The solely earlier European assembly between Real Betis and Sporting Braga was within the first leg of this tie, a 1-1 draw, with Betis unbeaten throughout their final 5 European video games in opposition to Portuguese sides (W3 D2).
This is the fourth time Braga have visited Spain for a European match – their one win was in a UEFA Champions League qualifier in opposition to Sevilla in August 2010, a 4-3 victory. In their different two, they misplaced 2-0 to Sevilla in November 2006 within the UEFA Cup and 3-0 in opposition to Real Madrid in November 2023 within the UEFA Champions League.
Real Betis have gained their final 4 residence UEFA Europa League matches, their longest residence successful run in main European competitors since a six-game run between September 1998 and November 2002 within the UEFA Cup. They’ve gained their final three on the Estadio de La Cartuja within the knockout phases.
When taking part in away from residence, Sporting Braga have misplaced 9 of their final 11 main European knockout matches (W1 D1), with their solely win coming at Qarabag in February 2024, although it wasn’t sufficient to cease them from being eradicated.
Real Betis wish to attain the semi-finals of a significant European competitors for a second consecutive season, having performed so in final season’s Conference League after they ultimately misplaced the ultimate to Chelsea. They’d performed in 14 main European seasons earlier than 2024-25 and solely reached the quarter-final twice (1977-78 and 1997-98 Cup Winners’ Cup).
This is simply Sporting Braga’s fourth main European quarter-final, all within the UEFA Europa League, progressing simply as soon as in 2010-11 vs Dynamo Kyiv. They’ve misplaced their two since in 2015-16 vs Shakhtar Donetsk and 2021-22 vs Rangers. They’ve by no means gained the second leg of a quarter-final (D1 L2).
Sporting Braga’s Florian Grillitsch has been concerned in three targets in his final two UEFA Europa League appearances (2 targets, 1 help), just one fewer than in his first 32 main European video games for Braga, Ajax and Hoffenheim (4 targets).
Cucho Hernández has scored three targets in simply 4 UEFA Europa League begins this season for Real Betis. Among gamers to play 250+ minutes for them within the competitors in 2025-26, Hernández ranks first per 90 minutes for pictures (4.8), pictures heading in the right direction (2.5), xG (0.75) and touches within the opposition field (5.3).
