Sporting Braga vs Trofense in League Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Portugal League Cup
Competition: Sat 26.November
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sporting Braga & Trofense face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

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 Sporting Braga and Trofense.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

Braga was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.

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's previous match was a League Cup game also played at their own stadium, finishing 3-0 versus Trofense. The home side hope to to continue in that form.

In the game before, an away victory in the Liga Portugal match versus Portimonense with a 2-1 scoreline.

A decent goal production from Sporting Braga in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Braga are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal de Braga in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.

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Trofense form and stats

Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Trofense so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).

Two away matches in a row for Trofense, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 vs Sporting Braga in the League Cup.

Prior to that match, the Trofense manager Silva faced defeat when travelling to Farense and losing 1-3.

Trofense are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 7 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Of the defeats, 0 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Trofense rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Braga have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when facing Trofense.

This was the score when the teams played each other previously this season; Sporting Braga - Trofense 3-0. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 2 red cards from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting BragaV. Carvalho Oliveira
V. Carvalho Oliveira
5 goals
Sporting BragaS. Banza
S. Banza
5 goals
Sporting BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
4 goals

Sporting Braga missing players

Trofense missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Braga Trofense
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   14 25
17 9   Won W   4 7
2 1   Drew D   2 2
6 3   Lost L   8 16
49 24   Scored S   13 23
25 11   Conceded C   21 43
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
76% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 72%
60% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 64%
24% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 20%
24% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 8%
44% 46%   BTTS BTTS   43% 48%
40% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 16%
16% 15%   Failed to Score F T   43% 40%
 
6 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.3
3.7 2.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.7
2.7 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.5
3 0   Red cards R C   3 5
 
17 19   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 9.6
6.3 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.3
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 28%
 
10.8 11   Shots against (avg) S A   13.8 13
3.6 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 5.7

  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Casa Pia 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
3 Pacos de Ferreira 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Trofense 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -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 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 Pacos de Ferreira 13 0 2 11 7 26 7 0 1 6 3 14 6 0 1 5 4 12 -19 2
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Moreirense 13 10 2 1 31 14 6 6 0 0 17 6 7 4 2 1 14 8 17 32
2 Farense 13 8 4 1 25 13 7 4 3 0 13 7 6 4 1 1 12 6 12 28
3 Benfica II 13 6 4 3 25 15 7 4 1 2 16 8 6 2 3 1 9 7 10 22
4 Estrela Amadora 13 5 7 1 19 14 7 3 4 0 10 7 6 2 3 1 9 7 5 22
5 Vilafranquense 13 6 3 4 16 14 6 3 1 2 8 8 7 3 2 2 8 6 2 21
6 Academico Viseu 13 5 5 3 24 20 7 3 2 2 13 11 6 2 3 1 11 9 4 20
7 Feirense 13 4 7 2 14 9 6 1 4 1 7 7 7 3 3 1 7 2 5 19
8 Leixoes 13 4 7 2 15 11 6 3 2 1 6 2 7 1 5 1 9 9 4 19
9 Porto II 13 5 4 4 14 12 6 2 2 2 4 2 7 3 2 2 10 10 2 19
10 Tondela 13 3 9 1 17 13 7 1 5 1 8 8 6 2 4 0 9 5 4 18
11 Penafiel 13 4 6 3 14 13 6 1 3 2 7 7 7 3 3 1 7 6 1 18
12 Mafra 13 4 4 5 15 20 7 2 3 2 10 10 6 2 1 3 5 10 -5 16
13 Nacional 13 3 4 6 13 17 7 1 2 4 7 9 6 2 2 2 6 8 -4 13
14 UD Oliveirense 13 2 5 6 15 21 6 1 5 0 8 6 7 1 0 6 7 15 -6 11
15 Torreense 13 3 1 9 7 17 7 1 1 5 1 8 6 2 0 4 6 9 -10 10
16 Belenenses 13 2 3 8 20 28 6 0 1 5 8 15 7 2 2 3 12 13 -8 9
17 Trofense 13 2 2 9 9 27 6 1 0 5 5 16 7 1 2 4 4 11 -18 8
18 Sporting Covilha 13 1 3 9 12 27 7 0 1 6 5 15 6 1 2 3 7 12 -15 6

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Casa Pia 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
3 Pacos de Ferreira 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Trofense 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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