Braga – Rangers : Preview & Prediction
Sporting Braga, who defeated AS Monaco in the previous round (2-0 and 1-1), will be able to keep the Scottish club out of the semi-finals? The current 4th of the Liga Sagres, after two defeats against Gil Vicente (0-1) at home and Monaco (1-1) in their 1/8th final return leg of the Europa League, has just obtained two victories in their last two games against Portimonense (2-1) and Benfica (3-2) on April 1st. On the European scene, Carlos Carvalhal’s team lost only two points at home to Red Star Belgrade (1-1) on 9 December. Glasgow Rangers have performed well in C3 this season, drawing at Brondby (1-1) and Lyon (1-1) before winning 4-2 at Borussia Dortmund on 17 February. The runners-up to Celtic have lost only twice in their last 15 games, at Red Star (2-1) in C3 and at home to Celtic (1-2) on 3 April. The Scottish side have won 5 of their last 7 games and Van Bronckhorst’s players are motivated to hold Braga to a draw on home soil to give themselves a great chance of qualification ahead of the second leg at the Ibrox Stadium.
Braga have won just two of their last four games in all competitions.
Rangers have lost just once in their last 7 away games in all competitions.
The two clubs met in the 2019-2020 season and the Scottish club won that double-header (3-2 and 1-0).
Braga have won just 2 of their last 6 European games.
Glasgow have lost just once in their last 8 Europa League games.
Glasgow Rangers, who beat Borussia Dortmund at SIgnal Iduna Park this season in the Europa League, could record a performance at Braga’s Municipal Stadium.
Braga – Rangers : Betting Tips
OVER 2.5 GOALS Odds: 2.25
