Sheriff and Sporting Braga will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Europa League Knockout Round Play-offs battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This has all the signs of an exciting game with lots of action and bustle as both participants are well rested since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
Sheriff form and stats
Sheriff was eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round last season in the Europa League.Sheriff have been very solid at home in the National Division so far, with 24 points collected from 9 matches (8-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.
The Sheriff goalkeeper Zvonimir Mikulic is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 329 minutes without conceding a goal in the National Division.
A nice win for Sheriff last time playing, versus Zimbru. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Thill and Yansane (3) scoring for the victors.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Sheriff is on fire here. A stunning 36 from 9 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Sheriff have only let in 2 goals at home.
Sporting Braga form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Crvena Zvezda, Midtjylland and Ludogorets in order to reach knockout round play-offs of Europa League. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 16th finals against Roma.The visitors are W5-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 3W-1D-2L. This is both home and away.
Braga go into this game after a win, the home game against Pacos de Ferreira that ended 2-1. Attacker Horta got a player rating of 9.35 in the game. "Man of the match" Horta scored two goals, hit six key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).
Prior to that match, the Sporting Braga manager Carvalhal faced defeat when travelling to Vitoria Guimaraes and losing 1-2.The schedule is very tough for Sporting Braga now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primeira Liga game at Tondela is waiting in only three days.
Sporting Braga has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. Braga have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 13 goals |  V. Carvalho Oliveira 5 goals | I. Picanço Medeiros 5 goals |
Sheriff missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Sheriff | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 69 | 49 | Scored | S | 20 | 52 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 14% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 68% | 79% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 12.7 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 15.3 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 47% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 40% | ||
| 11.5 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheriff | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 50 | 44 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 42 |
| 3 | Milsami | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 40 |
| 4 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 19 | -1 | 25 |
| 5 | Dinamo-Auto | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 31 | -28 | 23 |
| 6 | CSF Balti | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 7 | Zimbru | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 16 |
| 8 | Floresti | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 30 | -49 | -6 |
| 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 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 41 | 60 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 28 | 54 |
| 3 | Benfica | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 38 | 50 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Estoril | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -5 | 25 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 24 |
| 11 | Vizela | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | -12 | 23 |
| 12 | Boavista | 22 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 21 |
| 13 | Pacos de Ferreira | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 21 |
| 14 | Tondela | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -15 | 20 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Arouca | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -19 | 18 |
| 17 | Famalicao | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -14 | 17 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -28 | 12 |
