Braga vs Vitoria Guimaraes Prediction

Sporting Braga vs Guimaraes prediction comes ahead of the Portuguese Primeira Liga fixture as Braga host Guimaraes at the Braga Municipal Stadium on Thursday. Let’s take a look at the match preview as we try to provide the best betting tips and correct score prediction for this tie.

Sporting Braga vs Guimaraes Betting Tips

Braga have been in absolute shambles since football returned in Portugal after the Coronavirus break. Consecutive losses to Santa Clara and Boavista, before their recent draw with Famalicao, have brought out a plethora of shortcomings in their playing style. On the contrary, Guimaraes visit them on Thursday with a great recent form on their backs. The visitors are unbeaten for 6 games in a row now. But their 3 consecutive draws have put them under a bit of pressure now.

The hosts have been amazing against Guimaraes in their head-to-head fixtures. Braga are unbeaten against their visitors for 5 games now, have been the first to score and have been first-half winners in 4 of those 5 games. Clearly they have the key to the secret of beating this very opponent. There have been 31 bookings in the last 6 fixtures between these sides, which suggests that the meetings have been quite heated between them.

Talking about tactics, Guimaraes are actually a more complete side than Braga. The away side create most of their scoring chances through attacks from the wings. Braga have suffered a lot defending against attacks from the flanks this season. Also, Guimaraes boasts many players like Marcus Edwards and Joao Texeira who actually single-handedly make the difference for them. Braga count defending against skilful players as one of their key weaknesses. The only significant weakness that Guimaraes have is their inability to defend against long shots – something Braga can capitalize on in Thursday’s fixture.

Sporting Braga vs Guimaraes Correct Score Predictions

If Guimaraes score first, it will probably be game over for Braga as the away team is great at protecting the lead. These are two teams which have really not stepped onto the fifth gear since returning from the break. Nevertheless, I don’t see this fixture witnessing a lot of goals. This should be a 1-1 draw as this game shouldn’t see more than 2.5 goals.