Football match preview: Chaves vs Sporting Braga

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 02.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira (9000 seats)

It's been 15 days since Chaves fought Estoril and the score was 2-0. Can they win hosting Sporting Braga?

Insights:
  • Sporting Braga have the most scored goals (31) away in Liga Portugal

This could be an interesting game with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Chaves form and stats

3 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Chaves have to build on here at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira in the Liga Portugal.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Chaves, as their goalkeeper Paulo Vitor Fagundes dos Anjos has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Liga Portugal.

It's back home for Chaves, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Estoril away with the result 2-0. Teixeira and Vitória found the net in that victory. Goalkeeper Vítor got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.62 out of ten. Vítor topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Chaves had a home game versus Portimonense which ended with a victory 2-0.

The Chaves fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 12 matches. Chaves have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 0 draws and only 3 losses in the Liga Portugal.

319 minutes! That's how long the Braga goalkeeper Matheus Lima Magalhaes and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Sporting Braga played 0-0 against Porto in their previous match. Horta, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.15. Horta hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Vizela with the score of 4-0.

Braga have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 31 goals from 13 away matches. As opposed to that, Sporting Braga have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head encounter ended Sporting Braga - Chaves 0-1, earlier this season. Chaves-Sporting Braga H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Chaves one win, Sporting Braga seven wins, one draw. two of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

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

Chaves missing players

Sporting Braga missing players

Chaves Sporting Braga
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 13 25
8 3 0 Won W 3 10 18
8 5 1 Drew D 0 0 2
9 4 3 Lost L 0 3 5
26 14 4 Scored S 10 31 54
31 15 8 Conceded C 2 16 22
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
76% 83% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 76%
36% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 85% 60%
16% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 46% 36%
8% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 31% 28%
52% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 32%
24% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 46% 56%
32% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 16%
 
4.5 4.3 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.9 5.9
7 6.1 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.8 4.2
3.3 3.8 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.5 2.6
6 4 2 Red cards R C 0 6 6
 
13.3 14.9 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 20 15 16.4
4.5 5.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 6.8 6.5
23% 23% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 35% 33%
 
15.8 15.5 15.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 11.6 11
4.8 4.4 6.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.5 3.3
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 Chaves.
  • Sporting Braga have the most scored goals (31) 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 25 22 2 1 66 14 13 12 1 0 42 10 12 10 1 1 24 4 52 68
2 Porto 25 18 4 3 55 17 12 10 0 2 35 9 13 8 4 1 20 8 38 58
3 Sporting Braga 25 18 2 5 54 22 12 8 2 2 23 6 13 10 0 3 31 16 32 56
4 Sporting CP 24 16 2 6 49 23 12 10 0 2 32 7 12 6 2 4 17 16 26 50
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 25 12 4 9 25 29 13 8 2 3 14 10 12 4 2 6 11 19 -4 40
6 Arouca 25 10 8 7 29 32 13 7 2 4 19 16 12 3 6 3 10 16 -3 38
7 Casa Pia 25 11 5 9 22 24 13 6 3 4 12 9 12 5 2 5 10 15 -2 38
8 Rio Ave 25 9 6 10 25 28 12 7 1 4 14 9 13 2 5 6 11 19 -3 33
9 Famalicao 25 10 3 12 25 32 12 7 1 4 13 9 13 3 2 8 12 23 -7 33
10 Vizela 25 9 5 11 27 27 12 4 2 6 12 13 13 5 3 5 15 14 0 32
11 Chaves 25 8 8 9 26 31 12 3 5 4 14 15 13 5 3 5 12 16 -5 32
12 Boavista 25 8 6 11 28 40 13 5 5 3 16 17 12 3 1 8 12 23 -12 30
13 Gil Vicente 24 8 5 11 26 31 12 4 4 4 11 11 12 4 1 7 15 20 -5 29
14 Portimonense 25 8 2 15 18 32 13 5 2 6 10 12 12 3 0 9 8 20 -14 26
15 Estoril 25 6 4 15 21 39 12 3 2 7 11 22 13 3 2 8 10 17 -18 22
16 Marítimo 25 4 4 17 17 47 12 3 2 7 10 16 13 1 2 10 7 31 -30 16
17 Pacos de Ferreira 25 4 4 17 19 43 13 2 2 9 9 23 12 2 2 8 10 20 -24 16
18 Santa Clara 25 3 6 16 17 38 13 2 4 7 13 25 12 1 2 9 4 13 -21 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.