In this week 1 match, on Thursday Sep 8th, Malmö FF hosts Sporting Braga in a clash of the Europa League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Malmö FF recorded a 2-3 loss against Elfsborg. Michael Baidoo struck first for Elfsborg in the 11th minute on a penalty, then Isaac Thelin got the equalizer for Malmö FF in the 42nd minute on a feed from Mohamed Buya Turay , but fortunately for Elfsborg it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Malmö FF is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Sporting Braga recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Vitória SC. Vitor Tormena scored the first goal for Sporting Braga in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vitória SC couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting Braga took the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Sporting Braga is glad to have Simon Banza in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 5 goals. Isaac Thelin has been the most prolific scorer on Malmö FF in his last five matches with three goals.