National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sporting CP or Sporting Braga that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sporting CP form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Sporting CP have performed here this season with 5 wins from 7 Primeira Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0. Sporting CP has a nice streak going on as they have played 14 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Benfica defeat 181 days ago. The Sporting CP fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Sporting CP has played 16 games in a row here without a defeat.
A nice win for Sporting CP last time playing, versus Porto. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Jovane Cabral (2) scoring for the victors. In the match before that, Sporting CP hosted Rio Ave and drew the Primeira Liga game 1-1.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of R. Marques Amorim when Jovane Cabral scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 77th minute. A late climax in the match against Porto as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Jovane Cabral.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sporting CP as they are travelling to their away game against Boavista in the Primeira Liga. That match is one day after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (15 in 7 games), Sporting CP's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Sporting CP have conceded only 5 goals.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Braga, as they won the League Cup.4-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sporting Braga in their Primeira Liga matches away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sporting Braga have lost on their last two travels.
Braga go into this game after a win, the home game against Benfica that ended 2-1. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Pacos de Ferreira's place.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Gil Vicente in just one day.
Braga are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 8 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Braga have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sporting CP won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Sporting Braga has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Gonçalves 12 goals |   R. Horta 5 goals |  N. Gomes dos Santos 4 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Sporting CP | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 55 | 29 | Scored | S | 29 | 56 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 13.6 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 14.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 40% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| 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 CP | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 36 |
| 2 | Porto | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | Benfica | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Pacos de Ferreira | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Maritimo | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Santa Clara | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Tondela | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 15 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 13 | Famalicao | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Nacional | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 13 |
| 15 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 16 | Farense | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Belenenses | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Boavista | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 11 |