International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Sporting Braga and Midtjylland are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Last season, Braga's Europa League journey ended in the 16th finals against Roma.Sporting Braga have played 3 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Sporting Braga drew their last game, 1-1 away at Santa Clara. Defender Diogo Leite got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Leite won 5 of 11 duels.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Tondela.This is expected to be a close game, with Sporting Braga perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sporting Braga as a small favourite), we find two games. Braga has won two of these, drawn zero and lost zero.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primeira Liga game versus Boavista in only three days. This game is also played here at Estádio Municipal de Braga.
Braga has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. 3 goals have been conceded.
Midtjylland form and stats
Midtjylland's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Midtjylland have produced an overall stat of 4-0-1 so far.
The Midtjylland goalkeeper Elias Rafn Olafsson is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 294 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Erik Sviatchenko secured the home win 1-0 against Randers in their previous game. The attacker Pione Sisto got a match rating of 8.0 in that game. Sisto served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kjellerup at their stadium, the result 5-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Midtjylland playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Midtjylland win, three draws and two defeats.
A new game in only three days for Midtjylland, the Superliga home match versus AGF. Busy days.
Midtjylland have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 6 goals have been scored. The Midtjylland defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 5 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 3 goals |  I. Picanço Medeiros 3 goals |   J. dos Santos Júnior 3 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Midtjylland missing players
| Sporting Braga | Midtjylland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Scored | S | 23 | 45 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 21 | 28 | ||
| 80% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 5.7 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 6 | ||
| 12.3 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 13.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Midtjylland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -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 | Benfica | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 21 |
| 2 | Porto | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Estoril | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Pacos de Ferreira | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 8 | Boavista | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Vizela | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | Maritimo | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | Tondela | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 15 | Arouca | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 5 |
| 17 | Belenenses | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Famalicao | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -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 | Midtjylland | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | København | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 23 |
| 3 | AaB | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Randers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Silkeborg | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Nordsjælland | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | AGF | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Brøndby | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | OB | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Viborg | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | SønderjyskE | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 8 |
| 12 | Vejle | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -16 | 2 |