Overview.
Both of these sides won as the underdogs in the opening day of Europa League (EL) Group K. Arguably though, Sporting Braga’s away victory at Wolves (D/W HT/FT) proved one of the biggest shocks of the round, giving them the opportunity to take control of the group with victory here. The bookmakers will be confident of a home victory, as should Braga fans, given their only two prior competitive fixtures versus Slovakian opponents yielded an aggregate scoreline of 6-0 (4-0 at home). Notably, five of the goals scored across those matches came before half-time (2.5 first-half goals per match average).
On the other hand, Slovan Bratislava have already set a new club record for points gained in the EL group stage after picking up just a single point in both of their prior campaigns. This will be Slovan’s first match against Portuguese opposition this century, though they did stun Greek champions PAOK with a goal either side of half-time in the qualifiers. Scorelines such as Slovan’s 4-2 win on matchday one are the norm for this side of late: in 18 competitive games this season, the Slovakian outfit have seen an average of 3.56 total goals per match. Notably, each of their last three featured over 1.5 first-half goals, and over 4.5 in total.
Match Info and Score Prediction.
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Competition: Europa League – Group Stage – Round 2 Kick off: 03.10.2019, 16:55 UTC. Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (Braga). Referee: Jaccottet A. (Sui). |
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Quick Facts.
Pre-match League Table.
