In a mid week match in week 30, on Monday Apr 18th, Sporting Braga will travel to Estoril to battle Estoril in a clash of these two mismatched Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. Estoril sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Santa Clara. Antonio struck first for Santa Clara in the 44th minute on a feed from Allano, then Kyosuke Tagawa added another in the 53rd minute In the end, Estoril couldn’t muster any offence and Santa Clara ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Sporting Braga, recorded a 1-3 loss against Rangers. James Tavernier scored the first goal for Rangers in the 2nd minute, then James Tavernier added another in the 44th minute on a penalty. Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
Estoril and Sporting Braga last played eachother at the Estádio Municipal De Braga on the 5th of December. Sporting Braga was victorious by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost five thousand spectators. Ricardo Horta scored the first goal for Sporting Braga in the 34th minute, then Ricardo Horta added another in the 39th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Estoril couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting Braga took the shutout win.
Iuri Medeiros has been the most prolific scorer on Sporting Braga in his last 5 matches with 2 goals. Francisco Geraldes and Jordi Mboula are the top scorers for Estoril in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.