Sporting Braga have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against FC Union Berlin. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It's quite the trip for Sporting Braga when visiting Berlin as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.
There have been limited time to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a Bundesliga game only three days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Heidenheim.
FC Union Berlin form and stats
Last season, FC Union Berlin's Europa League journey ended in the round of 16 against Union Saint-Gilloise.FC Union Berlin have played three Bundesliga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
FC Union Berlin are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 242 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Gosens).
In their previous game, the manager Fischer led his FC Union Berlin to a defeat away at Heidenheim. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion An der Alten Försterei. The striker Behrens bested all the other players in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.3 out of 10. Behrens hit three key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
Preceding that match was the home Bundesliga game against Hoffenheim that was lost 0-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Berlin have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
The manager Fischer will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Borussia Dortmund in only four days.
FC Union Berlin are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga Portugal travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 2W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for Sporting Braga, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus Estrela Amadora last time out. An off the wall match with heaps of goals last time out for Braga, as mentioned above. 6 goals in total, will this match be as gleeful? Djaló got a match rating of 9.02 in that game, top player of the team. Djaló scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.
Before that, Sporting Braga secured a home win against Boavista with the score 4-1.Braga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sporting Braga are hosting Rio Ave in the Liga Portugal only four days away.
Braga have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (FC Union Berlin wins - draws - Sporting Braga wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Banza 5 goals |  R. Horta 5 goals |   K. Behrens 4 goals |
FC Union Berlin missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| FC Union Berlin | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 20 | 55 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 8% | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.3 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 13.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5 | ||
| 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 44% | ||
| 11.8 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | FC Union Berlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 |
| 3 | FC Bayern München | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Heidenheim | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Freiburg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | FC Union Berlin | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Borussia M'gladbach | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Bochum | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -14 | 3 |
| 16 | Köln | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 1 |
| 17 | Darmstadt 98 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 1 |
| 18 | Mainz 05 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Benfica | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | Porto | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Boavista | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Famalicao | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Casa Pia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Portimonense | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 10 | Moreirense | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Farense | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Arouca | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Rio Ave | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Vizela | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Estrela Amadora | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Estoril | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Chaves | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 1 |
