In this week 19 match on Feb 5th, Sporting Braga will play host to Famalicão in a Primeira Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Sporting Braga is fresh off their 0-5 blowout loss against Sporting CP. Hidemasa Morita struck first for Sporting CP in the 9th minute, then Hidemasa Morita added another in the 46th minute on a feed from Ramalho Chermiti In the end, Sporting Braga couldn’t muster any offence and Sporting CP ran away with the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Sporting Braga should be reasonably happy with their performance, while famalicão sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Estoril. Santiago Colombatto struck first for Famalicão in the 54th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Estoril was frustrated by Famalicão’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Famalicão ended the match with the shutout victory. Famalicão is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estádio Municipal 22 De Junho, Sporting Braga won by a score of 3 to 0. Nuno Sequeira scored the first goal for Sporting Braga in the 13th minute, then Simon Banza added another in the 18th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Famalicão couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting Braga took the shutout win.
Famalicão’s most prolific scorer has been Iván Jaime. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Ricardo Horta has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for Sporting Braga.