In a weekend match on Saturday Jan 22nd, in week 19, Sporting CP will host Sporting Braga at Estádio José Alvalade in a meeting of these two evenly matched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Sporting CP sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Vizela. Pote struck first for Sporting CP in the 28th minute, then Daniel Bragança added another in the 42nd minute on a feed from Nuno Santos At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vizela couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting CP took the shutout win. Sporting CP looks to continue their winning ways, having won 9 of their last 10, while 4th placed Sporting Braga is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Marítimo. Cláudio Winck struck first for Marítimo in the 89th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Sporting Braga couldn’t muster any offence and Marítimo ran away with the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Sporting CP won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of a crowd of just over seven thousand spectators. Jovane Cabral struck first for Sporting CP in the 40th minute on a feed from Ricardo Esgaio, then Pote added another in the 50th minute on a feed from Jovane Cabral.
Carvalho Oliveira has been the most effective weapon for Sporting Braga lately. The Portugeese attacker has netted three goals in his last 5 matches. Sporting CP’s top weapon lately has been Paulinho, who has three goals in the last 5 matches.