Santa Clara VS Braga
Santa Clara welcome Braga for this LigaPortugal round 15 clash at Estádio de São Miguel in Ponta Delgada early Friday morning Beijing time. The biggest, usually somewhat smart bookmakers with the largest stake limits offer odds of around 1.65-1.70 on Braga to travel home with all three points. These odds are too high as there is a very clear difference this season between the two teams. Yes, the home advantage has to, of course, be taken into account here but Braga have been extremely strong on the road in this league! Indeed, they have grabbed a higher number of points away from home than any team in Liga Portugal – 18 to be precise winning six of the seven matches with a goal difference of 18:7. Braga have rich owners and have a very bright future ahead of them. They have clearly improved from last season when they were already strong, finishing in 4th place after Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP who have all done well even in the UEFA Champions League! At the moment Braga occupy the 3rd place in the standings and have 31 in the pocket. Their score difference is also great – 31:12! 3rd is also their place in my power rating that illustrates the teams' pure class and I would not be shocked if they were to even take a top-2 place at the end of the season. They have won four of their latest five matches in Liga Portugal and 6/7 in all competitions.
In their most recent match Braga crushed Benfica 3-0 at home! What a superb performance priced around 5.00 by the bookmakers to win this Liga Portugal game. They were clearly undervalued in this clash. Today I see them having an at least 65% chance of winning. Benfica are a very strong team and currently top the standings with 37 points to their account. They did have 61% ball possession but Braga recorded many more shots on goal and scoring attempts. This win must be a massive boost for Braga's confidence and improve their already very good team spirit – according to sources. They also have an excellent coach in Artur Jorge. Braga have an edge over Santa Clara in all areas of the game but especially their very creative and well-structured offense is lightyears better than that of the hosts. Santa Clara are having a very disappointing season and might even be relegated to Liga Portugal2 for next season. They have scored just 11 goals and are in 15th place in this league with a total of 18 clubs. Their defense is okay but still worse than the number of goals allowed (14) would reflect.. They will surely try to defend hard, relying on counter attacks to score and would be happy with a draw.. Braga's strikers have the ability to break even well-organized defenses and I trust them to do just that. Moreover, Santa Clara have lost four of their most recent five matches and played one draw. Even the draw came against a small team, Oliveirense, in a Portuguese League Cup clash late last November. They must be low in confidence and even a small improvement from the recent games is probably not enough to take points here! In their most recent game they lost to another disappointing team, Gil Vicente, 0-1 away from home and recorded just one shot on target!
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圣克拉拉VS布拉加
圣克拉拉欢迎布拉加参加本次葡甲第15轮比赛，北京时间周五凌晨在蓬塔德尔加达球场Estádio de São Miguel。最大的，通常有点聪明的*公司有最大的赌注限制，为布拉加提供约1.65-1.70的*，带着三分回家。这个几率太高了，因为本赛季两队之间的差距非常明显。是的，主场优势当然是必须考虑在内的，但是布拉加在这个联赛中的客场表现非常强大!事实上，他们在客场获得的积分比任何一支西甲葡萄牙球队都多——准确地说，他们在7场比赛中赢了6场，净胜球为18:7。布拉加拥有富有的老板，他们有一个非常光明的未来。与上赛季相比，他们已经有了明显的进步，他们在本菲卡，波尔图和里斯本竞技之后排名第四，即使在欧洲冠军联赛中也表现出色!目前布拉加在积分榜上排名第三，有31个进球。他们的比分差距也很大——31:12!第三名也是他们在我的力量评级中的位置，这说明了这支球队的纯粹水平，如果他们在赛季结束时占据前2名的位置，我也不会感到震惊。他们在最近的5场西甲联赛中赢了4场，在所有赛事中赢了6胜7负。
在他们最近的一场比赛中，布拉加在主场3-0大胜本菲卡!在这场西甲与葡萄牙的比赛中，*公司开出了约5.00英镑的价格，这是多么精彩的表现啊。在这场冲突中，他们显然被低估了。今天我认为他们至少有65%的机会获胜。本菲卡是一支非常强大的球队，目前以37分位居积分榜首位。他们确实有61%的控球率，但布拉加记录了更多的射门和得分尝试。据消息人士透露，这场胜利对布拉加的信心是一个巨大的提升，并提高了他们已经非常好的团队精神。他们还有一个优秀的教练阿图尔·豪尔赫。布拉加在比赛的各个方面都比圣克拉拉有优势，尤其是他们非常有创造力和结构良好的进攻，比东道主要强好几光年。圣克拉拉正在经历一个非常令人失望的赛季，甚至有可能在下赛季降级到葡萄牙甲级联赛。他们只进了11球，在联赛18支球队中排名第15位。他们的防守还行，但还是比失球数(14个)差。他们肯定会。努力防守，依靠反击得分，如果平局就很高兴了。布拉加的前锋有能力打破严密的防守，我相信他们能做到。此外，圣克拉拉队在最近的五场比赛中输掉了四场，并打了一场平局。甚至在去年11月底的葡萄牙联赛杯比赛中，平局对手是一支小球队奥利弗伦斯。他们的信心肯定很低，即使在最近的比赛中有一点小小的进步，也可能不足以在这里拿分!在最近的一场比赛中，他们在客场0-1输给了另一支令人失望的球队吉尔维森特，而且只有一脚射正!
