On Thursday Mar 17th, Monaco hosts Sporting Braga in a Europa League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Monaco is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Strasbourg. Alexander Djiku struck first for Strasbourg in the 23rd minute on a feed from Kévin Gameiro, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Monaco couldn’t muster any offence and Strasbourg ran away with the shutout win. Monaco is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while sporting Braga is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Gil Vicente. Henrique Gomes struck first for Gil Vicente in the 89th minute on a feed from Bilel Aouacheria, 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 Gil Vicente took the shutout win. Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estádio Municipal De Braga, Sporting Braga was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Abel Ruiz scored the first goal for Sporting Braga in the 3rd minute, then Carvalho Oliveira added another in the 89th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Monaco couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting Braga took the shutout win.
Sporting Braga’s top weapon lately has been Ricardo Horta, who has two goals in the last five matches. Monaco hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Wissam Ben Yedder and Myron Boadu, and they each have 1 goal.