Sporting Braga vs Gil Vicente - Liga Portugal
Sporting Braga
Liga Portugal·MD2Sporting Braga
Gil Vicente
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Liga Portugal · dimanche 16 août à 22:30
The matchSporting Braga - Gil Vicente in the Liga Portugal kicks off on dimanche 16 août at 22:30, local time (Greece). In Greece, the match is broadcast live on TV and streaming on Cosmote Sport 2. Find all the official broadcasters below, and switch country to see the broadcasts near you.
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Sporting BragaGil VicenteBraga has put in the resources
For his second season under Carlos Vicens, the former assistant to Guardiola at Manchester City, Braga has invested like never before: Pau Víctor, snatched from Barcelona, became the most expensive signing in the club's history, backed by four summer reinforcements. At home, on its famously airtight Pedreira pitch, Braga is clearly the favorite.
Braga keeps on sharing
The catch is that this favorite isn't deciding games anymore. In its last six outings, it has conceded four draws, including three 2-2 draws in a row at Moreirense, against Estrela Amadora and even at Benfica. This makes a share of the points very credible this Sunday.
Gil Vicente knows how to trip them up
Opposite them, Gil Vicente arrives with a real asset: it has won two of their last four duels, including a victory on Braga's pitch last season. Its shadow on the painting lies in goal, where the departure of the starter Dani Figueira leaves the young Lucão, still green, alone to provide reassurance.
To go further, the stats below detail the form of the two teams and the history of their duels.
2-1Sporting Braga0-1Gil Vicente2-0Gil Vicente0-0Sporting Braga2-1Gil Vicente3-3Sporting Braga1-0Gil Vicente0-1Sporting Braga0-1Gil Vicente0-1Sporting BragaWhy not play the Braga win?
Because this Braga doesn't win anymore: four draws in its last six matches, three times by the same 2-2 score. The favorite is real, but it's stumbling over the result.
Can Gil Vicente really hold out?
It's done it before, with two wins in their last four meetings, including one at Braga. Its weak point remains its goalkeeper, reshuffled this summer.
And if Braga finally wins at home?
That's the accepted risk: carried by its new signings and its Pedreira, Braga can unlock its season. But "Gil Vicente or the draw" covers the share of points as well as an away success.
Braga has the ambition, the resources, and the home advantage, but it's going through a string of draws and is meeting a Gil Vicente that knows how to disrupt it. The bet "Gil Vicente or the draw" leans heavily on this sharing of points that has become a Braga habit: correct confidence in this double support, more measured as soon as one imagines a Braga finally decisive at home. To avoid: betting on a clean Gil Vicente win, too fragile in goal for such a bet.
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Written by
Adrien Costa
Football Analyst
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