Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Braga
Match Time & Date:
14/05/2023
12:00 PM
Prediction: 3-0
Santa Clara
After failing to spoil Benfica’s party at Estadio da Luz, Braga will be aiming to stay in the Champions League berth when they take on Santa Clara on Matchday 32. The Reds are eyeing their fourth consecutive win at home ground and we are positive that they will adopt an attack-minded approach in Sunday’s encounter. Fit-again defender Sequeira is pushing for a start, while midfielder Andre Castro remains on the sidelines with a muscle injury.
Santa Clara, meanwhile, desperately needed a win against Gil Vicente and they managed to get one, but given their poor away record in the 2022/2023 season, anything but a routine home win would be a big surprise this time out. There are no fresh injury worries in the away team ahead of the trip to Braga. In the first half of the season the Reds outclassed Os Acoreanos 4-0 at Estadio de Sao Miguel.
Highlighted Player (Ricardo Horta):
Ricardo Horta is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sporting Braga in Primeira Liga. Born in Sobreda, Portugal, on September 15, 1994, Ricardo Horta spent his youth career at Ginasio Corroios, Benfica, and Vitoria Setubal.
The 173-cm-tall winger continued playing for Setubal at the senior level, but he moved to Malaga in the summer of 2014, signing a five-year deal with the La Liga outfit. Ricardo Horta scored only one goal in 48 appearances for los Boquerones in the Spanish top flight before signing a loan deal with Braga. In July 2017, he signed a permanent contract with the Minhotos.
Ricardo Horta made his Primeira Liga debut against Rio Ave back in April 2013, during his spell with Vitoria Setubal. His primary position is left winger, but he is capable of producing good performances as a right winger as well. He made his Portugal debut in a 1-0 loss to Albania in the Euro 2016 qualifiers.
Highlighted Team (Santa Clara):
Santa Clara are a professional football club that compete in the Portuguese Primeira Liga. Os Acoreanos (The Azoreans) play their home games at Estadio de Sao Miguel, the venue which can hold up to 13,277 people.
Estadio de Sao Miguel was built in 1930. Santa Clara are the only team from the Azores Islands to compete in the Primeira Liga. Os Acoreanos are well known for its close connection with famoust Portuguese club Benfica, with the two teams sharing the very same crest until recently.
Santa Clara wear red shirts and white shorts when playing at home ground, whilst white is the dominant colour of their away kit. Os Acoreanos participated in the Intertoto Cup in the 2002/2003 season, with the team beating FC Shirak in round 1 5-3 on aggregate, while suffering a loss to Teplice 2-9 on agg. in round 2. CD Operario from Lagao are considered Santa Clara’s fiercest rivals.
Albania 
Ukraine 
Bosnia Herzegovina 
Netherlands 
Czech Republic
Georgia 
Hungary 
Germany 
Montenegro 
Turkey 
Wales 
Iceland 
