SC Braga, fourth placed, with 23 points in the Portuguese Football League, receives Estoril Praia, 14th, with 10.
With five wins in the last six games of the championship, the ‘Arsenalists’ will face a rival that has two consecutive victories, one of them at the FC Porto stadium.
The match got off to a dizzying start, with several forays from one side to the other, mainly from Rafik Guitane and Álvaro Djaló. However, the shots did not appear, at least with danger.
In the 10th minute, the Spanish winger from SC Braga received a ball in the right half of the area and, almost without an angle, shot powerfully against a tight defense by Marcelo Carné.
Shortly after, the Braga team launched a quick attack, Ricardo Horta opened Pizzi on the right and the center went tensely into the six-yard box, where Simon Banza appeared to deflect wide.
SC Braga eleven: Matthew; Gómez, Serdar, Fonte and Borja; João Moutinho and Vítor Carvalho; Álvaro Djaló, Pizzi and Ricardo Horta; Banza.
Estoril-Praia XI: Marcelo Carne; Volnei, Vital and Pedro Álvaro; Wagner Pina, Mateus Fernandes, Holsgrove and Tiago Araújo; Guitane, Marqués and João Marques.
SC Braga substitutes: Hornicek, Bruma, Abel Ruiz, André Horta, Paulo Oliveira, Zalazar, Joe Mendes, Adrián Marín and Rony Lopes.
Substitutes for Estoril-Praia: Dani Figueira, Raúl Parra, Alex Soares, Rodrigo Martins, Cassiano, João Carlos, Mangala, Koindredi and Heriberto.
Source: TSF
