Week 9 brings us a match on Oct 9th where Chaves will travel to Braga to battle Sporting Braga in a clash of the Primeira Liga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 2nd placed Sporting Braga is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Porto. Evanilson struck first for Porto in the 32nd minute, then Stephen Eustáquio added another in the 34th minute. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their performance, while chaves sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Estoril. Héctor Hernández scored the first goal for Chaves in the 39th minute, then Rodrigo Martins tied it up for Estoril in the 76th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Estoril. Chaves is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Héctor Hernández has been the most effective weapon for Chaves lately. The Spanish attacker has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches. Sporting Braga’s most prolific scorer has been Ricardo Horta. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.