Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Benfica
Match Time & Date:
27/04/2024
01:00 PM
Prediction: 2-1
Braga
All eyes will be on Estadio da Luz when Benfica and Braga square off against each other in a highly-anticipated Primeira Liga game. Benfica aim to keep their title hopes alive and they have no other option but to go all guns blazing at Braga. Pacey winger David Neres is widely expected to return to the starting line-up, while Tomas Araujo remains on the sidelines with an ankle problem.
The Reds, on the other hand, are eyeing a top-three finish, but given their three-game losing run at Estadio da Luz, we predict that the hosts are going to pick up all three points from the match. In their last meeting in the beautiful city of Lisbon (Taca de Portugal) Benfica defeated Braga 3-2 and we predict that history is going to repeat itself. Rui Duarte has a full squad to choose from for Saturday’s encounter.
Highlighted Player (Angel di Maria):
Angel Di Maria is a professional footballer who played for Argentine side Rosario Central at the start of his senior career. The left-footed winger is very quick on the ball and he often makes life difficult for opposition defenders. After playing for Benfica between 2007 and 2010, the Argentine superstar signed for Real Madrid on 28 June, 2010 for a fee of €25 million + €11 million in bonuses.
Despite impressing with los Blancos in the 2013/2014 La Liga campaign, the club chiefs decided to sell him to Manchester United on 26 August, 2014. Di Maria was playing below expectations at Old Trafford and he scored three goals in 27 league games for the Red Devils.
In 2015 he moved to Paris Saint-Germain and he scored 10 goals in 29 league appearances for les Parisiens in the 2015/2016 Ligue 1 campaign. In 2014 he won the Champions League trophy with Real Madrid and that is considered the biggest success of his career. Angel Di Maria was born in Rosario on 14 February, 1988.
Highlighted Team (Braga):
Braga are a Portuguese club that have always been in the shadow of Primeira Liga giants Porto, Benfica and Sporting. Os Minhotos were founded on 19 January, 1921 and they originally played in green and white kits. After the World War II they changed their kits to red and they have been wearing red shirts and white shorts ever since.
Braga play their home games at Estadio Municipal de Braga, the stadium that was opened in December, 2003. Os Minhotos have yet to win the Primeira Liga title, but they finished the 2009/2010 campaign in second position in the standings, just five points behind champions Benfica.
In 2011 Braga participated in the Europa League final, but fellow Portuguese outfit Porto proved to be a big catch for Os Minhotos. Anyhow, that is regarded as the club’s biggest success. Vitoria de Guimaraes are considered Braga’s bitter rivals and the two teams face each other in the Minho derby.
