 4W-1D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Sporting Braga.

Sporting Braga travelled for their previous game, a trip to Boavista that ended 1-1. Horta, a striker, was the highest rated player for the side in that match, and was presented with a rating of 7.42 (out of 10). Horta scored one goal and hit one key pass.

In the match before that, Sporting Braga hosted Santa Clara and drew the Primeira Liga game 0-0.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Braga, as the Primeira Liga home game vs Gil Vicente is only three days away.

Sporting Braga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal de Braga with 22 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Braga have conceded only 10 goals.

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Monaco form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the play-offs, when Shakhtar Donetsk drew the shortest straw.

4 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Monaco playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses both home and away.

It's the second away game in a row for Monaco, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Olympique Marseille last time out. Midfield player Martins was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Martins scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Monaco in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Monaco, zero draws and two defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Monaco now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligue 1 game at Strasbourg is waiting in only three days.

Monaco have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Monaco have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Sporting BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
15 goals
MonacoW. Ben Yedder
W. Ben Yedder
15 goals
MonacoS. Diop
S. Diop
6 goals

Sporting Braga missing players

Monaco missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Braga Monaco
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   13 25
12 9   Won W   5 12
5 4   Drew D   5 9
8 1   Lost L   3 4
44 29   Scored S   19 42
30 8   Conceded C   15 23
92% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 84%
72% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 80%
48% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 48%
32% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 36%
28% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 8%
44% 36%   BTTS BTTS   54% 52%
40% 57%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 40%
24% 21%   Failed to Score F T   31% 24%
 
5.7 7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 5.5
3.8 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.2
2.6 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2
6 4   Red cards R C   1 4
 
14.5 18.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 12
4.4 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.6
40% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 37%
 
9.4 8.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 11.3
3.6 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 25 21 4 0 63 19 12 10 2 0 30 9 13 11 2 0 33 10 44 67
2 Sporting CP 25 19 4 2 49 16 13 11 1 1 24 5 12 8 3 1 25 11 33 61
3 Benfica 25 18 3 4 65 23 12 8 1 3 30 12 13 10 2 1 35 11 42 57
4 Sporting Braga 25 13 7 5 41 24 13 7 4 2 22 10 12 6 3 3 19 14 17 46
5 Gil Vicente 25 11 9 5 36 25 13 5 4 4 19 15 12 6 5 1 17 10 11 42
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 25 9 6 10 35 34 12 7 2 3 23 15 13 2 4 7 12 19 1 33
7 Maritimo 25 8 8 9 30 32 12 3 6 3 14 11 13 5 2 6 16 21 -2 32
8 Estoril 25 7 10 8 28 30 12 2 6 4 15 17 13 5 4 4 13 13 -2 31
9 Portimonense 25 7 8 10 25 28 13 2 4 7 10 17 12 5 4 3 15 11 -3 29
10 Santa Clara 25 7 8 10 30 43 13 6 4 3 18 21 12 1 4 7 12 22 -13 29
11 Pacos de Ferreira 25 6 9 10 22 31 13 3 5 5 14 18 12 3 4 5 8 13 -9 27
12 Famalicao 25 6 8 11 32 40 12 3 5 4 13 14 13 3 3 7 19 26 -8 26
13 Boavista 25 4 14 7 31 39 13 3 9 1 18 15 12 1 5 6 13 24 -8 26
14 Vizela 25 5 9 11 27 43 13 3 5 5 12 17 12 2 4 6 15 26 -16 24
15 Arouca 25 5 7 13 23 45 12 3 2 7 11 26 13 2 5 6 12 19 -22 22
16 Tondela 24 6 2 16 30 47 12 4 0 8 17 24 12 2 2 8 13 23 -17 20
17 Moreirense 25 4 8 13 23 40 12 3 3 6 15 17 13 1 5 7 8 23 -17 20
18 Belenenses 24 3 6 15 14 45 12 3 2 7 10 26 12 0 4 8 4 19 -31 15
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 27 19 5 3 56 24 13 12 1 0 31 7 14 7 4 3 25 17 32 62
2 Nice 27 15 5 7 38 21 14 7 3 4 18 14 13 8 2 3 20 7 17 49
3 Olympique Marseille 27 13 8 6 39 25 14 5 5 4 22 16 13 8 3 2 17 9 14 47
4 Rennes 27 14 4 9 53 25 14 10 1 3 33 9 13 4 3 6 20 16 28 46
5 Strasbourg 27 12 8 7 49 32 13 7 3 3 27 13 14 5 5 4 22 19 17 44
6 Nantes 27 12 6 9 36 29 14 9 2 3 24 13 13 3 4 6 12 16 7 42
7 Lille 27 11 9 7 37 35 13 6 5 2 19 16 14 5 4 5 18 19 2 42
8 Monaco 27 11 8 8 40 29 14 7 4 3 26 13 13 4 4 5 14 16 11 41
9 Olympique Lyonnais 27 11 9 7 38 33 14 7 5 2 23 14 13 4 4 5 15 19 5 41
10 Lens 27 11 7 9 42 38 14 6 5 3 23 15 13 5 2 6 19 23 4 40
11 Montpellier 27 11 4 12 41 40 14 7 2 5 24 18 13 4 2 7 17 22 1 37
12 Brest 27 9 8 10 35 38 13 5 3 5 20 18 14 4 5 5 15 20 -3 35
13 Reims 27 7 11 9 31 31 13 4 5 4 18 13 14 3 6 5 13 18 0 32
14 Angers SCO 27 7 8 12 31 40 13 5 1 7 15 17 14 2 7 5 16 23 -9 29
15 Clermont 27 7 7 13 27 46 13 3 5 5 14 17 14 4 2 8 13 29 -19 28
16 Troyes 27 6 7 14 25 41 13 2 6 5 12 14 14 4 1 9 13 27 -16 25
17 Saint-Etienne 27 6 7 14 28 50 14 3 5 6 17 26 13 3 2 8 11 24 -22 25
18 Lorient 27 5 9 13 22 43 13 4 4 5 11 14 14 1 5 8 11 29 -21 24
19 Metz 27 4 10 13 25 46 13 1 5 7 15 25 14 3 5 6 10 21 -21 22
20 Bordeaux 27 4 10 13 38 65 14 2 5 7 20 27 13 2 5 6 18 38 -27 22

