In this week 14 match, on Friday Dec 30th, Sporting Braga hosts Benfica at Estádio Municipal De Braga in a clash of these two evenly matched Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. Sporting Braga is fresh off their 2-1 win against Portimonense. Zie Ouattara scored the first goal for Portimonense in the 40th minute, then Iuri Medeiros tied it up for Sporting Braga in the 65th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 83rd minute on a goal by Carvalho Oliveira. Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Benfica recorded a 3-1 win against Gil Vicente. João Mário struck first for Benfica in the 9th minute on a penalty kick, then Fran Navarro tied it up for Gil Vicente in the 17th minute on a penalty kick. Benfica is on a hot streak lately, with 9 wins in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Ramos has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Benfica. Sporting Braga’s most prolific scorer has been Iuri Medeiros. The Portugeese attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.