DID YOU KNOW?
* Braga are currently placed sixth in the Portuguese Liga having accumulated 31 points from 22 games in the league. Leaders Porto have twice the number of points with 62 against their name.
* The hosts have four victories, four losses and two draws from their last 10 games in all competitions.
* The Portuguese outfit finished third in Champions League Group H, with three draws and as many victories. They then dropped down into the Europa League.
* Braga began life in the competition with a 1-0 loss to Lech Poznan in the first leg, but a 2-0 victory in the reverse fixture saw them set up a clash with Liverpool. The two teams will lock horns for the first time in a Uefa tournament.
* The home side have clashed with English opposition on 10 occasions, and have lost seven of those encounters.
* Liverpool have not lost a single game in the Europa League this season.
* The Reds have won the Uefa Cup - which was the previous version of the tournament - on three occasions. This makes them the most successful club to be left in the competition.
* The Merseyside outfit have scored only nine goals from their seven games in Europe's second-tier club competition.
* Kenny Dalglish's men have not conceded a single goal in their last three games in the current competition, but have managed to score on only one occasion during this time.
* Liverpool have won 25 per cent of their games away from home against Portuguese opposition, winning two of their eight matches to date.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Braga: Artur; Miguel Garcia, Kaka, A Rodriguez, Silvio; Hugo Viana, Custodio, Vinicius, Alan; Lima, Ukra.
Liverpool: Reina; Johnson, Kyrgiakos, Agger, Wilson; Kuyt, Lucas, Meireles, Poulsen, Maxi; Carroll.
Prediction
Liverpool are vastly stronger than their opponents, on paper. But a football match is won on a pitch and not on a piece of paper. Still, the Reds should be able to win this game with relative ease.
Braga 0-2 Liverpool 
