A lot of action is expected at Estádio Do Dragão when Porto meet Sporting Braga in what promises to be a top-notch game. Here's the preview!
- Porto have won all their matches at home so far.
- Sporting Braga have the most scored goals (23) in Liga Portugal
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Porto form and stats
As mentioned below, Porto are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Liga Portugal games.
Porto travelled for their previous game, a trip to Estoril that ended 1-1. Uribe (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Uribe hit three key passes and had 64 successful passes (of 69 total).
Before that game, a somewhat shocking home loss against Club Brugge in the Champions League.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bayer Leverkusen are coming to town in four days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Porto is on fire here. A stunning 11 from 3 league matches. Porto have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Sporting Braga are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Liga Portugal.
Impressive finishing from Horta and Vitinha secured the home win 2-0 against Vizela in their previous game. Sporting Braga goalie Matheus was high and low in the Vizela game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Matheus was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.15. The agile goalkeeper Matheus topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the win at home hosting Union Berlin in the Europa League (1-0).
The Sporting Braga manager Jorge has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 12 goals in 3 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Braga as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Porto won two, Sporting Braga were winners in five and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Taremi 5 goals |   S. Banza 5 goals |  R. Horta 4 goals |
Porto missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Porto | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 57% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 71% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.9 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.3 | 5.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.3 | 4.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.7 | 17.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 20.7 | 20 |
| 5.9 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 10.3 | 8.6 |
| 39% | 58% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 38% |
| 6.4 | 7.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.3 | 11.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
- All of Porto's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Sporting Braga's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Porto have scored in all their matches so far.
- Porto have won all their matches at home so far.
- Porto have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Porto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting Braga have scored in all their matches so far.
- Sporting Braga have the most scored goals (12) away in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga have the most scored goals (23) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga have the the best goal difference (+18) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga have won all their away games so far.
- Sporting Braga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 21 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 19 |
| 3 | Porto | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| 4 | Portimonense | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Boavista | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Casa Pia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Estoril | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Sporting CP | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Chaves | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Arouca | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 8 |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Vizela | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 1 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -18 | 0 |
