In a weekend match in week 34, on Sun May 15th, Famalicão hosts Sporting Braga in a Primeira Liga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Famalicão is fresh off their 3-2 win against Belenenses. Alex struck first for Belenenses on an own goal in the 44th minute, then Adrián Marín got the equalizer for Famalicão in the 67th minute on a feed from Pêpê But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 95th minute on a goal by Pêpê. Famalicão is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while sporting Braga sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Arouca. Ricardo Horta struck first for Sporting Braga in the 87th minute on a feed from Mariano Fale, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Arouca couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting Braga took the shutout win. Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sun Jan 9th, Sporting Braga and Famalicão battled to a 2-2 draw. Ricardo Horta struck first for Sporting Braga in the 13th minute, then Rúben Lima got the equalizer for Famalicão in the 31st minute on a feed from Ivo Rodrigues .
Ricardo Horta has been the most effective weapon for Sporting Braga lately. The Portugeese midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last five matches. Famalicão is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Pêpê and Adrián Marín each having 2 goals in their last five.