Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League Knockout Round Play-offs between Fiorentina and Sporting Braga. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
It's quite the trip for Sporting Braga when visiting Fiorentina as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fiorentina and Sporting Braga.
Fiorentina form and stats
Fiorentina have not come this way in the Europa Conference League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating FC Twente, Rigas FS, Hearts and Istanbul Basaksehir.Fiorentina have played 12 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, Fiorentina has performed like this (both home and away): 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Empoli last time out and are looking for a win here. Cabral was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Empoli after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Quarta, defender, was given a rating of 7.85/10 in that game, top of the team. Quarta won 14 of 19 duels.
Before that game, a fine away win at Sporting Braga. A Europa Conference League game. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Fiorentina matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 7 games).
Fiorentina are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Hellas Verona awaits in four days.
Fiorentina has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Sporting Braga have an excellent away record in the Liga Portugal so far with 9-0-2 from 11 games.
Sporting Braga are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the fixture against Arouca. Attacker Banza got a player rating of 7.84 in the game. "Man of the match" Banza scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 7 of 9 times.
The match earlier was the Europa Conference League-duel against Fiorentina, a home loss (0-4).
Braga have another game away in just four sleeps, a Liga Portugal fixture vs Vitoria Guimaraes. A back-breaking programme for the visiting team!
The Sporting Braga manager Jorge has got the team scoring on the road, with 26 away goals in 11 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Sporting Braga in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head meeting ended Sporting Braga - Fiorentina 0-4, earlier this season. Cabral likes to play against Sporting Braga and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Banza 9 goals |  R. Horta 8 goals |  I. Picanço Medeiros 5 goals |
Fiorentina missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Fiorentina | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 56 | 36 | Scored | S | 19 | 42 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 79% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 17.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 14.3 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 41 | 62 |
| 2 | Inter | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 47 |
| 3 | Roma | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 44 |
| 4 | Milan | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 44 |
| 5 | Lazio | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 42 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 41 |
| 7 | Juventus | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 32 |
| 8 | Bologna | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 32 |
| 9 | Torino | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 31 |
| 10 | Udinese | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 30 |
| 11 | Monza | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 29 |
| 12 | Empoli | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 28 |
| 13 | Lecce | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 27 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 25 |
| 15 | Sassuolo | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 24 |
| 16 | Salernitana | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | -19 | 21 |
| 17 | Spezia | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -20 | 19 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 17 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 23 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 38 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -27 | 11 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 23 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -25 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 41 | 56 |
| 2 | Porto | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 36 | 51 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 49 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 41 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 34 |
| 6 | Casa Pia | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | Arouca | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 30 |
| 8 | Vizela | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Chaves | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 10 | Portimonense | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 26 |
| 11 | Boavista | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 26 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 24 |
| 13 | Famalicao | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 24 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 23 |
| 15 | Estoril | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 22 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | -14 | 15 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -25 | 13 |
| 18 | Paços de Ferreira | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -22 | 12 |
