Porto vs Braga – Villas-Boas can emulate mentor Mourinho in Dublin
Published:Back in the 2002/03 season, a special manager announced himself to the world by winning the treble in his first season in charge of Porto.
Sat behind Jose Mourinho in the Porto dugout during that treble winning season was one Andre Villas-Boas, and it is Mourinho’s protégée who will star in the Europa League final on Wednesday.
Match Odds
Having wrapped up the league title by April 3, Villas-Boas is targeting the second leg of his treble and his side are 1/2 to win their Europa League final with neighbours Braga inside 90 minutes.
Braga have managed just two victories over Porto in their last ten meetings with Porto picking up victories in seven of those games, and it’s easy to understand why Braga are the 6/1 outsiders.
Having shocked Benfica in the semi-final, Braga know what it takes to knock-out a fellow league team in Europe but with the final being just one leg, Porto can assert their class.
Porto are 1/4 to lift the Europa League trophy and in the two Portuguese Cup finals they’ve contested with Braga, they’ve won them both.
Total Goals
The last three games between the two sides have seen Porto score on nine occasions and concede three times which could mean we’re in for an exciting cup final and over 2.5 goals is available at 5/6.
Porto have played 16 games in Europe this season and have scored an incredible 43 goals with Falcao getting 16 of these, and the Colombian is 7/2 to get the first goal.
Falcao meets his match in the Braga defence that has conceded just 20 goals in 18 European games, but the Porto attack should be too strong and the Portuguese champions are 11/1 to win 3-1.
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