Sporting Braga are located at 3rd, while Arouca are lagging 16 points behind in the standings. Will they reduce the gap?
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Arouca have scored away.
There have been limited time to rest for the host team, as they performed in a Europa Conference League match only three days earlier. This match was also played here at Estádio Municipal de Braga. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Arouca have had more rest.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Sporting Braga are steadily winning Liga Portugal games and points here at Estádio Municipal de Braga. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Sporting Braga here at Estádio Municipal de Braga, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Braga's previous match was also a home event, the defeat 0-4 vs Fiorentina (in Europa Conference League). Midfield player Račić got a match rating of 6.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Račić dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).
In the game before, an away victory in the Liga Portugal match versus Maritimo with a 2-1 scoreline.Sporting Braga are traveling soon after this match as the Europa Conference League match at Fiorentina awaits in four days.
The Sporting Braga manager Jorge has got the team scoring with 19 from 9 home games in the league. Sporting Braga have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Arouca form and stats
2 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Arouca playing as the away team in the Liga Portugal this season. Arouca has drawn their two previous away games.
Arouca had fun at their own home (Estádio Municipal de Braga) last time out, beating Santa Clara 1-0. Ruiz scored. Ruiz got a match rating of 8.3 in that game, top player of the team. Ruiz scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times and had 49 successful passes (of 55 total).
Before that, Arouca travelled to Gil Vicente and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arouca as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Arouca have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent meetings involving these teams have all finished as Sporting Braga victories. Another one?This was the end result when the squads met earlier this campaign; Arouca - Braga 0-6. The games between these sides have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 8 goals |  S. Banza 8 goals |   O. Dabbagh 7 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Arouca missing players
| Sporting Braga | Arouca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 45 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 14 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 95% |
| 75% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 70% |
| 65% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 45% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 22% | 30% |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 15% |
| 35% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 45% |
| 50% | 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 35% |
| 15% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 22% | 25% |
| 6 | 5.8 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.8 | 5.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 4.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17.1 | 19.1 | 20.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10.6 | 10.8 |
| 6.7 | 6.1 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 34% | 35% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | 30% |
| 11.2 | 10.8 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 15.6 | 12.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Arouca have scored away.
- 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 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 39 | 53 |
| 2 | Porto | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 35 | 48 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 25 | 46 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 38 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 33 |
| 6 | Casa Pia | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 31 |
| 7 | Arouca | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 30 |
| 8 | Chaves | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 9 | Boavista | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 26 |
| 10 | Vizela | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 23 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 22 |
| 14 | Estoril | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 22 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -10 | 21 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -24 | 13 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -24 | 9 |
