Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sporting Braga & Sporting CP 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 Sporting Braga nor Sporting CP 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.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Sporting Braga so far this season. On the other hand, in the League Cup, Sporting Braga has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Happy days for Sporting Braga in their previous game, a Primeira Liga match away at Porto that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Tondela.
A decent goal production from Sporting Braga in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Sporting Braga have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Sporting CP form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Sporting CP, as they won the League Cup.5-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sporting CP in their Primeira Liga matches away. When we have look at the League Cup statistics, we find 2W-0D-1L. This is both home and away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Sporting CP, as they have won on their previous two travels.
The manager E. Ferro dos Santos was unhappy after their last game, a Primeira Liga match played at their home ground Estádio José Alvalade. Sporting CP suffered a 0-2 loss to Benfica. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Vitoria Setubal.
We have checked recent matches where Sporting CP have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were W0-D2-L1.
Sporting CP has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 9 games. Sporting CP have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Sporting Braga victories, 2 draws and 5 Sporting CP wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
J. Dias Fernandes
8 goals
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B. Borges Fernandes
8 goals
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L. Luciano Silva
6 goals
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Sporting Braga missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Sporting Braga | Sporting CP | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 51 | 21 | Scored | S | 25 | 43 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 6 | 6.9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 375 | 189 | Total Shots | T S | 188 | 367 | ||
| 141 | 68 | Shots on Target | S O | 72 | 131 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 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 | Benfica | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 36 | 48 |
| 2 | Porto | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 41 |
| 3 | Famalicao | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 30 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Vitoria Setubal | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 10 | Boavista | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 12 | Tondela | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 17 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -18 | 15 |
| 16 | Pacos de Ferreira | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 15 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -17 | 6 |