AEK Athens and Sporting Braga meet at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis, in a match for this stage of the UEFA Europa League (Group Stage). Attention to the home factor, since AEK Athens tends to achieve different results at home and abroad.
AEK :
The home team is currently in 3rd position, with 3 points won, after 1 win and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they won away against Zorya by (1‑4). In the last match, they lost at home against Zorya by (0‑3). This is a team that curiously tends to achieve more positive results as a visitor than at home, since in the last 30 games they have registered 10 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats as a visitor, with 24 goals scored and 14 suffered; against 6 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats in his stadium, with 22 goals scored and 18 suffered. The team comes to this match after an away win against Asteras Tripolis by (1‑2). In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, AEK Athens won 4, drew 2 and lost 4. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 5 of the last 6 matches for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 16 of the last 24 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 15 games, he only managed 2 comebacks in the 7 games in which he suffered the first goal.
AEK Athens enters this match with a victory, 1-2, by traveling to Asteras, in a match that counts for the Greek championship. It should be noted that the Greeks lost to Zorya, 0-3, on the last day of the Europa League. The two arrows pointing to the “enemy’s” goal will be Marko Livaja and Muamer Tankovic, and the player in charge of defining and leading his team’s attacks is midfielder Nenad Krsticic. Despite showing some difficulties to maintain possession of the ball, the home team makes up for it with their speed in transporting the ball to attack. For this game the local man cannot count on Yevhen Shakhov, punished, as well as Damian Szymanski, this injured.
Braga:
After 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, the visiting team is currently in 2nd position, with 7 points won. In the last match, they tied (3‑3) at home against Leicester City, after in the previous match, having lost (4‑0) away to Leicester City. This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 7 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses as a visitor, with 28 goals scored and 26 suffered; against 9 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats in his stadium, with 28 goals scored and 15 suffered. In their last match, for the Primeira Liga, they beat Farense at home by (1‑0). In their last away match, for Taça de Portugal, they won by (1‑2) against Trofense. In their last 10 away matches Sporting Braga has recorded 6 wins and 4 losses. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 3 of the last 4 matches, so they have not presented great defensive strength, but their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 3 of the last 4 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 18 of the last 23 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. This is a team that does not usually have difficulties to open the scoring: they scored the first goal in 11 of the last 13 games, of these 11 they reached the break with an advantage in 8 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 9 In the last 8 home matches for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 5 of their 13 goals between minutes (16’ ‑ 30 ‘); they have conceded 4 of their 11 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).
Braga arrives motivated for this match after the 1-0 victory against Farense, in a match that counts for the Portuguese championship: the only goal of the match was scored by Al Musrati. In the last game of the Europa League, Braga tied three balls against Leicester City. The Braga team usually plays in a traditional 4-3-3, where the three most advanced players are Galeno, Iuri Medeiros and Paulinho. The brain of the team is midfielder Ricardo Horta, an intervener in charge of defining and leading his team’s attacks. For this match the visiting team cannot count on Francisco Moura and Rui Fonte, both with physical problems.
PREDICTION: Braga to win @ 2,10
