It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa League 16th Finals meeting between Sporting Braga and Rangers. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sporting Braga and Rangers.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rangers, who are travelling more than 2600 kilometers to play this game.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Sporting Braga participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 3rd qualifying round and lost against Zorya.6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Sporting Braga so far this season. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Sporting Braga has performed like this (both home and away): 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Sporting Braga's last game was hosting Vitória FC and winning 3-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Rangers in the Europa League.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sporting Braga handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and zero defeats.
There will be little rest for Sporting Braga after this match as they are travelling to Marítimo for a Primeira Liga game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Sporting Braga in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. On the other hand, Sporting Braga have conceded 14 goals.
Rangers form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.Total Europa League statistics for Rangers: 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to St. Johnstone in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 2-2. Before that, Rangers secured a home win against Sporting Braga with the score 3-2.
We have checked recent matches where Rangers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, zero draws and two defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Scottish Cup trip to Hearts.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Rangers - Sporting Braga 3-2 played earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  J. Defoe 13 goals | A. Morelos Aviléz 12 goals |   J. Dias Fernandes 8 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Rangers missing players
| Sporting Braga | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 51 | 24 | Scored | S | 24 | 53 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 389 | 217 | Total Shots | T S | 163 | 361 | ||
| 149 | 82 | Shots on Target | S O | 69 | 150 | ||
| 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 32 | 56 |
| 2 | Benfica | 21 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 37 | 54 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 40 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 39 |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 36 |
| 6 | Famalicão | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 33 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 31 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 29 |
| 9 | Boavista | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 28 |
| 10 | Moreirense | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Vitória FC | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 26 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 26 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -19 | 24 |
| 14 | Tondela | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -8 | 24 |
| 15 | Marítimo | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 16 | Paços de Ferreira | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -17 | 19 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 15 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -20 | 13 |