The squad led by Artur Jorge finished the season in third place, a position that grants acess to the third qualifying round of the Champions League. In terms of the squad, braga has a lot of players with top of the class performances in their respective positions. To understand their individual impact to the team, we present the average ratings of the players in a Back 4, the type of defence used for the whole season. In addition, this players must meet the necessary minutes requirement to be considered (minimum 450 minutes played in the season in a type of predefined defense: Back 4 or Back 5).
Braga’s eleven with the most minutes played this season (Primeira Liga).
Star Player:
- R. Horta (W) – 7.70
- R. Horta (CF) – 8.91
In this squad, Braga’s Winger and Centre-Foward – Ricardo Horta – was the player with the highest average rating. The fact that R. Horta obtained the two highest average ratings of this squad in two different positions reveals his importance for Braga’s positive results.
Other Key Players:
- I. Medeiros (W) – 7.51
- Matheus (GK) – 7.46
- A. Musrati (M) – 7.41
- Bruma (W) – 7.61
- Vitinha (CF) – 7.57
With several players having above average seasons, we need emphasise the average rating obtained by Bruma, the portuguese winger who arrived on the winter transfer window and made an immediate impact.
Additional information regarding the team (Primeira Liga).
With more positive results at home than away (13 Home Wins & 12 Away Wins), it is possible to consider Braga a better team when playing at home. Besides that, the positive goal difference highlights the great offensive output (2,21 goals per game) with a solid defense (0,88 goals per game).
Braga’s eleven and subs with the most minutes played in the Europa League (Minimum 180 minutes played in this competition).
With another presence in the Group stage of the Europa League, Braga had dificulties in Europe. Starting with Vitinha, we can see that he had incredible performances playing at the CF position. In addition to that, players like R. Horta, A. Musrati and Matheus were really important for the positive results achieved.
Finishing 3rd in the Group stage of the Europa League allowed Braga to play the Conference League Knockout Round. In this competition, Braga only played two games as they were eliminated by fiorentina in a convincingly way.
Position most in need of strengthening:
- M
With only two players with good average ratings in the midfield position, Braga needs to reinforce this position with quality players to be able to rotate the squad without a significant drop in quality.
Meaning of the used abbreviations:
- G – Games
- W – Wins
- D – Draws
- L – Loses
- P – Points
- GS – Goals Scored
- GA – Goals Against
- GD – Goal Diference
- HW – Home Wins
- AW – Away Wins
Data from FBref.