Sporting Braga, from Portugal, and Hoffenheim, from Germany, face each other this Thursday (28/11) in the fifth round of the Europa League. The match will be at the Braga Stadium, in Portugal, and starts at 5pm (Brasília time).
The home team starts the round in 26th place, with four points from four games. The visitors have a slightly better campaign: they are in 19th, with five points.
Braga is fifth in the Portuguese Championship. In the last match, they beat Leixões 2-0, away from home, in the Portuguese Cup. Hoffenheim are 13th in the Bundesliga, the German Championship, and beat RB Leipzig 4-3 in their most recent game.
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Braga x Hoffenheim: where to watch
The game between Braga and Hoffenheim, in the Europa League, is not scheduled to be broadcast in Brazil.
Where to watch Braga x Hoffenheim on TV and streaming
- Date: Thursday, November 28th
- Time: 5pm (Brasília time)
- Where to watch: no broadcast forecast for Brazil; DAZN Portugal and DAZN Eleven 1 Portugal for Portugal
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Braga x Hoffenheim: lineups
How do the two teams arrive for the match? Check the lineups.
Braga lineup
Braga will be missing Uruguayan midfielder Rodrigo Salazar. He has a muscle injury in his thigh. Furthermore, coach Carlos Carvalhal will have the basis of the team that has lost just one of the last six games of the season.
Braga lineup: Hornicek, Ferreira, Oliveira and Arrey-Mbi; Fernandes, Carvalho, Moutinho and Martinez; Horta, Fernandez and Gharbi. Technical: Carlos Carvalhal.
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Hoffenheim lineup
Hoffenheim debuted coach Christian Ilzer at the weekend, in the 4-3 victory over RB Leipzig, and are trying to carry the momentum into the Europa League. The however is that he deals with a series of problems in the team. The squad has eight players out due to injury, two of them recently: striker Marius Bülter and midfielder Florian Grillitsch.
Hoffenheim lineup: Baumann; Kaderabek, Chaves, Nsoki and Prass; Stach and Bischof; Hlozek, Kramaric and Bruun Larsen; Tabakovic. Technical: Christian Ilzer.
Braga’s last games: results
- 23/11 – Leixões 0 x 2 Braga – Portuguese Cup
- 10/11 – Braga 2 x 4 Sporting – Portuguese Championship
- 07/11 – Elfsborg 1 x 1 Braga – Europa League
- 03/11 – Arouca 1 x 2 Braga – Portuguese Championship
- 31/10 – Braga 2 x 1 Vitória de Guimarães – League Cup
Hoffenheim’s latest games: results
- 23/11 – Hoffenheim 4 x 3 RB Leipzig – Bundesliga
- 10/11 – Augsburg 0 x 0 Hoffenheim – Bundesliga
- 07/11 – Hoffenheim 2 x 2 Lyon – European League
- 02/11 – Hoffenheim 0 x 2 St. Pauli – Bundesliga
- 10/30 – Hoffenheim 2 x 1 Nuremberg – German Cup
