In this week 17 match on Jan 9th, Sporting Braga will host Famalicão in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Sporting Braga recorded a 6-0 blowout win against Arouca. Carvalho Oliveira struck first for Sporting Braga in the 5th minute, then Vitor Manuel Carvalho Oliveira added another in the 12th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Arouca couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting Braga took the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their performance, while famalicão sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Estoril. Bernardo Maria Morais Cardoso Vital scored the first goal for Famalicão on an own goal in the 42nd minute, but Rui Fonte got the equalizer for Estoril in the 45th minute . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Sporting Braga won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Famalicão’s most prolific scorer has been Simon Banza. The French attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Carvalho Oliveira has been the most prolific scorer on Sporting Braga in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.