Braga vs Backa Topola Prediction: Will the Serbian team be able to surprise a strong opponent?

At the home stadium, Braga will host Bacca Topola in the first match of the third qualifying round of the Champions League. This game will start on August 8. The Serbian team is considered a clear underdog, will they be able to surprise a strong opponent from the Portuguese Primera?

The Gunners played six friendly matches in the summer. Braga failed to beat only Roma; the meeting with the Italian club ended with a score of 1:1. In other matches, the Portuguese club upset the obvious underdogs - Torreense, Boavista, Cardiff City, Bristol Rovers, and Nice. Braga made great progress in the last season of the Primera Division and, for the first time in a long time, managed to beat one of the representatives of the top-3. The club lost to Benfica and Porto but finished the season above Sporting.

The Serbian Super League has already begun. Backa Topola played two matches in the 2023-24 campaign. In the first round, the team met Partizan, the game pleased with six goals scored and did not reveal the winner - a 3:3 draw. In the second round of the Serbian championship, Backa Topola visited Radnicki Nis and expectedly played more reliable defense. The previous weekend, the club won 3:0.

Braga will play the first official match in the new campaign, and Backa Topola already has two matches played in the Serbian championship. The visitors are severely underestimated in the upcoming game. Of course, the home advantage in possession will be on the side of the Gunners, but the Serbian team is in good shape. In two meetings, the players scored three goals each; they will try to extend the productive series and create maximum problems for the opponent away. Braga awaits a difficult meeting.