Sporting Braga and Rangers will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Europa League Quarter-finals battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
It's quite the trip for Rangers when visiting Sporting Braga as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.
Rangers could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premiership game only four sleeps ago.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 16th finals against Roma.8 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. 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): 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.
A nice win for Braga last time playing, versus Benfica. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Horta, Medeiros and Oliveira scoring for the victors. Horta, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that match, earning a rating of 7.63 (out of 10). Horta served one assist and hit three key passes.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Portimonense and winning 2-1.The manager Carvalhal will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vizela in only three days.
The Sporting Braga fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 15 league matches. Sporting Braga have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 8th finals against Slavia Praha.When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 5W-4D-3L. This is both home and away.
Home advantage was not enough for Rangers in their previous game as they lost hosting Celtic, 1-2. Goldson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.8. The defender Goldson hit one key pass and won 7 of 11 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Dundee.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Rangers in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Rangers, two draws and three defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Rangers now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at St. Mirren is waiting in only three days.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Braga-Rangers H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Sporting Braga zero wins, Rangers two wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). One of the stars has been Hagi with 2 goals scored against Braga in these 2 encounters.Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 15 goals |   A. Morelos Aviléz 12 goals |  J. Aribo 7 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Rangers missing players
| Sporting Braga | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 51 | ||
| 27 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.9 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 18.2 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 31% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 8.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Porto | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 49 | 73 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 27 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 37 | 67 |
| 3 | Benfica | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 70 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 42 | 61 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 52 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 46 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 | Estoril | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 34 |
| 8 | Maritimo | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -3 | 33 |
| 9 | Pacos de Ferreira | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 33 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 31 |
| 11 | Boavista | 28 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -8 | 30 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -8 | 29 |
| 13 | Vizela | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 28 | -15 | 29 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -9 | 28 |
| 15 | Arouca | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -22 | 26 |
| 16 | Tondela | 27 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 54 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 27 | -21 | 22 |
| 17 | Belenenses | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -29 | 21 |
| 18 | Moreirense | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -20 | 20 |
