Leicester City have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Sporting Braga. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. That game was also an away game, at Liverpool. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Leicester City have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Braga participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.Sporting Braga must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Primeira Liga games here at Estádio Municipal de Braga. 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Sporting Braga. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sporting Braga after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Happy days for Braga in their previous game, a Taça De Portugal match away at Trofense that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the game before, an away victory in the Primeira Liga match versus Benfica with a 3-2 scoreline.
André Horta was on the receiving end of a red card in the Braga-Trofense match, being sent off in the -1th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 2-1 victory. Some amazing scenes last match, when Galeno scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Braga, as the Primeira Liga home game vs Farense is only three days away.
Sporting Braga has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 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 2 from 3 matches.
Leicester City form and stats
Playing away, Leicester City have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
Leicester play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Liverpool. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers.
It's a bit worrying for Leicester that their goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel made nine saves in the Liverpool game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fulham in just four days.
Leicester City are a potent attacking force on the road with their 13 goals in 5 league games. Leicester have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Leicester City - Braga 4-0 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  J. Vardy 8 goals |  Y. Tielemans 3 goals |   B. Willemen Da Silva 2 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Leicester City missing players
| Sporting Braga | Leicester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 47 | 21 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 33 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 353 | 185 | Total Shots | T S | 126 | 273 | ||
| 127 | 63 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 98 | ||
| 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leicester City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Zorya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 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 | Sporting CP | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | Benfica | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Porto | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | Nacional | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Santa Clara | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 10 |
| 9 | Famalicao | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Moreirense | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Tondela | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Maritimo | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Boavista | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Farense | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Gil Vicente | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Portimonense | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Southampton | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Everton | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | West Ham United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Manchester United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Arsenal | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Manchester City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 17 | Fulham | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 4 |
| 18 | West Bromwich Albion | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 3 |
| 19 | Burnley | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 2 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 1 |
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- Leicester Mercury - (local newspaper)