Sporting Lisbon vs Braga Predictions

• Sporting have won their last 11 home games.
• Sporting have scored 33 goals and conceded just two across their last seven at the Estádio José Alvalade.
• Four of Braga’s five away losses have been by more than one goal.

Heavyweight clash in Lisbon

Sporting sit in second spot in Portugal’s top flight but they face a tricky game on Sunday as fourth placed Braga visit.

Braga won 1-0 in the Taca da Liga as the home side when these sides last met last month, before going on to win the trophy and Sunday’s game offers Sporting a chance to take some revenge.

The Lisbon giants were perhaps unlucky in that cup meeting but they can leave nothing to chance this weekend as they have an exceptional home record.

Sporting have won each of their last 11 home games and have covered a -1 handicap in eight of those wins, while they have scored 33 goals and conceded just twice across their last seven at the Estádio José Alvalade.

When Braga do succumb to defeat they usually do so by big margins on their travels and four of their five away losses this season have been by two or more goals.

As such, Sporting with a -1 handicap is the main bet and a 3-0 win for the hosts appeals in the correct score market as Braga have conceded exactly three goals in three of their five away losses.

Viktor Gyokeres is the league’s leading scorer with 15 goals and he heads into the game in red-hot form with four goals in his last two appearances, so back Sporting’s Swedish striker to add to his account on Sunday.