Braga vs Maccabi Tel Aviv Prediction & Betting Tips (26 September)

This game has huge implications at both ends of the table, with Braga battling to stay up and Maccabi Tel Aviv attempting to book a place in the playoffs. Although the two teams have very different ambitions, they each seem to love a draw, with the Braga managing six in 11 fourth-tier home games and the Maccabi Tel Aviv securing a good place in the Europa League.

Braga may be renowned for playing a swashbuckling brand of attacking football, but the fact remains that 17 of their last 18 Europa League matches have served up three goals or fewer. This has also been the case in 18 of the most recent 18 games involving Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa League, so it is hard to see this pattern changing when the teams lock horns.

Over the course of their previous 13 matches in the Europa League second-tier, Maccabi Tel Aviv have been involved in a staggering 11 encounters in which at least one of the two goalkeepers has kept a clean sheet. Even more amazingly, perhaps, Braga boast exactly the same record, so it would come as a major surprise were both teams to find the net in this clash.