National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sporting Braga or Paços de Ferreira that keep their silverware dream alive.
Sporting Braga and Paços de Ferreira should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Last season, Sporting Braga's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.The story so far in the Liga Portugal for Sporting Braga at their home stadium (Estádio Municipal de Braga) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Sporting Braga are returning here after guesting Casa Pia in a League Cup match and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
A home win before that, as anticipated. The team were huge favourites against Trofense and won 3-0.
The Braga fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Sporting Braga have conceded only 5 goals.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Ferreira's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.Paços de Ferreira have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Liga Portugal, after 0-1-5 (6 played).
The attacking players of Paços de Ferreira have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 337 minutes.
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Trofense in their previous outing. The League Cup battle ended 1-1.
Preceding that, 1-1 at home hosting Casa Pia in the League Cup. With the hosting team identified as having a winning probability of around 80% by the bookies, any favourable result for the away side would be an eye-opener. Examining previous games with similar odds and Ferreira playing away, we found 4 results. The numbers from these were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. The visitors lost 2 of these fixtures by at least two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Paços de Ferreira as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Braga have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (1-3-0) against Paços de Ferreira.Top Goalscorers
  V. Carvalho Oliveira 5 goals |  S. Banza 5 goals |  R. Horta 4 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Paços de Ferreira missing players
| Sporting Braga | Paços de Ferreira | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 48 | 22 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 22 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 56% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 8 | ||
| 16.8 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 6.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 17% | ||
| 10.9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Casa Pia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Paços de Ferreira | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Trofense | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 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 | Benfica | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 37 |
| 2 | Porto | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 29 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 25 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Portimonense | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Chaves | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Arouca | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Boavista | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Estoril | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Vizela | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 9 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 6 |
| 18 | Paços de Ferreira | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -19 | 2 |
