Betting preview: Casa Pia faced with a tough challenge when Sporting Braga visits

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Fri 21.April
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nacional (37593 seats)

Estádio Nacional: Blow the trumpet for a football celebration when Casa Pia engage Sporting Braga. Get the latest info on the game at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Sporting Braga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga Portugal

Casa Pia 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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Casa Pia form and stats

Casa Pia have played 14 Liga Portugal games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Estádio Nacional after drawing with Rio Ave (placed 11th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Martins, having bagged a goal in three consecutive matches. Neto (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.34/10. Neto hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Sporting CP (3-4).

The Casa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. From these home matches, Casa Pia have conceded only 13 goals.

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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 33 points from their 14 away matches in the Liga Portugal. 11 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats). Momentum is building for Sporting Braga in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

The followers enjoyed Braga's previous match versus Gil Vicente (placed 13th), a 1-0 win played at home. Borja, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.33. Borja hit five key passes and won 8 of 13 duels.

Earlier, the Taça De Portugal win away at Nacional.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Nacional in just four days.

Sporting Braga have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 33 goals from 14 away matches. Braga have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sporting Braga - Casa Pia 0-1 was the story when these two sides previously met, some time ago this season. Head to head data (for the prior two meetings): Casa Pia won one game, zero matches ended with a tie and Sporting Braga got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
10 goals
Sporting BragaS. Banza
S. Banza
10 goals
Sporting BragaI. Picanço Medeiros
I. Picanço Medeiros
9 goals

Casa Pia missing players

Sporting Braga missing players

Casa Pia Sporting Braga
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
11 6 0 Won W 4 11 21
6 3 3 Drew D 0 0 2
11 5 2 Lost L 0 3 5
27 15 3 Scored S 12 33 61
32 13 5 Conceded C 3 17 24
82% 79% 40% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
57% 50% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 75%
39% 36% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 86% 61%
18% 14% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 36%
7% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 29% 29%
39% 36% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 36%
39% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 54%
39% 36% 80% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 14%
 
4.8 4.9 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.9 6
5.4 4.9 7.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 4.3
3 2.9 3.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.6 2.6
5 2 2 Red cards R C 0 6 6
 
10.5 10.8 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 19.2 15.1 16.5
3.1 3.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8.8 6.9 6.7
31% 28% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 34% 34% 33%
 
13.5 12.7 15.4 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 11.8 10.9
4.3 3.9 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • 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 scored more than double the goals of Casa Pia.
  • Sporting Braga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga Portugal
  • Sporting Braga have the most scored goals (33) 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 28 23 2 3 68 17 14 12 1 1 43 12 14 11 1 2 25 5 51 71
2 Porto 28 21 4 3 60 19 14 12 0 2 38 10 14 9 4 1 22 9 41 67
3 Sporting Braga 28 21 2 5 61 24 14 10 2 2 28 7 14 11 0 3 33 17 37 65
4 Sporting CP 28 18 4 6 57 27 14 11 1 2 36 8 14 7 3 4 21 19 30 58
5 Arouca 28 12 9 7 32 33 14 8 2 4 20 16 14 4 7 3 12 17 -1 45
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 28 12 5 11 27 33 14 8 3 3 14 10 14 4 2 8 13 23 -6 41
7 Famalicao 28 12 3 13 30 35 14 8 1 5 15 11 14 4 2 8 15 24 -5 39
8 Casa Pia 28 11 6 11 27 32 14 6 3 5 15 13 14 5 3 6 12 19 -5 39
9 Vizela 27 11 5 11 31 28 13 5 2 6 15 14 14 6 3 5 16 14 3 38
10 Chaves 28 9 9 10 28 33 14 4 5 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 12 16 -5 36
11 Rio Ave 28 9 8 11 28 32 14 7 2 5 15 11 14 2 6 6 13 21 -4 35
12 Boavista 27 9 6 12 32 45 14 6 5 3 18 18 13 3 1 9 14 27 -13 33
13 Gil Vicente 28 8 7 13 26 33 14 4 6 4 11 11 14 4 1 9 15 22 -7 31
14 Portimonense 28 9 3 16 21 35 14 5 3 6 12 14 14 4 0 10 9 21 -14 30
15 Estoril 28 7 4 17 23 44 14 4 2 8 12 23 14 3 2 9 11 21 -21 25
16 Maritimo 28 6 4 18 24 51 14 5 2 7 17 19 14 1 2 11 7 32 -27 22
17 Pacos de Ferreira 28 4 5 19 21 49 14 2 2 10 10 26 14 2 3 9 11 23 -28 17
18 Santa Clara 28 3 6 19 18 44 14 2 4 8 13 26 14 1 2 11 5 18 -26 15

Read more about Liga Portugal

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.