Braga – Nottingham. Forecast and announcement for the Europa League match

On Thursday, January 22, the match of the 7th round of the main stage of the Europa League between “Braga” and “Nottingham” will take place. The game will start at 22:00 Kyiv time.

Grout

For the Portuguese, the current season is not going well. After 18 rounds of the championship, the club has 30 points on its balance sheet, which allows it to be in 5th place in the tournament table. Although only 1 point separates the team from the 4th position, the top three have already separated by 12 or more points. In the Portuguese Cup, “Braga” was eliminated in the 1/4 stage by “AD Fare”, and in the League Cup, they were defeated in the final against “Vitoria”.

In the Europa League, the club’s results are a little more stable – after 6 rounds, it has 13 points on its balance sheet, which allows it to occupy the 7th position in the overall competition table. The distance from the leader is only 2 points.

Nottingham

The team has still not fully recovered from a period of extreme instability at the beginning of the season (when Nuno Esperita Santo was fired, and later his replacement, Ange Postecoglou). After 22 rounds of the Premier League, “Foresters” have 22 points on the balance sheet, thanks to which they are in 17th place in the tournament table. The distance from the relegation zone at the moment is only 5 points. The club finished its performances in the FA Cup and the League Cup in its first game – at the 1/32 and 1/16 final stages, respectively.

For 6 rounds of the Europa League, “Forest” scored 11 points, thanks to which it now occupies the 11th place in the tournament table. The distance from the required top-8 is 2 points.

Personal meetings

The clubs have never played against each other in official games.

Interesting facts

• Braga have lost only 1/8 of their last home matches.
• In the previous 7 matches, “Nottingham” suffered 5 defeats.
• In 5/6 previous matches “Braga” scored both teams.

Forecast

Both clubs are not in the best condition at the moment, but still they often score a lot of goals in their matches. I will bet that both teams will score (with a coefficient of 1.75 on the bk betking line).