On Wednesday night, Sporting Braga host Rangers at the Estadio Municipal de Braga in the Europa League last-32 second leg. The tie is delicately balanced after the Scottish side recorded a first leg 3-2 win at Ibrox Stadium.
Despite the defeat in Glasgow, Braga will feel like they have a good chance of progressing into the last-16. The two away goals in Scotland have certainly left the Portuguese team in a good position to qualification for the next phase of the competition.
The home side has been in good form of late, winning ten of their last 12 matches in all competitions. The first-leg defeat was their only loss in that 12-game period.
The defeat also ended a run of 13 matches without defeat in the Europa League for Braga, who had recorded an impressive nine wins in the good run of form.
Sporting Braga’s recent Europa League games have certainly offered good value for money when it comes to goals and entertainment, as their last six matches in the competition have produced over 2.5 goals.
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Rangers will know that they still have a lot of work to do to seal qualification for the next round of the Europa League. Steven Gerrard’s team head into the clash on the back of a disappointing 2-2 draw at St Johnstone last time out.
The game followed a familiar high-scoring trend for the Gers, as five of their last six matches in all competitions have produced over 2.5 goals.
The visitors have an impressive recent record in the Europa League, as they have suffered just one defeat in their last 15 matches in the competition. However, the Scottish giants have struggled for victories on their travel’s in the Europa League, winning just one of their six away games.
Forebet predicts that Sporting Braga will record a victory in a high-scoring game, which will be enough to see them through to the next round of the competition.