Sporting Braga manager Carvalhal looking for three points in Gil Vicente showdown

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

A total of 25 sets of matches have gone by and both Sporting Braga and Gil Vicente are up there with the best. Game on!

Insights:
  • Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gil Vicente haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

The hosts Sporting Braga saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. This match was also played here at Estádio Municipal de Braga. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Gil Vicente have had more rest.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

7 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Sporting Braga have to build on here at Estádio Municipal de Braga in the Primeira Liga.

The goalie Matheus was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.83 out of ten. Matheus topped it up with a clean sheet.

1-1 away at Boavista before that.

The manager Carvalhal will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Monaco in only four days.

A decent goal production from Sporting Braga in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. Braga are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal de Braga in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gil Vicente form and stats

The visitors are W6-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga. In general it has been a productive period now for Gil Vicente as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Gil Vicente's last game was the home draw against Estoril (0-0). Midfielder Pedrinho was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.44. Pedrinho hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 63 successful passes (of 71 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Porto.

We have checked recent matches where Vicente have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, one draw and two defeats.

Gil Vicente are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 12 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

These two sides encountered each other earlier this campaign: Gil Vicente - Sporting Braga 0-1. Braga-Gil Vicente H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sporting Braga six wins, Gil Vicente one win, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
15 goals
Gil VicenteF. Navarro Aliaga
F. Navarro Aliaga
13 goals
Gil VicenteS. Dias Lino
S. Dias Lino
8 goals

Sporting Braga missing players

Gil Vicente missing players

Sporting Braga Gil Vicente
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 2 Played P 2 12 25
13 7 0 Won W 1 6 11
7 4 1 Drew D 1 5 9
5 2 1 Lost L 0 1 5
41 22 1 Scored S 3 17 36
24 10 2 Conceded C 2 10 25
88% 85% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
68% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 72%
48% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 48%
28% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 24%
16% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
48% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 48%
44% 46% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 36%
20% 23% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 20%
 
4.4 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 4.7
4.4 4 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 11.5 6.7 5.3
2.6 2.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.2 2.8
3 3 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13.1 16.7 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 10.3 12.6
4.5 5.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 4.6
37% 32% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 33% 31%
 
10.2 8.5 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 25 16.3 14.4
3.2 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 3.7
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Gil Vicente haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 25 21 4 0 63 19 12 10 2 0 30 9 13 11 2 0 33 10 44 67
2 Sporting CP 25 19 4 2 49 16 13 11 1 1 24 5 12 8 3 1 25 11 33 61
3 Benfica 25 18 3 4 65 23 12 8 1 3 30 12 13 10 2 1 35 11 42 57
4 Sporting Braga 25 13 7 5 41 24 13 7 4 2 22 10 12 6 3 3 19 14 17 46
5 Gil Vicente 25 11 9 5 36 25 13 5 4 4 19 15 12 6 5 1 17 10 11 42
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 25 9 6 10 35 34 12 7 2 3 23 15 13 2 4 7 12 19 1 33
7 Maritimo 25 8 8 9 30 32 12 3 6 3 14 11 13 5 2 6 16 21 -2 32
8 Estoril 25 7 10 8 28 30 12 2 6 4 15 17 13 5 4 4 13 13 -2 31
9 Portimonense 25 7 8 10 25 28 13 2 4 7 10 17 12 5 4 3 15 11 -3 29
10 Santa Clara 25 7 8 10 30 43 13 6 4 3 18 21 12 1 4 7 12 22 -13 29
11 Pacos de Ferreira 25 6 9 10 22 31 13 3 5 5 14 18 12 3 4 5 8 13 -9 27
12 Famalicao 25 6 8 11 32 40 12 3 5 4 13 14 13 3 3 7 19 26 -8 26
13 Boavista 25 4 14 7 31 39 13 3 9 1 18 15 12 1 5 6 13 24 -8 26
14 Vizela 25 5 9 11 27 43 13 3 5 5 12 17 12 2 4 6 15 26 -16 24
15 Arouca 25 5 7 13 23 45 12 3 2 7 11 26 13 2 5 6 12 19 -22 22
16 Tondela 25 6 3 16 31 48 13 4 1 8 18 25 12 2 2 8 13 23 -17 21
17 Moreirense 25 4 8 13 23 40 12 3 3 6 15 17 13 1 5 7 8 23 -17 20
18 Belenenses 25 3 7 15 15 46 12 3 2 7 10 26 13 0 5 8 5 20 -31 16

Read more about Primeira Liga

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.