Braga vs Roma Prediction 18.02.2021

Here's our Braga vs Roma Prediction analysis: Creating rivalries for the first time, Braga and Roma will be looking to make it a memorable first encounter, at least relatively at the Estadio de Municipal on Thursday.

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Match status: 2020/21 Europa League - 1/16-finals
Kick-off: Thursday 18 Feb 2021, 05:55pm CET
 Venue: Estadio Municipal de Braga

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Putting aside their loss to the current league leaders, Braga is on a seven-match unbeaten run. Sitting pretty in 3rd place, Braga is in a confident run of form, with this run also being replicated in Europe. Finishing 2nd in Group G level on points with Leicester, they will be looking to go past Roma in good fashion.

Roma did finish top of their group and will be the favorites heading into this clash. Also coming off a big 3 - 0 win against Udinese last time out, Roma will be putting all stops to beat Braga to the punch on Thursday. Sitting third in Serie A, this match should be something to watch.

Braga vs AS Roma Team News

Paulo Fonseca will be heading back to his old stomping ground with his head up high on Thursday night. Leading Braga to a Taca de Portugal title and a quarter-final finish in the Europa League, his presence will only invoke respect among fans of his former club.

A good atmosphere of camaraderie will be at the heart of these two teams. The gaffer of the opposite side, Carlos Carvahal has been praised for his team’s group stage performance by Paulo and he’ll be looking to put one over his opposite number.

Roma have shown they are unable to get results against top-four opposition domestically, losing against Juventus and Lazio recently. They’ll be hoping that Braga’s top-four position domestically will not carry into this competition as that as chosen to be their kryptonite.

Roma has gone past strange fortunes: Theyé been unable to pass the final-16 stage in this competition since the inception of the club, though they wrapped up qualification with 2 games to spare. They’ll be hoping that everything goals according to plan and no strange occurrences occur.

Braga on the other hand is having a good season by their standards. Losing only to Leicester in their group, they’ll be hoping to go all the way despite the European experience of the away side. Boasting the in-form Ricardo Horta who has scored six league goals and three goals in Europa League.

There is also the home advantage, Braga have only lost two of their previous 16 European games as their home ground, winning 10 of those fixtures. Keeping in mind that in games like this, form seems to go out the window. Braga will still be hoping the home ground advantage will also push them past this Roma side.

Since this is their first meeting ever, we should be in for a treat. Two teams with Europa League one of the only winnable titles on their mind, they’ll be looking to make every game count, including this one.

Injured or Suspended Players

Braga: Francisco Moura, Iuri Medeiros, Andre Castro and David Carmo.
AS Roma: Nicolo Zaniolo, Chris Smalling and Marash Kumbulla.

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Braga vs Roma Predictions

With some key players missing from this Roma side, their firepower might be a bit blunted but they should enough quality to go past this Braga side and continue their run in this edition of the Europa League and looking at the way in which they qualified for this stage, they’ll not want to stop here.

Braga leaking 10 goals already in the Europa League already puts their chances of stopping an away goal in shambles. Conceding four against Leicester alone, the Primeira Liga outfit are likely to concede a few here. Expect both teams to hit the target with no less than three goals on the scoresheet.