Bragantino hosts Sao Bento in round 7 of Brazilian Serie B. The match will be played on Wednesday, June 5th at Nabi Adi Chedid, Braganca Paulista, Sao Paolo
Both teams finished last in their Paulista groups, and the only head-to-head match that took place in Sorocaba ended in a minimal victory for the hosts of the meeting, São Bento. Something has changed since that March meeting of the debutants of Serie B, last year’s one and the present one.
Notably in March, Red Bull bought out Bragantino, uniting Braga with RB Brazil and giving two full-fledged teams to the apprentice of great Zeman. Zemaniada in Braganca turns out to be a success: now it’s clear what it means to be a rich club in Brazil and what its ambitions are. Entirely different Braga lost to Sao Bento, and the current Bulls are one of the leaders of starting Serie A. Antonio Carlos sways new story of the club, and his Bragantino has very powerful arguments to take revenge on Sao Bento. Moreover, Braga will play at home, at Estadio Nabizao.
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Including the match against America Mineiro, two paired home matches should bring Braga 100% result. Bragantino is behind the leader, Botafogo SP, by only 2 points and outranks Londrina by additional fixtures. Braga lost the only match to the very Londrinense, and it happened away (4-1-1), but now there is no reason to doubt Carlos’s away football. In the last away game of Braga against the most enchanting Vitoria, Bragantino gained a confident whitewash (0:2). In the last home games, Carlos's team beat far stronger opponents, also with a clean sheet: Atletico GO (3:0) and Figueirense (2:0).
The match scenario at Barradan did not differ from the home ones, despite the slight loss of the visitors in terms of possession. Now Antonio insists on it, but Braga has improved qualitatively. Then the Bulls did not need total superiority over the territory to get the desired result. 14 shots and 7 on target – a very good result, while a motivated opponent shot on Cesar’s target only 1 time. It was a very convincing outcome before home matches where the Bulls will be supported by their torsida. Investments of new owners have tripled the number of fans of the new Paulista union.
São Bento was in a good mood before the last home game. First, Bentao beat the same Vitoria (1: 3) away, and then they defeated Oeste (1:0) at home. It was the first home success of Sao Bento, which was remembered for its chic home performances last year. It’s a paradox, but last year’s third worst team has now earned 4 points in two away rounds. However, I do not think that we may judge the drastic changes in the team by two matches. Sao Bento did not improve in the off-season qualitatively and failed in the state championship on top of that. In the starting championship, Bentao takes only the 11th position, having already lost 3 times (2-1-3).
Drawing the analogy of the last meeting at Barradan, the coach of Vitoria focused on enhancing defense. It seems that Dorival will do the same, especially in the away match. Only 6 rounds have passed, but this was enough for all participants of Serie B to understand what this updated Bragantino is.
Prediction for the match: Bragantino to win and Under 3.5 goals scored
