On the 21st of January, in this week 17 match, Paços de Ferreira will play host to Sporting Braga in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Paços de Ferreira recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Rio Ave. Nigel Thomas scored the first goal for Paços de Ferreira in the 34th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Rio Ave was frustrated by Paços de Ferreira’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Paços de Ferreira ended the match with the shutout victory. Paços de Ferreira looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while sporting Braga is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Boavista. Vitor Manuel Carvalho Oliveira scored the first goal for Sporting Braga in the 46th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Boavista couldn’t muster any offence and Sporting Braga ran away with the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Sporting Braga won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Sporting Braga is glad to have Ricardo Horta in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals. Paços de Ferreira is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Uilton and Nigel Thomas each only have 1 goal in their last five.