Nacional and Sporting Braga are scheduled to play against each other on April 12th, 2023, Wednesday, in a Portuguese Cup match to be held in Portugal, check the Nacional vs Sporting Braga betting tip and prediction to win with your bets.
We are facing two of the four best teams in the competition. Nacional and Sporting Braga fight, in two hands, for a place in the final of the Portuguese Cup, where only one of them will be able to lift the much-desired trophy.
This is the first leg, so both teams want to play a good match and show quality football to take advantage for the second leg and try to qualify.
It’s worth mentioning that the most considerable pressure in this kind of game is usually on the home team, as they will play the second leg at the opponent’s stadium and might have to play overtime and/or penalties in a hostile environment, in a game even more decisive than the first leg.
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Introduction to the Nacional vs Sporting Braga betting tip 2022/2023
In the matches for this competition, there are always different match facts. And, if wins are always needed to get to this stage (including overtime and/or penalties), we have to look at other criteria that makes them get here. Nacional performance to this stage is 12 goals scored and still 3 against.
On the other hand, Sporting Braga come this far with 8 scored and 5 conceded.
The teams last played against each other in a Liga Portugal game on 28-02-2021, during the 2020/2021 season, with Sporting Braga winning 1-2.
And while we’re on the historical factor, it’s important to point out that it’s always pertinent to consider the history of relevance in the competition, so for this game it should be noted that Nacional have not yet won the Portuguese Cup while Sporting Braga has won the competition 3 times.
Regarding the current form of the teams, based on statistical data, we can assume that with more consistent results over the last five meetings, accumulating 4 wins, the Sporting Braga team contrasts with Nacional, which won 1 game.
Nacional
In the Segunda Liga, the Nacional group has 7 wins, 13 defeats and 7 draws, making a total of 28 points after 27 rounds. Also, the Nacional team goes with a total of 28 goals scored and 38 goals conceded.
Nacional come from a defeat in the last match. The game against UD Oliveirense, valid for the League 2 Portugal, ended with a 0-3. The team coached by F. Nunes Cândido lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.
On the last matchday of the premier competition of Portuguese football, the team of Nacional faced and beat the team of Casa Pia, drawing 2-2 after 90 minutes played and with a 0-3 win in extra time, in a game counting for the Final 8 putting them in the game against Sporting Braga.
Let’s now analyze the point that concerns the main objective of all the teams, which is to score goals. We can see that Nacional, in its two principal domestic competitions (Segunda Liga and Portuguese Cup), in this 2022/2023 season, has already managed to score a total of 40 goals.
On the other hand, the Nacional team’s defense and goalkeeping now adds up to a total of 41 goals conceded this season in their two main domestic competitions.
Top scorers from Nacional in the Portuguese Cup
In this competition, Vladan Danilović has been the prominent offensive figure. This player of the Nacional team already has a total of 3 goals in the competition, becoming a fundamental part of his team’s results. As the second-best contributor in goals for the team in the Cup, is his teammate Luís Esteves, who comes with 2 goals scored.
Sporting Braga
The visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Sporting Braga, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Estoril team with a final score of 4-1.
On the last matchday of the premier competition of Portuguese football, the team of Sporting Braga faced and beat the team of Benfica, after penalties, with a 1-1 draw after the 90 minutes played, in a game counting for the Final 8 putting them in the game against Nacional.
Top scorers from Sporting Braga in the Portuguese Cup
In this competition, Abel Ruiz has been the prominent offensive figure. This player of the Sporting Braga team already has a total of 2 goals in the competition, becoming an essential piece for the positive results that Sporting Braga has been achieving in this edition. As the second-best contributor in goals for the team in the Cup, is his teammate Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed, who comes with 1 goal scored.
Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:
Score market betting suggestions
Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.
In order to generate a good prediction on the goal market for this match, we must first analyze the average number of goals in each team’s games this season. Thus, we were able to obtain that in their matches, the Nacional team scores a total of 2.4 goals on average and accumulates a total of 0.6 goals conceded.
On the other hand, in the matches of Sporting Braga, they score an average of 2 goals per match and conceed a total of 1.25 goals. As both teams have an average of over 2.5 goals in their matches this season, we are convinced that good bets can result from this market. Therefore, our choice for this match in the goal market is Over 2.5. At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Over 2.5 is with great odds.
Corners market betting suggestions
The number of corners of both teams when combine gives an average of 7.5 corners per game, something to explore to gain good betting results.
Individual Analysis of Corner Kicks
In order to generate a good prediction in the corner kicks market for this match, we must first analyze this average individually in each team’s games in this season. Thus, we have that Nacional can obtain, on average, a total of 9 corners in its favor in each match.
On the other hand, in games where Sporting Braga is present, this team obtains an average of 6 corners. As the sum of the individual average of corner kicks per match for both teams is higher than 9.5 corners in their matches this season, we are convinced that good bets can result in this selection, as a high number of corner kicks are expected.
Nacional vs Sporting Braga betting tip 2022/2023: FAQ
The match will be played on April 12th, 2023, Wednesday.
The last time these teams faced each other was in a Liga Portugal match, referring to the 2020/2021 season, and ended with a 1-2 result for Sporting Braga.
For this match, the probability indicates that the net is more likely to swing between 75-90 minutes.
The bookmaker with the best odds for this match is Bet365!
