The Liga Portugal league standings tell a tale about these teams so far, with Sporting Braga in front of Estoril by 34 points. Match preview to follow:
- Sporting Braga have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Liga Portugal
- Estoril have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Liga Portugal
Sporting Braga and Estoril 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.
Sporting Braga form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 12 Liga Portugal games here at Estádio Municipal de Braga for Sporting Braga. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
A good away victory last time out for Sporting Braga, who won 2-1 against Chaves (placed 11th). Braga goalkeeper Matheus did an outstanding job against Chaves with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. Midfield player Medeiros got a match rating of 8.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Medeiros scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 46 successful passes (of 55 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Porto.Sporting Braga are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 16 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 12, drew 1 and lost 3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sporting Braga as they are travelling to their away game against Nacional in the Taça De Portugal. That match is four days after this one.
Braga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal de Braga with 23 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, Sporting Braga have conceded only 6 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Estoril form and stats
There's been little loot from Estoril's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the Liga Portugal. Estoril only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Estoril, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.
Estoril go into this game after a win, the home game against Gil Vicente that ended 1-0. Eureka; their first victory in the league after six rounds not winning. Figueira (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.65. Figueira topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Chaves.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Estoril played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.
Highlight this: 10 of the latest 13 league games involving this team have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Estoril as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. Estoril have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Braga have pulled off a sequence of 9 consecutive games without losing (7-2-0) when playing Estoril.The latest past meeting between these participants is the Estoril - Sporting Braga 0-2 played previously this season. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Banza 10 goals |  R. Horta 9 goals |  I. Picanço Medeiros 8 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Estoril missing players
| Sporting Braga | Estoril | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 56 | 23 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 23 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 39 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 58% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 62% | 73% |
| 62% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 23% | 31% |
| 35% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 15% | 19% |
| 27% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 8% |
| 35% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 31% | 35% |
| 54% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 23% |
| 15% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 46% | 42% |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 16.4 | 17.8 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 11.5 | 11 |
| 6.6 | 6.2 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 33% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 27% |
| 11.2 | 10.4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.9 | 13.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
- Estoril have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Liga Portugal
- Estoril 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 more than double the goals of Estoril.
- Sporting Braga have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Liga Portugal
| 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 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 67 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 53 | 71 |
| 2 | Porto | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 39 | 61 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 33 | 59 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 25 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 52 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 29 | 53 |
| 5 | Vitória SC | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 41 |
| 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 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 38 |
| 8 | Vizela | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 33 |
| 10 | Famalicao | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -7 | 33 |
| 11 | Chaves | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 32 |
| 12 | Boavista | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -14 | 30 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 29 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 21 | -15 | 26 |
| 15 | Estoril | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -17 | 25 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 31 | -28 | 19 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -24 | 17 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 16 | -24 | 15 |
