Benfica and Sporting Braga are both thriving in the Liga Portugal with their 1st and 3rd positions respectively. This could be a super match!
- Benfica have the most scored goals (71) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga Portugal
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Benfica form and stats
Benfica have been very solid at home in the Liga Portugal so far, with 40 points collected from 15 matches (13-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.
The Benfica goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga Portugal.
Happy days for Benfica in their previous game, a fixture away at Gil Vicente (placed 14th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Grimaldo, defender, was given a rating of 8.4/10 in that game, top of the team. Grimaldo scored one goal, hit four key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.
Before that, Benfica had a home game versus Estoril which ended with a victory 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Benfica have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 3.
It should be added that a glance at the 14 latest league fixtures shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Benfica are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (44 goals in 15 games). Benfica are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Sporting Braga have an excellent away record in the Liga Portugal so far with 12-0-3 from 15 games. Sporting Braga have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
Sporting Braga are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the fixture against Portimonense (placed 13th). Medeiros got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, top player of the team. Medeiros scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A 2-2 in a home match in the Taça De Portugal before that, facing Nacional. The club were not satisfied with the result, being massive pre-match favourites. Braga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Sporting Braga are regular goalscorers on their travels. 17 goals have been conceded by Sporting Braga in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Braga - Benfica 3-0 was the product when this pair of teams formerly did battle, some time ago this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Benfica won three games, one match ended in a draw and Sporting Braga have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Naval da Costa Eduardo 17 goals |  G. Ramos 17 goals |   R. Horta 12 goals |
Benfica missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Benfica | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 25 | 13 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 71 | 44 | 12 | Scored | S | 8 | 34 | 66 |
| 17 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 11 | 17 | 25 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 73% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 73% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 33% | 60% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 40% | 37% |
| 20% | 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 27% | 30% |
| 30% | 53% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 37% |
| 63% | 47% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 47% | 53% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 7% | 13% |
| 8.3 | 8.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 17.3 | 20.2 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 15.1 | 16.5 |
| 6.6 | 7.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
| 36% | 38% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 33% |
| 7.1 | 5.4 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 11.4 | 10.7 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
- Benfica have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benfica have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Benfica have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most clean sheets (19) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most points (40) at home in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most scored goals (44) at home in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most scored goals (71) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the the best goal difference (+32) at home in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the the best goal difference (+54) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Benfica haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting Braga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga have the most scored goals (34) away in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 71 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 54 | 77 |
| 2 | Porto | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 63 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 44 | 73 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 30 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 66 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 41 | 71 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 61 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 33 | 64 |
| 5 | Arouca | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 48 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -7 | 44 |
| 7 | Famalicao | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -5 | 42 |
| 8 | Chaves | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 40 |
| 9 | Vizela | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | Casa Pia | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 39 |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -4 | 38 |
| 12 | Boavista | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 29 | -13 | 37 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 25 | -16 | 33 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 31 |
| 15 | Estoril | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 22 | -19 | 28 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 27 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 35 | -29 | 22 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -29 | 20 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 48 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 21 | -29 | 16 |
