Braga v Chaves Betting Tips: 1 AH-0.25, 2016-10-24

Braga's street-smarts to see off Chaves here

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SPORTING BRAGA v CHAVES

Monday 24th October 2016 – Kickoff: 2100hrs

Football – Portugal – Primeira Liga Betting Tips

Sporting Braga will come into this Portuguese Primeira Liga match against Chaves having received a confidence boost by way of their hard earned point away at Turkish outfit Konyaspor in the Europa League during the week.

They now return to their Estádio Municipal de Braga having lost just once in their last seven domestic league matches overall, which was a 3-1 defeat away at Benfica. That defeat aside though, Braga have shown some promising form in these early stages of the season having registered recent wins against Estoril, Boavista and Vitoria Setubal.

At home, they possess a record of  2-1-0  6/2 with a draw against Rio Ave which was followed by back-to-back wins over the aforementioned Boavista and Vitoria Setubal. They have lost just once in their last 14 at home, and they have won their last six meetings against Chaves although they haven’t met for quite a while.

Onto Chaves then, and they have also made a promising start to their new campaign in the Portuguese top flight following automatic promotion from the Segunda Liga at the end of last season as they sit in fifth place in the Primeira Liga.

Chaves hold an almost identical away record to that of Braga’s home one with stats of  2-1-0  4/2 which includes wins on the road at Nacional and Arouca and although I don’t want to dismiss these, they were recorded against teams that are struggling near the foot of the table.

It’s still early days of course and time will tell if Chaves are to hold their own in the top flight following an absence of some 17 years, so I’ll exercise some caution with this pick.

Pick: Sporting Braga AH-0.25 @ 1.45 bet365