Wolves vs Braga
Europa League Group K
8:00pm Thursday September
Molineux
Team information, predictions and essential stats ahead of Wolves vs Braga as the Europa League group stage starts.
Wolves welcome again Willy Boly after a suspension was served by the defender over the weekend at the Premier League.
Ryan Bennett could be remembered at the cost of both Jesus Vallejo, that fought by Chelsea at Molineux.
Nuno Espirito Santo must decide between Matt Doherty and Adama Traore while Jonny Otto and Ruben Vinagre might be rotated at.
Braga manager Ricardo Sa Pinto has plenty of options at his disposal. Andre Horta may be drafted back in the midfield instead of Paulinho.
Former Fulham striker Rui Fonte might need to settle for a spot among the substitutes.
This will be the first meeting between Braga and Wolves.
Wolves have won five of their six previous meetings together with all Portuguese opponents (L1), though all of these came between 1971 and 1974.
Braga have just won one of the eight away matches against English opposition (D2 L5), beating Birmingham 3-1 in the 2011-12 Europa League.
Braga have never lost his opening group stage game in the Europa League before, winning three and drawing . All three of those wins have come in away games.
This can be Wolves’ first appearance in a major European competition since the 1980-81 UEFA Cup. They won all six of their Europa League qualifiers this year, netting 19 goals, together with Diogo Jota with a hand in eight of these aims (3 goals, 5 assists).
Nuno Espirito Santo will want to get one over. Braga are harmful but do not travel well. Are Wolves caught up in the emotion of this Europa League? Because Chelsea thumped them they took their foot off the pedal in Premier League.
They were blown away in the weekend and create errors and it was really unlike them to concede five. They will need to get back to basics and get a win in from the Premier League, however this will be taken by Nuno seriously and that I expect Wolves to become too strong here, getting off to a start from the group stages.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: 2-0 (6/1 with Sky Bet)
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