Sporting Braga vs Boavista betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on January 26th, 2025

Sporting Braga will be playing against Boavista in a Liga Portugal football match scheduled to take place on Sunday, January 26th, 2025, at 20:30h (UTC), in Portugal, check the Sporting Braga vs Boavista betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Sporting Braga vs Boavista will occur

The game is set to be played in the Estádio Municipal de Braga stadium, in the city of Braga, with a capacity for 30286 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Sporting Braga vs Boavista betting tip 2024/2025

The Liga Portugal has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.87 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.61 goals per match played.

Sporting Braga last match

Sporting Braga in its last official match won (0-1) against Estrela Amadora, in a match valid for Liga Portugal. Coach C. Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal's lined up a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The team's favoritism prior to the match was confirmed thanks to the positive result, a victory that had odds of 1.70.

While a good part of the team did not have an eye-catching performance, Roger Fernandes called the responsibility. It appeared very well in the contest's central moments, becoming the great name of victory for Sporting Braga.

Boavista last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Boavista, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Casa Pia team with a final score of 2-3.

This defeat was something that was already predicted before the game. The odds for their win, 4.10 indicated as much.

Sporting Braga vs Boavista h2h

The last time these teams battled against each other in Liga Portugal, Sporting Braga ranked 11th place while Boavista was in 8th place. Sporting Braga took to the field with a 4-2-3-1 tactic, while Boavista deployed in a 4-1-4-1 formation.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2024/2025 season of the Liga Portugal. The meeting took place on 18-08-2024 and ended with a 0-1 win for Sporting Braga.

The last match between these two clubs was a seesaw battle to the end.

The Sporting Braga team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Boavista has been more irregular.

Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

The Sporting Braga team with 34 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Qualifiers, with a campaign of 10 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses.

This means that in the 19th round, the Santa Clara team is closing in at 5th place, with 3 points separating them.

Sporting Braga analysis

At the end of round 18 Sporting Braga has a good ratio of goals made to goals conceded, with 31 goals to its credit against 19 conceded.

Ball possession above 50% usually gives teams some control over their opponents. This is why the Sporting Braga team typically goes for an average ball possession of 56.61% in an attempt to control the game.

Sporting Braga is a more offensive team than Boavista, having 2043 attacks vs. 1582 from Boavista, having scored 31 times. In comparison, Boavista converted into goal 13 times.

Best goalscorer from Sporting Braga

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Bruma. The Attacker has already scored 7 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Sporting Braga, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Boavista

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

With 12 points won, Boavista is in 18th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 2 wins against 10 losses, plus 6 draws.

AVS ranks just above, occupying 17th place in the 19th round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 3 points.

Boavista analysis

After 18 rounds, Boavista has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 29 goals so far and scored 13 times.

Boavista has been going through a rough patch in their recent matches, losing their last 4 matches and drawing the other. They will need to regroup and find a way to bounce back from this dip in form if they want to salvage their season.

Boavista is currently struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating better opportunities and converting them into goals.

The outcome of the match promises to be less than positive for the team, which is awaiting a complicated away game and has some less than comforting attacking numbers: only 0.72 goals on average per game in this tournament.

Best goalscorer from Boavista

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Miguel Reisinho. The Midfielder has scored 4 times in this competition and helped Boavista avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 4 of the 4 goals scored have this characteristic.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Sporting Braga is Bruma, who has already scored 7 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Boavista is Miguel Reisinho, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 4.84 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Sporting Braga is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.17 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Sporting Braga in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Sporting Braga has an average of 1.9 yellow cards per game over the 18 rounds, while Boavista has an average of 2.6. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.72 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Boavista side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 4 time this season, very different from Sporting Braga who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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