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 Zorya with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
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.
Zorya have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Sporting Braga was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Europa League.3 victories, 0 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): 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Braga are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
In their previous game, the manager C. Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal led his Sporting Braga to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Belenenses. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Municipal de Braga. Before that match, a Europa League win away at AEK Athens.
The manager C. Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Olimpico do Montijo in only four days.
Braga has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Sporting Braga have only let in 2 goals at home.
Zorya form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Zorya have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses both home and away.
Zorya are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Premier League against Dnipro-1. Before that, Zorya secured a home win against Leicester City with the score 1-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Zorya manager V. Skripnik as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Oleksandria.
The Zorya manager V. Skripnik has got the team scoring on the road, with 11 away goals in 5 league matches. Zorya have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Zorya - Braga 1-2. Braga-Zorya H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Sporting Braga one win, Zorya zero wins, two draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  V. Kochergin 5 goals | A. Gromov 4 goals |  O. Gladkiy 4 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Zorya missing players
| Sporting Braga | Zorya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 49 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 44 | ||
| 34 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 14.4 | 18.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 13.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Zorya | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 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 | Sporting CP | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| 2 | Benfica | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Porto | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Pacos de Ferreira | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Belenenses | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Nacional | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Famalicao | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Boavista | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 15 | Tondela | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 8 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Farense | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 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 | Dynamo Kyiv | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 26 |
| 3 | Desna | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | Vorskla | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Zorya | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 17 |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Oleksandria | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Olimpik Donetsk | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Mariupol | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Inhulets | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 11 | Minai | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -14 | 9 |
| 12 | Dnipro-1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 8 |
| 13 | Lviv | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -18 | 8 |
| 14 | Rukh Vynnyky | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -14 | 6 |