Liga Portugal: Sporting Braga capable to win home game against Paços de Ferreira

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

A win is the only result that will do for the Sporting Braga supporters in this Estádio Municipal de Braga clash with Paços de Ferreira, having a healthy lead on their opponents in the Liga Portugal table.

Insights:
  • Sporting Braga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Liga Portugal
  • Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga Portugal

Ferreira are struggling to avoid relegation.

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.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Municipal de Braga as Sporting Braga have scored 37 goals to get 38 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Liga Portugal are 12-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). The Sporting Braga fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estádio Municipal de Braga and will expect new points from this game. Sporting Braga has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Sporting Braga travelled for their previous game, a trip to Boavista that ended 1-1. The gifted forward Horta edged out all teammates in that game and managed a match rating of 7.42 out of 10. Horta hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 48 total).

Before that game, the 5-3 home victory against Santa Clara.

The Braga manager Jorge has got the team scoring with 37 from 16 home games in the league. From these home matches, Sporting Braga have conceded only 11 goals.

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

There's been little loot from Paços de Ferreira's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 16 away games in the Liga Portugal. Paços de Ferreira only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws.

Thomas and Guedes scored in Paços de Ferreira's previous match, the home game against Rio Ave that ended 3-1. Goalkeeper Marafona was absolutely vital in the Paços de Ferreira victory against Rio Ave, making six saves.

Prior to that match, the Ferreira manager da Silva faced defeat when travelling to Chaves and losing 0-2.

With the team playing at home stated as having a winning chance of about 80% by the bookmakers, any beneficial result for the away team would be a small shock. Inspecting previous matches with similar odds and Paços de Ferreira as the away side, we found 4 results. The numbers from these were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. The outsiders lost 2 of these matches by at least two goals.

The attacking power of Ferreira when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Paços de Ferreira have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sporting Braga have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive games without losing (3-3-0) when facing Paços de Ferreira.

The previous H2H match ended Paços de Ferreira - Braga 1-2, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

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

Sporting Braga missing players

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Braga Paços de Ferreira
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
24 12 5 Won W 0 3 6
3 2 0 Drew D 2 3 5
6 2 0 Lost L 3 10 22
72 37 19 Scored S 3 13 26
30 11 5 Conceded C 11 26 59
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
73% 62% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 76%
58% 44% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 52%
36% 38% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 25% 27%
30% 38% 80% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 6%
39% 31% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 48%
48% 56% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 9%
15% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 44% 45%
 
5.9 6.4 7.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 5 5.6
4.2 3.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5.7 6.1
2.6 2.5 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 3.6 3.3
6 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 10
 
16 17.8 18.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.1 11.7
6.5 6.9 9.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.1 3.5
33% 34% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 26% 22%
 
11 10.2 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 19.8 15.8 14.6
3.5 3.4 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.8 5.1
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Paços de Ferreira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga Portugal
  • Paços de Ferreira have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Liga Portugal
  • Paços de Ferreira have the the worst goal difference (-33) in Liga Portugal
  • Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sporting Braga have scored more than double the goals of Paços de Ferreira.
  • Sporting Braga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) 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 33 27 3 3 79 20 16 14 1 1 45 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 59 84
2 Porto 33 26 4 3 70 22 16 14 0 2 41 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 48 82
3 Sporting Braga 33 24 3 6 72 30 16 12 2 2 37 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 42 75
4 Sporting CP 33 22 5 6 69 31 17 13 2 2 42 12 16 9 3 4 27 19 38 71
5 Vitória SC 33 16 5 12 34 36 17 10 3 4 18 12 16 6 2 8 16 24 -2 53
6 Arouca 33 14 9 10 34 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 16 4 7 5 12 20 -3 51
7 Chaves 33 12 10 11 34 36 16 6 5 5 19 17 17 6 5 6 15 19 -2 46
8 Famalicão 33 13 4 16 37 45 17 9 1 7 21 19 16 4 3 9 16 26 -8 43
9 Casa Pia 33 11 8 14 31 39 17 6 5 6 18 17 16 5 3 8 13 22 -8 41
10 Boavista 33 11 8 14 39 53 17 8 6 3 23 21 16 3 2 11 16 32 -14 41
11 Vizela 33 11 7 15 33 36 16 5 4 7 17 17 17 6 3 8 16 19 -3 40
12 Rio Ave 33 10 9 14 34 41 16 8 2 6 16 12 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 39
13 Portimonense 33 10 4 19 25 46 16 6 3 7 14 19 17 4 1 12 11 27 -21 34
14 Gil Vicente 33 9 7 17 31 41 16 5 6 5 14 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -10 34
15 Estoril 33 9 5 19 30 48 16 6 2 8 17 23 17 3 3 11 13 25 -18 32
16 Marítimo 33 7 5 21 31 60 17 6 3 8 21 23 16 1 2 13 10 37 -29 26
17 Paços de Ferreira 33 6 5 22 26 59 17 3 2 12 13 33 16 3 3 10 13 26 -33 23
18 Santa Clara 33 5 7 21 26 55 17 4 5 8 18 29 16 1 2 13 8 26 -29 22

Table
  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 33 27 3 3 79 20 16 14 1 1 45 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 59 84
2 Porto 33 26 4 3 70 22 16 14 0 2 41 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 48 82
3 Sporting Braga 33 24 3 6 72 30 16 12 2 2 37 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 42 75
4 Sporting CP 33 22 5 6 69 31 17 13 2 2 42 12 16 9 3 4 27 19 38 71
5 Vitória SC 33 16 5 12 34 36 17 10 3 4 18 12 16 6 2 8 16 24 -2 53
6 Arouca 33 14 9 10 34 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 16 4 7 5 12 20 -3 51
7 Chaves 33 12 10 11 34 36 16 6 5 5 19 17 17 6 5 6 15 19 -2 46
8 Famalicão 33 13 4 16 37 45 17 9 1 7 21 19 16 4 3 9 16 26 -8 43
9 Casa Pia 33 11 8 14 31 39 17 6 5 6 18 17 16 5 3 8 13 22 -8 41
10 Boavista 33 11 8 14 39 53 17 8 6 3 23 21 16 3 2 11 16 32 -14 41
11 Vizela 33 11 7 15 33 36 16 5 4 7 17 17 17 6 3 8 16 19 -3 40
12 Rio Ave 33 10 9 14 34 41 16 8 2 6 16 12 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 39
13 Portimonense 33 10 4 19 25 46 16 6 3 7 14 19 17 4 1 12 11 27 -21 34
14 Gil Vicente 33 9 7 17 31 41 16 5 6 5 14 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -10 34
15 Estoril 33 9 5 19 30 48 16 6 2 8 17 23 17 3 3 11 13 25 -18 32
16 Marítimo 33 7 5 21 31 60 17 6 3 8 21 23 16 1 2 13 10 37 -29 26
17 Paços de Ferreira 33 6 5 22 26 59 17 3 2 12 13 33 16 3 3 10 13 26 -33 23
18 Santa Clara 33 5 7 21 26 55 17 4 5 8 18 29 16 1 2 13 8 26 -29 22

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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.