Braga is clearly favorite here.
They are coming from an easy and solid victory over Maccabi petah Tikva from Israel, winning 2:0 at home and 0:5 away. They are a team with plenty of experience in Europe and qualification is almost a mandatory target for them, as they have built a squad to play in Europe.
Although they have some some important players this summer (Djalo, Abel Ruiz, Rodrigo Gomes), they still have key pieces in the team, such as topscorer last season Simon Banza (who is injured and will miss this game), captain Ricardo Horta or Rodrigo Zalazar. Both of them were the best players against Maccabi. Young winger Roger Fernandes is also a promising player, at only 18 years old. Last season he combined the B team with the senior squad, but this season he'll definitely be with the senior team.
Braga also signed some new players, like defender Arrey-Mbi from Hannover 96 or Amine El Ouazzani who already scored one goal in the victory 0:5 against Maccabi.
On the other hand, Servette finished the Swiss Super League below Lugano and Young Boys last season. They also won the Cup last season, beating Lugano in the final.
They don’t have big names in their squad, and also didn’t make too many changes in the transfer market. They were already struggling in the second part of the season without their top scorer Chris Bedia, who scored 10 goals in 17 games but was signed by Union Berlin in the winter market. Two starters (international hungarian defender Bolla Bendeguz and Samba Diba) left the club this summer.
So far this season Stevanovic (2 goals in 4 games) and Kutesa (3 goals in 4 games) look to be in great form, but I don’t see huge potential in them.
Servette has started the league already, with 3 victories and one defeat.
Although Braga is struggling in Portuguese football due to the high level of giants Porto, Sporting CP and Benfica, they have a lot of experience in Europe and are a strong team, as they have been playing the Europa league for 8 seasons in a row. Servette is a team who played in the Europa League for the first time in their history last season, so they are lacking experience.
Braga has much more quality (their squad value is 127MM Euros, Servette is 23MM Euros) and experience. Should win this without any problem.
布拉加显然是这里最受欢迎的。
他们在主场2:0,客场0:5轻松击败了以色列的马卡比。他们是一支在欧洲有丰富经验的球队,出线对他们来说几乎是一个强制性的目标,因为他们已经组建了一支在欧洲比赛的阵容。
虽然他们在这个夏天有一些重要的球员(贾洛,阿贝尔·鲁伊斯,罗德里戈·戈麦斯),但他们仍然拥有球队的关键球员,比如上赛季的最佳射手西蒙·班扎(他受伤了,将缺席这场比赛),队长里卡多·奥尔塔或罗德里戈·萨拉查。在对阵马卡比的比赛中,他们都是最好的球员。年轻的边锋罗杰·费尔南德斯也是一名很有前途的球员,只有18岁。上个赛季他把B队和一线队组合在一起,但这个赛季他肯定会在一线队。
布拉加还签下了一些新球员,比如来自汉诺威96的后卫阿雷-姆比,以及在0:5战胜马卡比的比赛中打进一球的阿明·埃尔·乌阿扎尼。
另一方面,塞尔维特上赛季在瑞士超级联赛中落后于卢加诺和青年男孩队。他们上赛季还赢得了杯赛冠军,在决赛中击败了卢加诺。
他们的阵容中没有大牌球员,在转会市场上也没有做出太多改变。在没有最佳射手克里斯·贝迪亚的情况下,他们在赛季下半段已经陷入困境。贝迪亚在17场比赛中打进10球,但在冬季转会市场被柏林联盟签下。两名首发球员(匈牙利国脚后卫博拉·本德古斯和桑巴·迪巴)在今年夏天离开了俱乐部。
本赛季到目前为止,斯特瓦诺维奇(4场2球)和库泰萨(4场3球)看起来状态很好,但我看不出他们有多大的潜力。
塞尔维特已经以3胜1负的战绩开始了联赛。
虽然布拉加在葡萄牙足坛由于波尔图、CP竞技和本菲卡等豪门的高水平而举步维艰,但他们在欧洲赛场经验丰富,连续8个赛季征战欧联杯,是一支强大的球队。塞尔维特是一支历史上第一次参加欧联杯的球队,所以他们缺乏经验。
布拉加更有实力(他们的球队价值是1.27亿欧元,塞尔维特是2300万欧元)和经验。应该会毫无问题地赢得这场比赛。