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Nice v Sporting Braga : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 11th Dec, 17:45 BST, Allianz Riviera, Nice

Carlos Vicens pays counterpart Franck Haise a visit on Thursday evening in the Europa League, as their Sporting Braga and Nice charges face each other at the Allianz Riviera. We provide predictions based on extensive statistical analysis of both teams' performance, across 17 of the biggest betting markets. Data shown and the odds are unique to each market, and head to head (H2H) statistics are included for all.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We're ruling out a bore-draw or a slim 1-0 win here, and instead we're predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Nice and Braga will score a minimum of two between them during the standard 90 mins. It's a prediction based on form stats for each side, as well as historical records when they go head-to-head. We give it a probability of 78%. The bookies have it available at 1.25.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 40% chance of Braga coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Nice 35%	17/10	9/5
Draw 25%	5/2	5/2
Braga 40%	7/5	7/5
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	11/2
Braga 2-1 9%	17/2	8/1
Braga 1-0 9%	8/1	15/2
Nice 2-1 8%	9/1	17/2
Nice 1-0 8%	17/2	8/1
Braga 2-0 6%	11/1	10/1
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw 0-0 6%	11/1	9/1
Nice 2-0 5%	14/1	12/1
Braga 3-1 4%	18/1	14/1
Nice 3-1 4%	20/1	18/1
Braga 3-0 3%	22/1	18/1
Braga 3-2 3%	25/1	20/1
Nice 3-2 3%	28/1	22/1
Nice 3-0 3%	28/1	22/1
Over 2.5 Goals 54%	10/11	4/5
Under 2.5 Goals 46%	10/11	10/11
Home 1st Goal 47%	1/1	21/20
Away 1st Goal 49%	10/11	10/11
No 1st Goal 3%	11/1	17/2
BTTS - Yes 58%	7/10	7/10
BTTS - No 42%	21/20	21/20
BTTS - Home Win 18%	4/1	4/1
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	16/5
BTTS - Away Win 20%	15/4	10/3
Home/draw 60%	8/15	11/20
Away/draw 65%	4/9	2/5
Home/away 75%	2/7	3/10
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	2/7	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	11/4	5/2
Over 3.5 Goals 32%	11/5	2/1
Under 3.5 Goals 68%	4/11	7/20
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	5/1	9/2
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	1/8	1/8
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	12/1	10/1
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/25	1/33
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/25	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	11/1	17/2
Home DNB 53%	1/1	1/1
Away DNB 57%	8/11	8/11
Nice win to nil 17%	4/1	-
Braga win to nil 20%	10/3	-
Nice / Nice 18%	7/2	10/3
Nice / Braga 3%	25/1	20/1
Nice / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Nice 12%	11/2	11/2
Draw / Braga 14%	5/1	19/4
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	4/1
Braga / Nice 3%	25/1	20/1
Braga / Braga 21%	3/1	27/10
Braga / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Europa League table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Nice Braga
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lyon	5	4	0	1	9	12	-	-	-	-
2	Midtjylland	5	4	0	1	7	12	-	-	-	-
3	A Villa	5	4	0	1	5	12	-	-	-	-
4	Freiburg	5	3	2	0	5	11	l 1-3F	-	-	-
5	Real Betis	5	3	2	0	5	11	-	-	-	-
6	Ferencvaros	5	3	2	0	4	11	-	-	-	-
7	Braga	5	3	1	1	4	10	Dec 11	-	-	-
8	Porto	5	3	1	1	3	10	-	l 3-0A	-	-
9	Genk	5	3	1	1	2	10	-	-	l 3-4F	-
10	Celta	5	3	0	2	4	9	-	l 2-1A	-	-
11	Lille	5	3	0	2	4	9	-	-	-	-
12	Stuttgart	5	3	0	2	4	9	-	-	-	-
13	Plzen	5	2	3	0	4	9	-	-	-	-
14	Panathinaikos	5	3	0	2	2	9	-	-	-	-
15	Roma	5	3	0	2	2	9	l 1-2A	-	-	-
16	Nottm Forest	5	2	2	1	4	8	-	-	Jan 22	-
17	PAOK	5	2	2	1	3	8	-	-	-	-
18	Bologna	5	2	2	1	3	8	-	-	-	-
19	Brann	5	2	2	1	3	8	-	-	-	-
20	Fenerbahce	5	2	2	1	0	8	-	l 2-1A	-	-
21	Celtic	5	2	1	2	-1	7	-	-	-	w 0-2F
22	Red Star Bel.	5	2	1	2	-1	7	-	-	w 2-0F	-
23	D. Zagreb	5	2	1	2	-3	7	-	-	-	-
24	Basel	5	2	0	3	0	6	-	-	-	-
25	Ludogorets	5	2	0	3	-3	6	-	Jan 29	-	-
26	Young Boys	5	2	0	3	-5	6	-	-	-	-
27	GA Eagles	5	2	0	3	-5	6	Jan 22	-	-	Jan 29
28	Sturm Graz	5	1	1	3	-3	4	-	-	-	-
29	Salzburg	5	1	0	4	-5	3	-	-	-	-
30	Feyenoord	5	1	0	4	-5	3	-	-	w 1-0F	-
31	FCSB	5	1	0	4	-5	3	-	-	-	-
32	Utrecht	5	0	1	4	-5	1	-	-	-	-
33	Rangers	5	0	1	4	-7	1	-	-	-	d 1-1A
34	Malmö	5	0	1	4	-8	1	-	-	-	-
35	M. Tel-Aviv	5	0	1	4	-13	1	-	-	-	-
36	Nice	5	0	0	5	-8	0	-	-	-	Dec 11
37	Levski							-	-	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0
38	CFR Cluj							-	-	w 2-0F	w 1-2F
39	Lincoln Red Imps							-	-	w 5-1F	w 0-4F

