There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa League Knockout Round Play-offs meeting between Sporting Braga and Sheriff. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Sheriff when visiting Braga as the cities are 3900 kilometers apart.
The hosts Sporting Braga saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Primeira Liga. That game was an away game at Tondela, so at least Sporting Braga are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Sporting Braga form and stats
Action has already taken place for Braga in Europa League as they have defeated Crvena Zvezda, Midtjylland and Ludogorets to reach the Knockout Round Play-offs. Sporting Braga participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 16th finals and lost against Roma.Sporting Braga are steadily winning Primeira Liga games and points here at Estádio Municipal de Braga. 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Sporting Braga has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.
It's back home for Braga, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Tondela away with the result 1-0. Horta found the net in that victory. Defender Leite got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.63/10. Leite won 9 of 11 duels.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primeira Liga game versus Santa Clara in only four days. This game is also played here at Estádio Municipal de Braga.
The Sporting Braga fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, Sporting Braga have conceded only 10 goals.
Sheriff form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 3rd qualifying round.The away performances of Sheriff have been very solid so far with 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the National Division. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sheriff goalkeeper Giorgos Athanasiadis is eager to challenge this, with his 329 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Evangelou was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.11. The defender Evangelou won 5 of 6 duels.
Before that, Sheriff secured a home win against Zimbru with the score 4-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Milsami in just four days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Sheriff are regular goalscorers on their travels. Sheriff are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Sheriff - Sporting Braga 2-0 was the output when this pair of teams previously did battle, also in this season.Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 14 goals |  V. Carvalho Oliveira 5 goals | I. Picanço Medeiros 5 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Sheriff missing players
| Sporting Braga | Sheriff | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 48 | 27 | Scored | S | 20 | 64 | ||
| 29 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 6 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.8 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 41% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 47% | ||
| 9.5 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 42 | 63 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 31 | 57 |
| 3 | Benfica | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 38 | 51 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 44 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 40 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Estoril | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Maritimo | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 28 |
| 9 | Portimonense | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 24 |
| 11 | Santa Clara | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 24 |
| 12 | Famalicao | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -8 | 23 |
| 13 | Vizela | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | -14 | 23 |
| 14 | Boavista | 23 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 22 |
| 15 | Arouca | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -20 | 21 |
| 16 | Tondela | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -16 | 20 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 19 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -29 | 15 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheriff | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 50 | 44 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 42 |
| 3 | Milsami | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 40 |
| 4 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 19 | -1 | 25 |
| 5 | Dinamo-Auto | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 31 | -28 | 23 |
| 6 | CSF Balti | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 7 | Zimbru | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 16 |
| 8 | Floresti | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 30 | -49 | -6 |