Monaco:
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 PSG 27 19 5 3 56 24 13 12 1 0 31 7 14 7 4 3 25 17 32 62
2 Nice 27 15 5 7 38 21 14 7 3 4 18 14 13 8 2 3 20 7 17 49
3 Olympique Marseille 27 13 8 6 39 25 14 5 5 4 22 16 13 8 3 2 17 9 14 47
4 Rennes 27 14 4 9 53 25 14 10 1 3 33 9 13 4 3 6 20 16 28 46
5 Strasbourg 27 12 8 7 49 32 13 7 3 3 27 13 14 5 5 4 22 19 17 44
6 Nantes 27 12 6 9 36 29 14 9 2 3 24 13 13 3 4 6 12 16 7 42
7 Lille 27 11 9 7 37 35 13 6 5 2 19 16 14 5 4 5 18 19 2 42
8 Monaco 27 11 8 8 40 29 14 7 4 3 26 13 13 4 4 5 14 16 11 41
9 Olympique Lyonnais 27 11 9 7 38 33 14 7 5 2 23 14 13 4 4 5 15 19 5 41
10 Lens 27 11 7 9 42 38 14 6 5 3 23 15 13 5 2 6 19 23 4 40
11 Montpellier 27 11 4 12 41 40 14 7 2 5 24 18 13 4 2 7 17 22 1 37
12 Brest 27 9 8 10 35 38 13 5 3 5 20 18 14 4 5 5 15 20 -3 35
13 Reims 27 7 11 9 31 31 13 4 5 4 18 13 14 3 6 5 13 18 0 32
14 Angers SCO 27 7 8 12 31 40 13 5 1 7 15 17 14 2 7 5 16 23 -9 29
15 Clermont 27 7 7 13 27 46 13 3 5 5 14 17 14 4 2 8 13 29 -19 28
16 Troyes 27 6 7 14 25 41 13 2 6 5 12 14 14 4 1 9 13 27 -16 25
17 Saint-Etienne 27 6 7 14 28 50 14 3 5 6 17 26 13 3 2 8 11 24 -22 25
18 Lorient 27 5 9 13 22 43 13 4 4 5 11 14 14 1 5 8 11 29 -21 24
19 Metz 27 4 10 13 25 46 13 1 5 7 15 25 14 3 5 6 10 21 -21 22
20 Bordeaux 27 4 10 13 38 65 14 2 5 7 20 27 13 2 5 6 18 38 -27 22

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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.