This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Sporting Braga at Estádio Municipal de Braga when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Ludogorets with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It's no vacation for neither Sporting Braga nor Ludogorets as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
These teams have little in common geographically as Ludogorets have to travel 3600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Braga participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 16th finals and lost against Roma.2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Sporting Braga have to build on here at Estádio Municipal de Braga in the Primeira Liga. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Sporting Braga has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Braga, as their goalkeeper Matheus Lima Magalhaes has completely shut out the opponents for 181 minutes in the Primeira Liga.
The Sporting Braga supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Portimonense in Primeira Liga and win 3-0. Wenderson Galeno (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.64/10. Galeno scored two goals, hit four key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).
Before that, Braga drew at home versus Pacos de Ferreira.There will be little rest for Braga after this match as they are travelling to Benfica for a Primeira Liga game in only three days.
Braga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal de Braga with 9 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Braga have conceded 5 goals.
Ludogorets form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the group stage.4-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ludogorets in their Parva Liga matches away. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 0W-1D-2L. This is both home and away. Ludogorets have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
The supporters enjoyed Ludogorets's previous game versus Beroe, a Parva Liga 2-0 win played at home.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa in the Bulgarian Cup.A new game in only three days for Ludogorets, the Parva Liga home match versus Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Busy days.
Ludogorets are a potent attacking force on the road with their 13 goals in 5 league games. As opposed to that, Ludogorets have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Ludogorets - Sporting Braga 0-1 was the output when this pair of participants last did battle, earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Braga victory, one draw and one Ludogorets win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Soteriou 6 goals |  B. Tekpetey 5 goals |   R. Horta 4 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Ludogorets missing players
| Sporting Braga | Ludogorets | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 44 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 52 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.5 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 34% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 40% | ||
| 8.1 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crvena Zvezda | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Midtjylland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 4 | Ludogorets | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 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 | Porto | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 26 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Benfica | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Estoril | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Boavista | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Tondela | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | Arouca | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Vizela | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 14 | Belenenses | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 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 | Ludogorets | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 30 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Slavia Sofia | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 4 | Botev Plovdiv | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Cherno More | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Beroe | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Arda | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Levski Sofia | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | OFK Pirin | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
| 13 | Botev Vratsa | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | Tsarsko selo | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 9 |