Perhaps a welcome break from league football as these teams face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Paços de Ferreira nor Sporting Braga as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Paços de Ferreira participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.With 2 Primeira Liga wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Paços de Ferreira are certainly not brimming with confidence. 1W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup for Paços de Ferreira.
Paços de Ferreira's last game was hosting Espinho and winning 3-0. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Sporting Braga.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Paços de Ferreira here at Estadio Capital do Movel in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). On the other hand, Paços de Ferreira have conceded 8 goals.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Sporting Braga have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 2-1-4 (7 played).
Two away games in a row for Sporting Braga, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Benfica in the Taça De Portugal. A loss against Paços de Ferreira was the result prior to that, in a Primeira Liga home game.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sporting Braga as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Sporting Braga have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Paços de Ferreira, 3 draws and 4 wins for Sporting Braga. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.Top Goalscorers
  Douglas Tanque 4 goals |   Paulinho 4 goals |  Galeno 4 goals |
Paços de Ferreira missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Paços de Ferreira | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 20 | 40 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 6 | 6.1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 309 | 190 | Total Shots | T S | 163 | 352 | ||
| 97 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 59 | 126 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 32% | ||
| 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 Braga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Paços de Ferreira | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Maritimo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Penafiel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 32 | 39 |
| 2 | Porto | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 35 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Famalicao | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Vitória FC | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Tondela | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Boavista | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Moreirense | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 14 | Maritimo | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -15 | 6 |