Week 15 features a match on Sunday Dec 19th, where Sporting Braga hosts Belenenses at Estádio Municipal De Braga in a meeting of these two Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Sporting Braga recorded a 0-1 loss against Porto. Luis Díaz struck first for Porto in the 22nd minute on a feed from Mateus Uribe, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sporting Braga couldn’t manage to score, and Porto took the shutout win. Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 18th placed Belenenses, recorded a 0-1 loss against Estoril. Rui Fonte struck first for Estoril in the 43rd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Belenenses couldn’t manage to score, and Estoril took the shutout win. Belenenses looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Belenenses won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Pedro Nuno and Safira are the top scorers for Belenenses in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Sporting Braga is fortunate enough to have Ricardo Horta in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 5 goals.