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Win / draw / win form

Braga have not lost in 5 consecutive away european games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nice	1 - 3	Freiburg
Nice	1 - 2	Roma
Nice	0 - 2	Benfica
Nice	1 - 1	Bodø
Nice	1 - 4	Rangers
Nice	2 - 2	Twente
Nice	1 - 1	R.Sociedad
Nice	1 - 1	Basel
Nice	3 - 1	Sheriff
Nice	2 - 1	P. Belgrade
Nice	1 - 2	Slovacko
Nice	1 - 1	Köln
Nice	1 - 0	M. Tel-Aviv
Nice	2 - 3	Leverkusen
Nice	1 - 3	Slavia
Nice	1 - 0	Beer Sheva
Nice	2 - 3	Lok. Moscow
Nice	3 - 1	Z.Waregem
Nice	1 - 3	Lazio
Nice	3 - 0	Vitesse

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Nice	0 - 3	Porto
H	Nice	1 - 3	Freiburg
A	Nice	1 - 2	Celta
A	Nice	1 - 2	Fenerbahce
H	Nice	1 - 2	Roma
A	Nice	0 - 2	Benfica
H	Nice	0 - 2	Benfica
H	Nice	1 - 1	Bodø
A	Nice	0 - 1	Elfsborg
A	Nice	1 - 2	Union SG
H	Nice	1 - 4	Rangers
H	Nice	2 - 2	Twente
A	Nice	0 - 1	Ferencvaros
A	Nice	1 - 4	Lazio
H	Nice	1 - 1	R.Sociedad
H	Nice	1 - 1	Basel
A	Nice	2 - 2	Basel
H	Nice	3 - 1	Sheriff
A	Nice	1 - 0	Sheriff
A	Nice	2 - 2	Köln

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rangers	1 - 1	Braga
Celtic	0 - 2	Braga
Lincoln Red Imps	0 - 4	Braga
CFR Cluj	1 - 2	Braga
Levski	0 - 0	Braga
Union SG	2 - 1	Braga
Roma	3 - 0	Braga
Elfsborg	1 - 1	Braga
Olympiakos	3 - 0	Braga
Rapid Wien	2 - 2	Braga
Servette	1 - 2	Braga
Maccabi Petah Tikva	0 - 5	Braga
Qarabag	0 - 2	Braga
Napoli	2 - 0	Braga
Real Madrid	3 - 0	Braga
Union Berlin	2 - 3	Braga
Panathinaikos	0 - 1	Braga
Backa Topola	1 - 4	Braga
Fiorentina	3 - 2	Braga
Union Berlin	1 - 0	Braga

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Braga	1 - 1	Rangers
H	Braga	3 - 4	Genk
H	Braga	2 - 0	Red Star Bel.
A	Braga	2 - 0	Celtic
H	Braga	1 - 0	Feyenoord
H	Braga	5 - 1	Lincoln Red Imps
A	Braga	4 - 0	Lincoln Red Imps
H	Braga	2 - 0	CFR Cluj
A	Braga	2 - 1	CFR Cluj
H	Braga	0 - 0	Levski
A	Braga	0 - 0	Levski
H	Braga	1 - 0	Lazio
A	Braga	1 - 2	Union SG
A	Braga	0 - 3	Roma
H	Braga	3 - 0	Hoffenheim
A	Braga	1 - 1	Elfsborg
H	Braga	1 - 2	Bodø
A	Braga	0 - 3	Olympiakos
H	Braga	2 - 1	M. Tel-Aviv
A	Braga	2 - 2	Rapid Wien

Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Nice of late. It has been 11 Europa League matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Thursday evening against Sporting Braga.

Sporting Braga have been consistent in attack of late, scoring in 9 consecutive Europa League games. Their PG of 1.5 against Nice on Thursday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Nice 36th	Braga 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Nice will score no more than 1 goal	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Braga will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-25 Nice have scored 25% fewer goals at home than predicted	+3 Braga’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.5 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.8 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2025/2025 season

NIC

BRG

34%

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Games scored	15		18
Failed to score	5		2
Scored first	9		14
Goals scored	22		41
Avg. goals scored	1.1		2.1
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate for	14		21
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.6
KickOff rating		+34%

NIC

BRG

43%

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Games conceded	18		12
Clean sheets	2		8
Conceded first	11		6
Goals conceded	39		18
Avg. goals conceded	2		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		7
Conversion rate against	18%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.8		0.9
KickOff rating		+43%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between Nice v Braga will show here when available.

