On the 27th of February, Vitória SC will host Sporting Braga at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques in a clash of the Primeira Liga. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 5th placed Vitória SC is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Casa Pia. Neither Casa Pia nor Vitória SC could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Vitória SC is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 3rd placed Sporting Braga, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Arouca. Abel Ruiz struck first for Sporting Braga in the 1st minute, then Simon Banza added another in the 81st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Arouca couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting Braga took the shutout win. Sporting Braga looks to continue their winning ways, having 8 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Saturday Sep 3rd, Sporting Braga was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Vitor Tormena scored the first goal for Sporting Braga in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Vitória SC was frustrated by Sporting Braga’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sporting Braga ended the match with the shutout victory.
Simon Banza has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Sporting Braga. Vitória SC’s most prolific scorer has been Safira. The Brazilian attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.