H2H: Braga vs Wolves – Prediction (Europa League

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Sporting Braga have won four of their last five home games against English sides in all competitions, though they did lose their most recent such match 1-3 against Man Utd in November 2012.

Sporting Braga go into their final UEFA Europa League (UEL) home match on the back of 11 UEL fixtures without defeat, spanning back to February 2018 (W8, D3). That includes seven wins registered in this campaign alone, of which five have produced over 2.5 goals. Five of those seven wins above also witnessed both teams scoring. Amongst those seven victories is a 1-0 win in the reverse meeting, which is the first of three winning UEL fixtures (out of the last four) to see Braga win one half by a 1-0 scoreline.

Wolves make the journey to northern Portugal after three competitive wins in succession. Each of them yielded a one-goal margin, with Wolves winning one half to-nil in each victory. Relevantly, each of Wolves’ UEL group stage matches this term have been settled by a one-goal margin (W3, L1). Wolves’ three UEL wins leading up to this clash each saw the decisive goal arrive after the hour mark. If including qualifiers, the same can be said about Wolves’ last three UEL away wins, while three of their last four UEL victories on foreign soil have seen the last match goal (either way) come from the penalty spot.

Players to watch: Ricardo Horta (BRA) scored the winner in the reverse H2H, while a first-half double from Paulinho (BRA) proved decisive in their last UEL home game. Wolves striker Raúl Jiménez has netted the decisive goal in Wolves’ last four competitive wins.

Stat attack: Four of Braga’s last five UEL home games have each produced exactly four total goals. Braga have won four of the last five halves played within UEL victories by a one-goal margin. Wolves last five competitive away games have seen both teams score. However, only one half (of ten) in that sequence saw both teams score. Wolves’ last three competitive away games have seen the scoring opened in the 16th-30th minute period.