Nice Europa League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
5	2	1	2
Y Diouf	K Carlos	C Vanhoutte	A Mendy

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Y Diouf GLK	5			-
A Mendy DEF	5			2 -
M Bard DEF	5			1 -
A Abdi DEF	5			-
C Vanhoutte MID	5		1	2 -
M Sanson MID	5			-
M Cho FWD	5	1		-
K Carlos FWD	5	2		-
A. Juma Bah DEF	4			-
J Clauss DEF	4			1 1
T Louchet MID	4			2 -
S Diop FWD	4			-
J Boga FWD	4			-
T Gouveia FWD	4			-
K Oppong DEF	3			-
H Boudaoui MID	3			-
T Moffi FWD	3	1		-
Dante DEF	2			-
S Samed MID	2		1	-
I Jansson FWD	2			-
B. Nguene FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	3	1	2
K Carlos	K Carlos	C Vanhoutte	I Jansson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Carlos FWD	2	3
M Cho FWD	1	2
T Moffi FWD	1	3
A Abdi DEF		1
C Vanhoutte MID		2	1	1
A. Juma Bah DEF		1
J Clauss DEF				1
T Louchet MID				1
S Diop FWD				1
J Boga FWD				1
S Samed MID			1
I Jansson FWD				2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
234	10	31
M Bard	C Vanhoutte	M Bard

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Bard DEF	234	9	31
C Vanhoutte MID	217	10	20
A. Juma Bah DEF	196	4	16
Y Diouf GLK	195	1	2
A Mendy DEF	152	7	22
Dante DEF	106	5	9
S Diop FWD	105	3	10
T Louchet MID	102	8	15
K Oppong DEF	89	3	5
J Clauss DEF	84	2	8
M Sanson MID	80	5	21
A Abdi DEF	76	8	22
J Boga FWD	68	2	12
K Carlos FWD	63	1	22
S Samed MID	57	2	6
H Boudaoui MID	55	3	10
T Gouveia FWD	39	4	10
M Cho FWD	28	2	10
I Jansson FWD	14		2
T Moffi FWD	13	1	3

Braga Europa League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
10	6	3	2
L Hornicek	R Zalazar	R Horta	G Lagerbielke

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Hornicek GLK	10			-
G Lagerbielke DEF	10	1		2 -
R Zalazar MID	10	6	1	1
Gorby MID	10	2	1	1 -
J Moutinho MID	10		2	-
F Navarro FWD	10	4	1	2 -
R Horta FWD	10	1	3	-
V Gómez DEF	9	1		2 -
B Arrey-Mbi DEF	8			-
M Dorgeles MID	8	1	1	-
P Victor FWD	8	2		-
A Ouazzani FWD	8		1	1 -
L Lelo DEF	7		3	-
S Niakaté DEF	7			-
V Carvalho MID	7	1		-
D. Oliveira Rodrigues MID	7			-
G Martínez FWD	7	4	1	2 -
Y. da Rocha MID	4			1 -
G Salles MID	4			-
P Oliveira DEF	3			1 -
F Grillitsch MID	3			-
S. Rodrigues Vidigal FWD	3	1	2	-
A Bellaarouch GLK	1			-
J Marques FWD	1		1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	8	3	5
R Zalazar	R Zalazar	R Horta	R Horta

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Zalazar MID	6	8	1	1
F Navarro FWD	4	3	1
G Martínez FWD	4	6	1
Gorby MID	2		1
P Victor FWD	2	5
G Lagerbielke DEF	1	1
R Horta FWD	1	3	3	5
V Gómez DEF	1	2		1
M Dorgeles MID	1	4	1	2
V Carvalho MID	1	2
S. Rodrigues Vidigal FWD	1	1	2
J Moutinho MID			2
A Ouazzani FWD		1	1
L Lelo DEF			3
D. Oliveira Rodrigues MID		1
F Grillitsch MID		1
J Marques FWD			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
364	11	32
G Lagerbielke	R Horta	G Lagerbielke

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
G Lagerbielke DEF	364	9	32
Gorby MID	323	7	15
J Moutinho MID	289	9	13
V Gómez DEF	288	7	24
B Arrey-Mbi DEF	257	9	17
R Zalazar MID	205	6	31
L Hornicek GLK	199		3
R Horta FWD	180	11	17
L Lelo DEF	176	9	18
G Martínez FWD	108	11	26
M Dorgeles MID	96	2	5
S Niakaté DEF	91	2	10
F Grillitsch MID	78	6	10
V Carvalho MID	60	2	11
F Navarro FWD	54	3	8
P Victor FWD	52	4	10
A Ouazzani FWD	47	5	16
D. Oliveira Rodrigues MID	28	4	8
G Salles MID	26	5	10
P Oliveira DEF	21	2	2
Y. da Rocha MID	14	1	1