Ferencváros and Braga have never previously faced in European competition – the Hungarian side’s only previous meeting with Portuguese opposition was in the last 16 of the 1994-95 Cup Winners’ Cup, a 6-2 aggregate defeat to FC Porto (lost 6-0 away, won 2-0 home).
Sporting Braga’s only previous European meeting with a Hungarian team was in the last 16 of the 1966-67 Cup Winners’ Cup, going out 3-2 on aggregate to Györi ETO (lost 0-3 away, won 2-0 home).
Ferencváros have won the first leg in just one of their last seven major European knockout ties (D3 L3), beating Viktoria Plzen 1-0 in the UEFA Europa League play-offs last season.
Sporting Braga have only conceded two goals in seven away European games (incl. qualifiers) this season, keeping five clean sheets. They last kept three away clean sheets in a row between July and October 2008.
Bamidele Yusuf has been involved in six goals in nine UEFA Europa League appearances this season for Ferencváros (3 goals, 3 assists). Only three players have had more shots than he has (25), while he’s the only player with 50+ touches in the opposition box (52).