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.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Braga and Paços de Ferreira.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Last season, Braga's League Cup journey ended in the final.The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Sporting Braga at their home stadium (Estádio Municipal de Braga) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
A strong away win for Braga against Gil Vicente the last match, as Vítor Oliveira were on target. Matheus loved the game against Gil Vicente. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. The goalie Matheus was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.11 out of ten. Matheus stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Ludogorets.Braga are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 16 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won twelve, drew three and lost one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Braga as they have a new game in only four days, a Primeira Liga match thankfully also at home. Portimonense are visiting.
Braga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal de Braga with 6 goals in 4 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga.
Ferreira's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Arouca that finished 0-0. André Ferreira had red hot gloves after the game against Arouca, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. André Ferreira (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.53. Ferreira stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Aguias do Moradal at their stadium, the result 3-0.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Paços de Ferreira played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Primeira Liga trip to Moreirense.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Ferreira's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior ten meetings involving these two squads are: five wins for Braga, two draws and three wins for Paços de Ferreira. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 4 goals |  I. Picanço Medeiros 4 goals |   N. Valente Santos 3 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Paços de Ferreira missing players
| Sporting Braga | Paços de Ferreira | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 43 | 19 | Scored | S | 15 | 29 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Paços de Ferreira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Porto | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Estoril | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Boavista | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Paços de Ferreira | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Tondela | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Vizela | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 13 | Marítimo | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 16 | Arouca | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 17 | Santa Clara | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 6 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 5 |