On the 17th of February, Sheriff will host Sporting Braga in a Europa League match. 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. In Sheriff’s last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Shakhtar Donetsk. Fernando struck first for Shakhtar Donetsk in the 42nd minute on a feed from Serhiy Kryvtsov, then Boban Nikolov tied it up for Sheriff in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning Sheriff at least a draw. Sheriff should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while sporting Braga is fresh off their 2-1 win against Paços de Ferreira. Antunes scored the first goal for Paços de Ferreira in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, but Ricardo Horta got the equalizer for Sporting Braga in the 67th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 90th minute on a goal by Ricardo Horta. Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Ricardo Horta has been the most prolific scorer on Sporting Braga in the last 5 matches with three goals. Sheriff’s top weapon lately has been Sebastien Thill, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches.