📊 Form Guide

Braga

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Braga enter this game following a 1-1 Europa League drawn game versus Real Betis.

In that match, Braga managed 64% possession and 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Braga was Florian Grillitsch (5'). On the other side, Real Betis got 11 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Cucho Hernández (61') was the scorer for Real Betis.

Over their last 6 games, Carlos Vicens's Braga have hit the target a total of 9 times which gives them an average number of goals per match equal to 1.5.

Leading up to this clash, Braga:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Arouca in their previous 3 games.
• have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.

Arouca

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Arouca will go into this game following on from a 3-2 Primeira Liga win to defeat Estoril in their last fixture.

In that match, Arouca had 46% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Arouca, goals were scored by Barbero (13'), Fontán (45') and Gozálbez (55'). On the other side, Estoril had 12 shots at goal with 3 on target. Xeka (3') and Yanis Begraoui (32') scored for Estoril.

Vasco Seabra's Arouca have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 9 times in the course of their latest six matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes equals 8.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head meetings going back to 19/02/2023 shows that Braga have won 5 of them & Arouca 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.

A total of 16 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 11 of them from Os Arcebispos and 5 belonging to Arouca. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The previous league meeting between these sides was Primeira Liga match day 12 on 01/12/2025 when it ended Arouca 0-4 Braga.

In that match, Arouca managed 16% possession and 3 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. The goals were scored by Nico Mantl (26' Own goal) and Pinto (45' Own goal).

For their opponents, Braga had 18 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Horta (31') and Gustaf Lagerbielke (71') scored.

The referee was Miguel Nogueira.

🗞️ Team News: Braga

Adrian Leon Barisic (Adductor injury), Vítor Carvalho (unknown injury), Sikou Niakaté (Achilles tendon rupture), Rodrigo Zalazar (Muscle injury) and Diego Rodrigues (Injury to the ankle) aren’t available for Braga manager Carlos Vicens.

It’s our opinion that Os Arcebispos will possibly opt for a 4-3-3 system for this one with Lukas Hornicek, Victor Gomez, Carvalho, Bright Arrey-Mbi, Leonardo Lelo, Demir Tiknaz, Gabriel Moscardo, Joao Moutinho, Mario Dorgeles, Fran Navarro and Ricardo Horta.

ℹ️ Team News: Arouca

We’re of the thinking that Arouca seem most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Joao Valido, Tiago Esgaio, Javi Sanchez, Jose Fontan, Bas Kuipers, Espen van Ee, Taichi Fukui, Alfonso Trezza, Hyun-Ju Lee, Nais Djouahra and Ivan Barbero.

✨ Prediction

Our feeling is that Braga will, in all likelihood, dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.

Conversely, Arouca could well struggle to score but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be hitting back at some stage.

We can therefore see a pretty comfortable 3-1 win for Braga at the end of this one.

Renata Leite, 16:02 12/04/2026