Portuguese Braga will play at home against Azerbaijani Karabakh in the first match of the 1/16 finals of the Europa League. The meeting will take place on 15 February.

Braga started their European journey this season in the Champions League, where they finished third in their group. The Portuguese finished below Real Madrid and Napoli, but ahead of Union Berlin. The Gunners have managed to win only one game out of six in the tournament, they have drawn one more and lost four times, scoring six goals with 12 conceded. Ahead of this meeting, the Archbishops were defeated in an away game of the Portuguese championship by Sporting 0:5. And with this fiasco, they interrupted their 5-match winless streak, in which they won three times. Braga failed in their last match played. But before that, it had a 5-match winless streak where it won three times and drew twice. However, during this period its opponents were mostly very modest teams.

Karabakh immediately started in the Europa League. And at the group stage it became the second, passing Bayer ahead of itself, but ahead of Molde and Hakken. Over the six matches of the tournament, the team celebrated three victories, signed one peace and lost twice to the Germans, scored seven goals with nine conceded. On the eve of this meeting, the racers signed a 3-3 draw with Sabah in the national championship, and a little earlier lost to them in the Azerbaijan Cup 3-4 but went further down the grid.

Qarabag has failed to win its last two matches. Before that, he won 12 out of 13 meetings with one draw in all tournaments. But mostly the matches of this period came to the domestic arena, where the level of football is not particularly high.

Braga is still superior in class to its upcoming opponent and on its field, where it performs very successfully, should confidently beat the Azerbaijani club. There will be no sensation. The hosts will win.