In this 3rd week match, on Sun Aug 21st, Sporting Braga plays host to Marítimo in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 31 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. Sporting Braga sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Famalicão. Nuno Sequeira struck first for Sporting Braga in the 13th minute, then Simon Banza added another in the 18th minute In the end, Famalicão couldn’t muster any offence and Sporting Braga ran away with the shutout win. Sporting Braga is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while marítimo is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Chaves. Joel Tagueu struck first for Marítimo in the 39th minute, but Joao Rafael Brito Teixeira got the equalizer for Chaves in the 70th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 75th minute on a goal by Fortes Bachiessa to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Marítimo hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Vitor and Cláudio Winck, and they each have 1 goal. Simon Banza has been the most prolific scorer on Sporting Braga in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.