Boavista vs Braga Prediction & Betting Tips (26 February)

Boavista falls from place to place in the ranking over the days of the championship. Now 11th at the start of this J23, As Panteras was only three lengths ahead of Rio Ave, i.e. jump-off. Worse still, the locals have won only one of their last 17 matches in the Portuguese elite for a harmful record of 10 defeats. Last weekend, traveling to the pitch of Chaves, direct competitor in the race to maintain, Boavista did not even manage to bring back at least the point of the 2-1 defeat draw.

Braga still holds on to its fourth place and does not wish to give it up despite the pressure from Guimaraes who is close behind, 2 points apart at the start of this day. Last Thursday, the participant in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League at the start of the season traveled to Qarabag as part of the Europa League play-offs. As a reminder, in the first leg, the Azerbaijanis won the first leg by a fairly significant score, 2-4. In the league, Braga remains on a home success against Farense 2-1 a week after its rout against Sporting in Lisbon, 5-0 defeat.

For this part, Boavista will probably be forced to deal without two players who have been absent for ages, Dabo and replacement goalkeeper Dutra. Announced ill last weekend, Awaziem mainly participated in the CAN with Nigeria and seems fine physically. Author of 8 goals in the league, Bozenik (2 assists as a bonus) will probably be on the scoresheet. Second top scorer in the squad in the league, the young talent Morais (6 goals) took charge of Lille this winter (transfer, 3 million euros). Suffering from health problems, the important Horta (7 goals in championship this season) will be away from the field again this evening.

Bruma (2 goals in 14 top-flight appearances) and Marin (rotation) are injured and potentially OUT. Finally, the keys to the truck were entrusted to Simon Banza (15 goals in the league, second best scorer behind Sporting's Gyokeres). The latter has also been slammed twice in two matches since his return from CAN with the RDC.