Week 8 brings us a match on Sep 30th, where Sporting Braga will travel to Porto to battle Porto in a meeting of these two Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. 3rd placed Porto is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Estoril. Tiago Gouveia struck first for Estoril in the 41st minute on a feed from Joãozinho, but Mehdi Taremi got the equalizer for Porto in the 9th minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point. Porto should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while sporting Braga is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Vizela. Vitor Manuel Carvalho Oliveira struck first for Sporting Braga in the 83rd minute, then Ricardo Horta added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Vizela couldn’t muster any offence and Sporting Braga ran away with the shutout win. Sporting Braga is on a hot streak lately, having won 6 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Ricardo Horta has been the most prolific scorer on Sporting Braga in his last 5 matches with 3 goals. Mehdi Taremi has been the most prolific scorer on Porto in the last 5 matches with 3 goals.