Braga vs Tondela Predictions

• Sporting Braga have won only one of their last 17 league games by more than one goal.
• Tondela have improved of late in two narrow defeats to Benfica and Estoril.
• Tondela have lost only three of their last 13 league games by more than a goal.

Talented Tondela can trouble Braga

Tondela have lost four straight league games after opening the season with an encouraging 3-0 home win, so the odds on them picking up another three points at Braga’s Estadio Municipal are lengthy.

They have a talented bunch of mainly younger players, many plucked from the reserve and youth teams of some higher profile foreign clubs.

And while the Auriverdes may not have been fully integrated into a cohesive unit yet, they could spring a surprise to an opponent such as Braga.

Carlos Carvalhal’s team are weakened by injuries and just back from a 2-1 Europa League defeat to Red Star in Belgrade.

They have won only five of their last 17 league games and only once in that spell covered a -1 handicap.

So even with a line-up that is closer to full-strength, we wouldn’t be certain of the hosts winning by more than a goal.

Hence our approach to this match is to back Tondela +2 and take a 2-1 Braga win that would match both of the visitors most recent scorelines in defeat to Benfica and high-flying Estoril.

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