In a weekend match in week 5, on Saturday Sep 3rd, Sporting Braga will host Vitória SC at Estádio Municipal De Braga in a meeting of these two mismatched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 2nd placed Sporting Braga is fresh off their 6-0 blowout win against Arouca. Simon Banza struck first for Sporting Braga in the 1st minute, then Ricardo Horta added another in the 4th minute In the end, Arouca couldn’t muster any offence and Sporting Braga ran away with the shutout win. Sporting Braga is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Vitória SC, recorded a 0-1 loss against Casa Pia. Takahiro Kunimoto struck first for Casa Pia in the 7th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vitória SC couldn’t manage to score, and Casa Pia took the shutout win. Vitória SC is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Vitória SC won the head to head battle with 1 win.
André has been the most effective weapon for Vitória SC lately. The Brazilian midfielder has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches. Sporting Braga is glad to have Simon Banza in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals.