Vizela v Braga

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Vizela dropped back down into the relegation zone of the Portuguese Primeira Liga following their recent 2-1 defeat away from home at Chaves last Friday and having managed to collect just two league wins from their opening 12 games of this Portuguese top flight season, the hosts face a mountain to climb when they play host to high-flying Braga at their Estádio Do Vizela especially as the visitors will be chasing a fourth league win on the trot.

Vizela slipped to a sixth defeat in 12 games last time out and as league wins have been hard to come by for Pablo Villar's side, the hosts face another tough afternoon at the office despite holding supposed home advantage at their Estádio Do Vizela as rare successes against the likes of Gil Vicente and Casa Pia, both of whom occupy places in the lower half of the Primeira Liga table, have been overshadowed by six defeats overall.

Vizela have managed to capture just one win both home and away and remarkably, their records both on home soil at their Estádio Do Vizela and indeed on their travels, are both identical, winning once, drawing twice and losing the other three games, while the bigger picture shows Vizela have registered just two home wins in their last 14 attempts.

Braga by contrast occupy fourth place in the Primeira Liga standings and the visitors will be eyeing off another three points here on Friday afternoon at the Estádio Do Vizela having collected three previous wins on the trot which have been achieved by way of victories against Portimonense, Arouca and Estoril respectively.

The visitors are certainly enjoying a rich vein of form right now in the Portuguese top flight as Artur Jorge's side have recorded six wins out of their last seven games overall which have seen Braga pick up important wins on the road at Estrela and Arouca, while the wider picture shows Braga have suffered just two defeats throughout this season's campaign overall.

However, although they have slipped to disappointing defeats to the likes of Famalicao and Farense, Braga have accumulated eight wins within their opening 12 league games of this new term which should stand the visitors in good stead ahead of this upcoming trip to the Estádio Do Vizela on Friday afternoon.

Vizela v Braga Verdict

With home wins being tough to come by for Friday afternoon's hosts, Vizela, it looks like Sporting Braga are the more capable of picking up all three points in this encounter and indeed previous exchanges between these two clubs have certainly favoured the visitors as Braga have won five out of the previous six meetings against Vizela and the fourth placed visitors look well placed to take the spoils on Friday afternoon.

Therefore, our main bet will be Braga win @ 1.65

Other side bets worth considering:

Braga win & Over 2.5 goals @ 2.30

Correct Score: Braga 2-1 @ 8.00