Sheriff is a good team even if they come from a small football nation, Moldova. And they think they can stay here without a loss. The team that beat Real Madrid in the Champions League this season surprised the world at the time. A lot of money goes into the Sheriff, they have a real legion of foreigners in the team and since they have no competitors in the domestic championship, they will only turn to ambitions in Europe. They brought striker Yansane last summer , who has already proved to be a great reinforcement and scored 8 goals in 9 games, he missed some games because of the injury. There is also Thill, from Luxembourg national team who provides fantastic games in the jersey of the Moldovan champion. With 9 points behind 3-placed Benfica and already out of both domestic cups, Carlos Carvalhal’s team is left to ensure they can go deep into the European tournament. Braga, on the other hand, recently recorded 3 of 4 victories, including an away win against Sporting Lisbon, but a subsequent defeat by Vitoria de Guimaraes effectively made that surprising result meaningless. Progress through the group stage proved to be far more difficult than expected, the group's favorites failed to defeat either Midtjylland or the Red Star in the last two matches and cross the line for a point. Braga have also lost two of their three away matches, and with three more away defeats in their last five in the Primeira Liga, Sheriff will feel they have the right goal to provoke another surprise. During the matches in the Champions League, the sheriff showed enough to have something to offer against big European teams. Sheriff can stay undefeated at home and we can count on the serious approach of a small, still compact and intelligent team. I expect tough game here without too many goals, as Sheriff will play ultra defensive and try to hurt Braga from counter- attacks.

My prediction;

Outcome: Sheriff +0

Goals: under 2.5