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Ricardo Horta is Braga's guiding light and finishes every move: fourteen goals and fifty-five attempts in twenty-six games of the last Liga Portugal. At Alverca it will fall to him to invent something.
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Home
Prediction
Under 4.5 Goals1.10
Away
Analyst
Alverca have two points from four rounds and sit fifteenth: two draws and two defeats, four goals scored and eight conceded. On their own ground they have drawn both games, 1-1 with Santa Clara in the latest round and 2-2 with Estrela, scoring three and conceding three; away they have lost twice, 1-3 at Sporting CP and 0-2 at FC Porto. SC Braga have one point from a single league match, a 2-2 at Moreirense. Their recent European outings bring two draws and two wins: 0-0 in Vienna, 2-0 at home to Austria Vienna, 0-0 in Minsk and 1-0 at home to Dinamo Minsk. The two previous meetings clearly favour the Minho side, 5-0 at home in January 2026 and 3-0 in Alverca in August 2025. The Portuguese top flight averages 2.74 goals per game. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.
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Data updated 2026-09-09 23:56 UTC
3 meetings on record
Alverca
Formation 3-4-3 · Sérgio Ferreira
Braga
Formation 3-4-3 · Carlos Vicens
Alverca
Last 5 matches · 0W 2D 3L · 5–10
Braga
Last 5 matches · 3W 2D 0L · 5–1
Alverca
Season statistics · 5 played · 0W 2D 3L
Braga
Season statistics · 3 played · 2W 1D 0L