Braga vs Brondby Predictions

Braga lead 4-2 on aggregate against Brondby and head into Thursday’s 2nd leg as the big favourites to progress through to the next round of qualifiers in the Europa League. The visitors do possess goals and have shown so in recent weeks, so this tie is anything but over, despite the 4-2 scoreline.

The stats suggest that we will see both teams score once again this week but favour a win for Braga who have the better team on paper and have the home advantage. Braga came from behind in the 1st leg to lead 2-1 at the interval and, despite being pegged back early in the second half, secured their win with two dramatic stoppage-time goals. The scoreline was perhaps a little unfair on the hosts as they had 55% of the overall possession and more shots on target during the ninety minutes.

The form and performances of both teams in recent weeks back a Braga victory and both teams to score on Thursday as the hosts have won their last two matches and have only lost one of their last six in all competitions, while Brondby have lost three of their last six matches but have scored on each occasion.

The form of both team’s attacks and defences of late all point towards goals being scored at both ends of the pitch on Thursday as both teams have scored in Braga’s last two matches and in five of Brondby’s last six games, with the big difference being that Braga won those two matches and Brondby lost three of theirs.

We’re confident that Braga will win and both teams will score on Thursday and have predicted a final scoreline of 3-1. Braga were somewhat fortunate to score four goals against Brondby last time out, with two arriving deep into stoppage time, but with the home advantage behind them, we expect more goals from Braga. Brondby simply have to go for it and that’s what they will do and, after having success in front of goal during the 1st leg, we believe the visitors will get on the scoreboard once again this week.