Information for Braga vs Malmo
Braga is currently ranked third, and there is still a chance to advance, there is no doubt about the fighting spirit
Malmo is currently at the bottom of the group, the team missed qualifying, and the fighting spirit is doubtful
Medeiros scored a goal to help the team win and performed well
Toivonen scored a hat-trick and his performance is worthy of recognition
Braga beat Key Vicente 1-0 away in the round of the league, the team returned to the winning track and the morale was boosted
Malmo beat Wahlberg 5-2 away in the last round of the league, ending the team’s five-game losing streak
Braga has scored 8 goals and conceded 5 goals in the last 5 games.
Braga has only 1 draw and 2 losses in the past 3 European games, and the scoring efficiency is not high.
Malmo have lost five of their last seven away games and are in poor form.
Malmo has scored 9 goals and conceded 11 goals in the past 5 games. The offensive and defensive ends are unbalanced.
The two teams met in the first round. Malmo lost 2-0 to Braga at home and was at a psychological disadvantage.
Braga got 5 wins, 1 draws and 4 losses in the past 10 games, and the winning rate is 50%.
Braga scored 13 goals in the last 10 games
Braga have conceded 12 goals in their last 10 games
Malmo got 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in the past 10 games, and the winning rate is 20%.
Malmo has scored 11 goals in the last 10 games
Malmo have conceded 14 goals in their last 10 games
Braga’s recent performance
Braga lost the vice-leadership of the group to Union Berlin in the penultimate round of the Europa League group stage. Acting in the German capital, he took 1 to 0. In the match, he even spent a lot more time with the ball (59%). However, the home team showed much greater objectivity when creating offensive plays, leading the finishing statistic by hand (14 to 5). However, they only scored in the 23rd minute of the phase from a penalty executed by Knoche.
This left the Portuguese in a difficult position on the final journey. Braga does not depend only on their result to take the second position in the D bracket. They must, obligatorily, defeat Malmo, which would take them to ten points. In addition, he has to hope that Union Berlin does not defeat Saint-Gilloise, in a game that will be played at the same time on Belgian soil. Even if they are equal in the score, Braga will have the advantage. They are also on an equal footing in the direct confrontation, which is the first tiebreaker, but the Portugal team would have a better goal difference in this scenario.
On Sunday, October 30th, playing as a visitor, Braga beat Gil Vicente 1-0, reassuming the vice-leadership of the Portuguese Championship after 11 rounds. The goal was scored by Medeiros, after a pass by Vitinha, in the 22nd minute. Reached 25 points (eight wins, one draw and two defeats). They are six less than Benfica, leader, and two more than Porto, which with the 1-1 draw with Santa Clara, dropped to third position.
Malmo’s current form
Of the 32 clubs participating in the Europa League group stage, only two were unable to score a point in the first five matches. Aside from Malmo, only Cyprus’s Omonia Nicosia have lost all their games. The slightly worse balance and goals make the Swedes in the penultimate position in the tournament leaderboard.
Avoiding finishing in the bottom is the only possible motivation for this Thursday’s clash, which ends Malmo’s international season, which doesn’t even have a chance to aspire to third place and, in this way, try to relocate to the European Conference League. The team is also in the final stretch of the 2022 edition of Allsvenskan, the top division of the Swedish Championship.
On Sunday, October 30, they beat Varberg, 5-2, in a match for the twenty-ninth – penultimate – round of the competition. It thus interrupted a sequence of eight games without success. There were six defeats and two draws. With 45 points (13 wins, six draws and ten defeats), Malmo occupies a modest seventh position in the Swedish Championship. Eighteen points below Hacken, anticipated champion of the tournament, and eight points behind Hammarby, third place and last team in the region that distributes spots in international competitions in the 2023/2024 season.
Braga vs Malmo final prediction:
Braga defeated Key Vicente 1-0 in the last game. The team has achieved 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the past five games. The team’s state is acceptable. On the other hand, although Malmo defeated the opponent in the last round of the league, it was only the first victory in the past eight matches. Obviously, the state is not good, and Malmo has not qualified for the knockout rounds. The intention of this battle is doubtful. Prediction: Braga wins.
