Sporting Braga travels with confidence to meet Boavista: Free betting guide

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (28263 seats)

Sporting Braga go on their trip to Boavista and Estádio do Bessa Século XXI loaded with optimism, but the home team is no pushover. More information on the game here!

Insights:
  • Boavista have the most conceded goals in the second half (37) in Liga Portugal
  • Sporting Braga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga Portugal

Boavista can neither be promoted or relegated from Liga Portugal. Braga are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

Boavista and Sporting Braga should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Boavista form and stats

8-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Boavista so far this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Boavista here at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

No payout for Boavista in their previous match, an away game at Gil Vicente that ended in defeat 1-3. Midfield player Pérez got a match rating of 7.25 in that game, the max score being 10. Pérez scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 45 successful passes (of 47 total).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Estoril.

Boavista are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 16 games. Boavista have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

Sporting Braga's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sporting Braga collect 36 points from their 16 away matches in the Liga Portugal. 12 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 4 defeats).

Impressive finishing from Niakaté, Ruíz, Horta, Pizzi and Bruma secured the home win 5-3 against Santa Clara in their previous game. A bizarre match with heaps of goals last time out for Sporting Braga, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that entertaining match, will this match be as refreshing? Goalkeeper Matheus was absolutely vital in the Sporting Braga victory against Santa Clara, making six saves. Midfielder Medeiros was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.83. Medeiros signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

A 0-1 defeat away at Benfica before that.

The Braga manager Jorge has got the team scoring on the road, with 34 away goals in 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 18 goals have been conceded by Sporting Braga in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the teams played each other previously this campaign; Sporting Braga - Boavista 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Boavista wins - draws - Sporting Braga wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
13 goals
BoavistaY. Njie
Y. Njie
12 goals
Sporting BragaI. Picanço Medeiros
I. Picanço Medeiros
10 goals

Boavista missing players

Sporting Braga missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Boavista Sporting Braga
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
11 8 2 Won W 5 12 24
7 5 1 Drew D 0 0 2
14 3 2 Lost L 0 4 6
38 22 5 Scored S 13 34 71
52 20 9 Conceded C 3 18 29
94% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
72% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 81% 72%
59% 56% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 75% 59%
34% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 38%
16% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 31%
59% 62% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 38%
19% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 60% 44% 50%
28% 19% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 16%
 
5.4 6.5 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.6 6
5.1 4.6 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5 4.3
3.2 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.6 2.6
6 4 1 Red cards R C 0 6 6
 
10.8 12.4 7.6 Shots (avg) S ( 18.4 14.5 16.1
3.6 4.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8.2 6.4 6.7
33% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 33% 33%
 
11.3 9.7 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 11.9 11.1
4.2 2.9 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.5
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Boavista have the most conceded goals in the second half (37) in Liga Portugal
  • 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 32 27 2 3 77 18 16 14 1 1 45 12 16 13 1 2 32 6 59 83
2 Porto 32 25 4 3 66 20 16 14 0 2 41 11 16 11 4 1 25 9 46 79
3 Sporting Braga 32 24 2 6 71 29 16 12 2 2 37 11 16 12 0 4 34 18 42 74
4 Sporting CP 32 22 4 6 67 29 16 13 1 2 40 10 16 9 3 4 27 19 38 70
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 32 15 5 12 33 36 16 9 3 4 17 12 16 6 2 8 16 24 -3 50
6 Arouca 31 13 9 9 33 35 16 9 2 5 21 17 15 4 7 4 12 18 -2 48
7 Chaves 32 12 10 10 34 35 16 6 5 5 19 17 16 6 5 5 15 18 -1 46
8 Famalicão 32 13 4 15 35 41 16 9 1 6 19 15 16 4 3 9 16 26 -6 43
9 Vizela 32 11 7 14 33 35 16 5 4 7 17 17 16 6 3 7 16 18 -2 40
10 Casa Pia 32 11 7 14 29 37 16 6 4 6 16 15 16 5 3 8 13 22 -8 40
11 Boavista 32 11 7 14 38 52 16 8 5 3 22 20 16 3 2 11 16 32 -14 40
12 Rio Ave 32 10 9 13 33 38 16 8 2 6 16 12 16 2 7 7 17 26 -5 39
13 Portimonense 32 10 4 18 25 45 16 6 3 7 14 19 16 4 1 11 11 26 -20 34
14 Gil Vicente 32 9 7 16 31 40 16 5 6 5 14 14 16 4 1 11 17 26 -9 34
15 Estoril 31 8 4 19 26 46 15 5 2 8 15 23 16 3 2 11 11 23 -20 28
16 Maritimo 32 6 5 21 30 60 16 5 3 8 20 23 16 1 2 13 10 37 -30 23
17 Pacos de Ferreira 32 5 5 22 23 58 16 2 2 12 10 32 16 3 3 10 13 26 -35 20
18 Santa Clara 32 4 7 21 25 55 16 3 5 8 17 29 16 1 2 13 8 26 -30 19

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 Benfica 32 27 2 3 77 18 16 14 1 1 45 12 16 13 1 2 32 6 59 83
2 Porto 32 25 4 3 66 20 16 14 0 2 41 11 16 11 4 1 25 9 46 79
3 Sporting Braga 32 24 2 6 71 29 16 12 2 2 37 11 16 12 0 4 34 18 42 74
4 Sporting CP 32 22 4 6 67 29 16 13 1 2 40 10 16 9 3 4 27 19 38 70
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 32 15 5 12 33 36 16 9 3 4 17 12 16 6 2 8 16 24 -3 50
6 Arouca 31 13 9 9 33 35 16 9 2 5 21 17 15 4 7 4 12 18 -2 48
7 Chaves 32 12 10 10 34 35 16 6 5 5 19 17 16 6 5 5 15 18 -1 46
8 Famalicão 32 13 4 15 35 41 16 9 1 6 19 15 16 4 3 9 16 26 -6 43
9 Vizela 32 11 7 14 33 35 16 5 4 7 17 17 16 6 3 7 16 18 -2 40
10 Casa Pia 32 11 7 14 29 37 16 6 4 6 16 15 16 5 3 8 13 22 -8 40
11 Boavista 32 11 7 14 38 52 16 8 5 3 22 20 16 3 2 11 16 32 -14 40
12 Rio Ave 32 10 9 13 33 38 16 8 2 6 16 12 16 2 7 7 17 26 -5 39
13 Portimonense 32 10 4 18 25 45 16 6 3 7 14 19 16 4 1 11 11 26 -20 34
14 Gil Vicente 32 9 7 16 31 40 16 5 6 5 14 14 16 4 1 11 17 26 -9 34
15 Estoril 31 8 4 19 26 46 15 5 2 8 15 23 16 3 2 11 11 23 -20 28
16 Maritimo 32 6 5 21 30 60 16 5 3 8 20 23 16 1 2 13 10 37 -30 23
17 Pacos de Ferreira 32 5 5 22 23 58 16 2 2 12 10 32 16 3 3 10 13 26 -35 20
18 Santa Clara 32 4 7 21 25 55 16 3 5 8 17 29 16 1 2 13 8 26 -30 19

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The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.