On the 20th of February, Tondela will host Sporting Braga in a clash 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 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Tondela is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Estoril. Arthur Gomes scored the first goal for Estoril in the 86th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Tondela couldn’t manage to score, and Estoril took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Sporting Braga recorded a 2-1 win against Paços de Ferreira. Antunes struck first for Paços de Ferreira in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Ricardo Horta tied it up for Sporting Braga in the 67th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 90th minute on a goal by Ricardo Horta. Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
Sporting Braga and Tondela last played eachother at the Estádio Municipal De Braga on Monday Sep 20th. Sporting Braga was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Iuri Medeiros scored the first goal for Sporting Braga in the 81st minute, then Ricardo Horta added another in the 84th minute on a feed from Yan.
Sporting Braga’s most prolific scorer has been Ricardo Horta. The Portugeese midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Juan Manuel Boselli has been the most prolific scorer on Tondela in the last five matches with 3 goals.