FC Union Berlin have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Sporting Braga. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It's quite the trip for FC Union Berlin when visiting Braga as the cities are 2600 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 Sporting Braga and FC Union Berlin.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Braga participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals and lost against Rangers.Sporting Braga have collected seven points from their first three Primeira Liga games here at Estádio Municipal de Braga, a promising start.
Happy days for Sporting Braga in their previous game, a fixture away at Rio Ave that ended with a 3-2 victory. Horta (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.63/10. Horta scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit five key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).
Before that, a strong away win at Malmö FF. A Europa League game.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Braga as they have a new game in only three days, a Primeira Liga match thankfully also at home. Vizela are visiting.
Sporting Braga has scored 9 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
FC Union Berlin form and stats
The seven points FC Union Berlin have gathered from their first three away trips in the Bundesliga is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
It's the second away game in a row for FC Union Berlin, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Köln last time out. Trimmel got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, top player of the team. Trimmel hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.
The fixture before that was the Europa League-duel against Union Saint-Gilloise, a home defeat (0-1).
A new game in only three days for FC Union Berlin, the Bundesliga home match versus Wolfsburg. Busy days.
The Berlin manager Fischer has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. FC Union Berlin are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Banza 5 goals |   S. Becker 5 goals |  R. Horta 3 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
FC Union Berlin missing players
| Sporting Braga | FC Union Berlin | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 49 | 27 | Scored | S | 30 | 48 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 12.2 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
| 13 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 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 | Sporting Braga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | FC Union Berlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Benfica | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 16 |
| 3 | Porto | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 4 | Portimonense | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Boavista | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 12 |
| 6 | Casa Pia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Chaves | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Estoril | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Arouca | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 7 |
| 13 | Vizela | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Rio Ave | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -10 | 0 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 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 | FC Union Berlin | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | SC Freiburg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 12 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Mainz 05 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 7 | Köln | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | Stuttgart | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 16 | Wolfsburg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Bochum | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -14 | 0 |
