Portugal - Liga PortugalStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between SC Braga and Arouca, taking place on Sunday, 19 February 2023, at Estádio Municipal de Braga in Braga.
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SC Braga, Recent FormSC Braga enter this game with a comfortable 2-1 away win over Marítimo last time out in the league. In that game they had 47% possession and managed 9 attempts on goal, with 3 on target, compared to Marítimo who had 18 attempts and 6 on target.
Their boss Artur Jorge has every reason to be happy with his side's attacking prowess of late, which has seen them net 13 goals in their last 6 matches; however, they may have some work to do in defence with 8 goals conceded across those matches. They are showing great consistency in finding the back of the net, having scored in 5 of their last 6 games. With 10 clean sheets so far this season, they have one of the best shut out records in the league.
This has been a great run of form for them over the past 6 matches, during which they've managed to secure 5 victories. It's been a good season so far with them having won 15 of their 20 league games.
Having scored 4 goals in his last 6 league games for SC Braga, Ricardo Horta will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Arouca, Recent FormArouca head into this match with some confidence in the knowledge that they recorded a solid 1-0 home win against Santa Clara in their last league encounter. In that game they recorded 59 % of the possession, with 9 attempts on goal, 4 on target. Their opponents found the target on 0 of their 4 shots on goal.
Manager Armando Evangelista will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, with them having managed to score 9 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 5 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way. Having found the net in 5 of their last 6 matches, they will be pleased that their forward line have found some good and consistent form of late. They will need to tighten up at the back, having failed to keep a clean sheet in all but 1 of their last 6 away games.
They've drawn their last 2 league games away from home, but their search for a league win on the road extends even further having gone 3 consecutive games without grabbing all 3 points.
Oday Dabbagh will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 5 goals in the last 6 league outings for Arouca.
Arouca will be looking to forget their last league encounter with SC Braga, when a slew of goals ended in a heavy 0-6 defeat.
During the last 3 times these two teams have met in the league, Arouquenses have been unable to break through SC Braga's defence and find the back of the net. SC Braga will feel sure their attacking prowess will yield results in this one, having scored at least 1 goal in the previous 5 encounters with Arouquenses. When it comes to breaching the opposition defence, Os Arcebispos know how to do it against Arouca, having clocked up 17 goals against them in their previous 5 meetings. Arouca have struggled to break down the Os Arcebispos defence in their past encounters having only managed to find the back of the net 2 times in their last 5 meetings.
Arouca will be determined to get something from this game having lost the last 4 times they've met SC Braga in the league and not won this fixture for 8 games in a row.
Ricardo Horta has scored in each of SC Braga's last 2 league games against Arouca.
With no real injury worries, SC Braga manager Artur Jorge will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
There is only really one injury concern for the Arouca manager Armando Evangelista ahead of this clash, with Weverson Moreira da Costa (Muscle) missing out, which gives Evangelista a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
SC Braga Playing at home | Arouca Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | Goals scored | 0.9 |
| 0.7 | Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| 39' | Time first goal scored | 54' |
| 26' | Time first goal conceded | 26' |
| 2.9 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.2 |
| 4.7 | Subs used | 4.4 |
| 5-0 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 1-0 | Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
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