In a weekend match on Sat Feb 12th, in week 22, Sporting Braga hosts Paços de Ferreira in a meeting of these two mismatched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 4th placed Sporting Braga is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Vitória SC. Oscar Estupiñan scored the first goal for Vitória SC in the 18th minute, then Vitor Manuel Carvalho Oliveira got the equalizer for Sporting Braga in the 48th minute on a feed from Ricardo Horta. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their performance, while paços de Ferreira sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Portimonense. Lucas Possignolo scored the first goal for Paços de Ferreira on an own goal in the 15th minute, then Welinton Junior tied it up for Portimonense in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Sep 11th, Paços de Ferreira hosted Sporting Braga at the Estádio Da Capital Do Móvel in their last match together. Paços de Ferreira and Sporting Braga battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Paços de Ferreira nor Sporting Braga could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Paços de Ferreira hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Antunes and Lucas Possignolo, and they each have 1 goal. Sporting Braga’s most prolific scorer has been Ricardo Horta. The Portugeese midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.