Benfica Lisbon vs SC Braga Prediction & Betting Tips - Liga Portugal

Prediction published on 13/02/2020, 13:24  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 15/02/2020 at 17:22 in Liga Portugal Predictions

Both Benfica and Sporting Braga had winless outings in their last matches and as Benfica host their meeting this Saturday, they will be gunning for returns to winning ways. Benfica are still top of the Primeira Liga standings with 54 points while Braga have 34 points in fourth place. =10.5ptBenfica lost to FC Porto in the last game, suffering their second defeat of the season, while Braga drew 2-2 with newly-promoted Gil Vicente. Benfica have in the last two matches gone through their roughest patch in their last 15 matches, as they failed to win any of them – losing one and drawing the other. They have no clean sheet in their last four matches and have conceded two or more goals in three of their last four matches. They have lost just one of the last 19 matches and three of their last four matches have produced over 4.5 goals. Benfica have 12 straight home wins and are unbeaten in 13 in their backyard. They however have no clean sheet in their last five home matches. They are unbeaten in 14 matches against Braga and have won each of the last five meetings.

Braga on the other hand, go to this game on a high, with a nine-game unbeaten run. They have four wins in the last five matches and have scored two or more goals in seven of their last nine matches. In their last 15 matches, they have lost just three, while they have four straight away wins ahead of this game. They have no clean sheet in their last seven away matches while the last 12 away matches have yielded just one clean sheet. They have beaten Benfica just twice in the last 18 meetings and their last win over Benfica in the league is traced back to over five years ago