- 1 Braga vs Famalicão: the same fixture, the same ground, three days later
- 2 Braga: one win in seven, nine league goals and a trip to Aarhus next
- 3 Famalicão: both league wins away, and Koutsias on seven goals
- 4 Free Football Prediction: Braga vs Famalicão
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Braga vs Famalicão: the same fixture, the same ground, three days later 
Famalicão knocked Braga out of the League Cup on Thursday night. The quarter-final finished 2-2 at the Estádio Municipal de Braga and the visitors went through on penalties, and on Sunday 1 November the two sides meet at the same stadium again, this time in the league, kick-off 20:30 UK time.
That defeat continued a poor run for Braga. Franclim Carvalho’s side have won one of their last seven games in all competitions, and in the league they sit ninth with 11 points from nine games, two places and one point above Famalicão.
Braga’s shortfall is at the top end of the pitch. They’ve scored nine league goals, and only Gil Vicente, with eight, have fewer among the sides outside the relegation play-off places. Their last two league games were a 2-1 home defeat by Gil Vicente on 19 October and a 1-0 loss at Nacional on 25 October.
Famalicão come in with momentum of their own. They won 4-0 at Rio Ave on 25 October, then beat Braga in the cup, and interim coach Ricardo Silva is unbeaten in his two games since Carlos Carvalhal was sacked after a Taça de Portugal defeat at Paredes.
The recent history between these clubs is unusual. Braga have hosted Famalicão 24 times and won 16, but they’re now winless in their last four home games against them, and the last three of those were level after 90 minutes. Four of the last five meetings at this ground produced four or more goals.
Braga: one win in seven, nine league goals and a trip to Aarhus next 
Carvalho took over from Carlos Vicens with a squad that was already struggling for goals, and the numbers haven’t moved. Since a 1-0 home win over Estoril on 14 September, Braga have drawn 0-0 at Santa Clara, lost 3-1 at home to Sporting on 9 October and then lost to Gil Vicente and Nacional.
Europe has given them their one recent lift. After a 3-0 defeat in Copenhagen on 15 October, Braga beat Gent 2-0 at home in the Conference League a week later. Their next European game is away to Aarhus on Thursday 5 November, so there’s a decision to make about how hard to push on Sunday.
Pau Víctor is their leading scorer with six goals, and Horta, the captain, remains the creative centre. The difficulty is that the rest of the side hasn’t added much: nine league goals across nine games means Braga have rarely scored more than once in a league match.
The defence is weaker than it was in the summer. Sikou Niakaté is out for the season with a ruptured Achilles, and Gabriel Silva is a doubt after picking up an injury against Nacional. Braga have conceded 11 league goals, the same number as Famalicão.
There is some good news. Barisic and Moutinho could return to the squad, with Barisic an option in the back three and Moutinho in midfield. On Thursday Braga scored twice against this opponent, more than in their previous two league games combined.
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Famalicão: both league wins away, and Koutsias on seven goals 
Famalicão have a curious record. They’ve won two league games and both were away from home, 4-0 at Nacional on 19 September and 4-0 at Rio Ave last weekend, while at home they’ve drawn with Sporting 1-1 and lost 4-1 to Alverca on 12 October.
That gives them 14 league goals, five more than Braga, and an away sample from their last five trips of two wins, two draws and one defeat with 11 goals scored and four conceded. Braga, by contrast, have lost two of their last three league games at home.
Koutsias leads the line. He has seven goals in all competitions and scored twice the last time these sides met in the league, and at Rio Ave the bench made the difference, with Aranda scoring twice in seven minutes after coming on, alongside goals from Beney and Pedro Santos.
Silva has a selection problem in midfield. Mathias De Amorim went off in the first half of the last game and is a major doubt, and Mattara is injured. On the other hand Bondo and Gil Dias are back after serving suspensions, which gives the interim coach more options out wide.
The last league meeting, in April, ended 2-2 at this ground with Horta’s penalty in the eighth minute of stoppage time levelling it for Braga. Fran Navarro and Gil Dias had also scored, along with Rafa Soares, and that game looks a lot like the cup tie on Thursday.
Probable lineup Braga: Bernardo Fontes; Lagerbielke, V. Carvalho, Bajrami; V. Gómez, Moutinho, Gorby, Gabri Martínez; Horta, Pau Víctor; Milosevic
Probable lineup Famalicão: Carevic; Pinheiro, Rofino, Realpe, Bondo; Van de Looi, Szucs; Beney, Moreira, Sorriso; Koutsias
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Our prediction: Both teams to score
Bookmakers hadn’t published prices for this league game at the time of writing, so check the price before backing it. The case for goals at both ends is strong: Famalicão have scored 11 in their last five away games, and Braga scored twice against them only three days earlier.
Braga’s lack of goals is the obvious counterpoint, since nine in nine league games is a low return. But this fixture has broken that pattern twice this year, with 2-2 in April and 2-2 on Thursday, and four of the last five meetings at this ground produced at least four goals.
I wouldn’t pick a winner. Braga haven’t beaten Famalicão at home in four attempts and have Aarhus on Thursday, while Famalicão have won away but not yet at home. Both teams to score is the outcome that fits both sides’ recent games.
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