The bronze medalist of the Portuguese championship began its performance in the Europa League from the group stage, where it fought for the playoffs with English Leicester, Ukrainian Zorya from Luhansk and Greek AEK. In six rounds Braga scored four victories, drew once and suffered one defeat. All this brought them 13 points, with which Carlos Carvalhala’s team finished second, being behind only Leicester. In the Portuguese championship Braga are fighting against Porto for second place, which will allow them to get a direct ticket to the group stage of the Champions League. After 19 rounds only one point separates them. But you can already forget about the championship this season, as Sporting came off 11 points. But the Europa League is also important for the Archbishops.
The Mankunians continue to move confidently towards their next title. Last weekend Josep Guardiola’s team confidently knocked out Tottenham at home arena with a score of 3:0, deciding the outcome of the confrontation by the middle of the second half. In the standings Manchester City has only strengthened its standings. The Citizens now have 53 points and are seven points ahead of their closest rivals Manchester United and Leicester. At the same time, the “townspeople” played one less game. So in case of victory in this fight, the gap can increase to a decent ten points. The victory in the match against Tottenham became for Josep Guardiola’s charges just a continuation of the winning streak in the domestic arena, which now has 16 matches in a row, 11 of which the team won just during the English Championship. The Mankunians are now the third best in the Premier League on the road. For 11 away matches the “townspeople” have achieved seven victories, drew three times and lost only once. Manchester City have Kevin De Bruyne, Nathan Ake and Fernandinho in the infirmary. Ilkay Gundogan is in question.
