National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Boavista or Sporting Braga that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Primeira Liga game only four days ago. That game, against Porto, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sporting Braga.
Boavista form and stats
Last season, Boavista's League Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.2-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Boavista so far this season. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup for Boavista. All in all it has been a very rough period for Boavista who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Santa Clara, 115 days ago.
Boavista lost their last game at Sporting CP after a 0-2 scoreline. Midfielder Sebastián Pérez was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Pérez hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 43 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Primeira Liga home game that ended 1-1 versus Maritimo.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Boavista, as the Primeira Liga home game vs Moreirense is only three days away.
The Boavista fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Braga was sent out of League Cup in the final last season.As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Sporting Braga have produced an overall stat of 3-2-2 so far. Braga has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Two away games in a row for Sporting Braga, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Porto in the Primeira Liga. Matheus was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.2. The agile goalkeeper Matheus stopped the opponent with three saves.
A draw for Braga before that, at their own venue hosting Crvena Zvezda (1-1).The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Belenenses in just three days.
The visiting Sporting Braga have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. 10 goals have been conceded by Braga in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: Boavista won three, Sporting Braga were winners in five and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 9 goals |   P. Musa 5 goals |  G. Affonso Sauerbeck 4 goals |
Boavista missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Boavista | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Scored | S | 18 | 50 | ||
| 39 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 15.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 5 | ||
| 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 39% | ||
| 12.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 9.3 | ||
| 5 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 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 | Boavista | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Pacos de Ferreira | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 26 | 38 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Benfica | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 28 | 34 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Estoril | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Arouca | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Tondela | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 12 |
| 12 | Boavista | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Pacos de Ferreira | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | Vizela | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 10 |
| 15 | Famalicão | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -18 | 10 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -16 | 8 |