Desportivo Aves vs Braga Predictions

• Braga’s recent form has seen them start to climb the table and a win this weekend could place the visitors back into the top four.
• Even an unlikely victory for the hosts wouldn’t lift Aves off the bottom of the table on Saturday.
• Braga have won 11 of the pairs’ last 13 competitive and non-competitive meetings.
• Aves are in the midst of an eleven game losing streak across all competitions.

The visitors have an excellent record against their hosts

Braga have won their last eight games in league and cup, home and away, against Aves and have kept a clean sheet in three of the duos’ last five encounters. Braga have scored two team goals in five of the pairs’ last six competitive and non-competitive matches, so you can see why we have backed the visitors to win 2-0 on Saturday.

Aves have lost their last eleven matches in all competitions and Braga have lost just one of their last sixteen matches in league and cup, so the form guide points heavily in the direction of the visitors this weekend. Aves have lost four of their five home games this season and average 0.60 points per home game while Braga average 1.17 points per away game.

Aves concede an average of 1.60 goals per home game and only 17% of Braga’s away games have produced over 2.5 goals, so we’re not expecting any more than two goals to be scored on Saturday. Braga have won 33% of their away games which is above the league average of 29% and, given the host’s record at home, we believe the visitors will increase their win rate on the road this weekend.

Braga are expected to win but not by a big margin

60% of Aves’ home games and 67% of Braga’s away games have produced over 1.5 goals, but the hosts haven’t kept any clean sheets at home and the visitors have kept clean sheets in 33% of their away games. Aves have also failed to score in 40% of their home games, while Braga have won-to-nil in 33% of their away games and 33% of their away games have produced exactly two goals. A majority of Sporting Braga’s wins have been obtained with a margin of two goals or more, applying to four of their league victories this season, which adds even more weight to our prediction for a 2-0 away win on Saturday.

We’re confident that Braga will win this weekend and we have predicted a final scoreline of 2-0. The visitors arrive in excellent form, the complete polar opposite tom their hosts who are in the midst of a dire losing streak. Aves have only picked up three points this season and it’s difficult to imagine anything but another defeat for the home side on Saturday.