This should be quite a match, with Sporting Braga at 3rd and Porto in 2nd. Here's all you need to know!
- Sporting Braga have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Liga Portugal
- Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
This should be an appealing match with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Sporting Braga form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Municipal de Braga as Sporting Braga have scored 23 goals to get 25 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Liga Portugal are 8-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Casa Pia here at Estádio Municipal de Braga, Sporting Braga has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Sporting Braga, as their goalkeeper Matheus Lima Magalhaes has completely shut out the opponents for 229 minutes in the Liga Portugal.
Braga enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Vizela (after extra-time)'s place. The match ended 4-0 with Horta, Medeiros (2) and Musrati scoring. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Sporting Braga played a great game against Vizela and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Medeiros (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.91/10. Medeiros scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 31 successful passes (of 38 total).
Ahead of that match, Sporting Braga won a home game hosting Rio Ave (after extra-time) (2-0).Scoring bonanza? Who knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league games with this side has contained three goals or more.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (23 in 11 games), Sporting Braga's attacking play is working. Braga are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal de Braga in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 11 matches.
Porto form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Liga Portugal. Porto are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.
Porto delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Inter in their previous match; a Champions League fixture. Costa was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.13. The agile goalkeeper Costa topped it up with a clean sheet.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Estoril (after extra-time).Porto are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 12 away games so far. Porto are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have met before this season: Porto - Sporting Braga 4-1. Sporting Braga-Porto H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Braga five wins, Porto three wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Taremi 13 goals |   S. Banza 10 goals |  R. Horta 9 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Porto missing players
| Sporting Braga | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 54 | 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 20 | 55 |
| 22 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 79% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 79% |
| 62% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 54% |
| 38% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 29% | 27% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 25% |
| 33% | 18% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 54% | 64% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 12% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 16.5 | 18.2 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 16.7 | 16.2 |
| 6.6 | 6.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| 34% | 33% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 31% | 40% |
| 11.3 | 10.9 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 8.4 | 9 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
- Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting Braga have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Liga Portugal
- 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 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 48 | 65 |
| 2 | Porto | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 38 | 57 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 32 | 55 |
| 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 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 40 |
| 6 | Arouca | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 37 |
| 7 | Casa Pia | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 35 |
| 8 | Famalicao | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -8 | 30 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -5 | 30 |
| 10 | Boavista | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -11 | 30 |
| 11 | Vizela | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 29 |
| 13 | Chaves | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 29 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 26 |
| 15 | Estoril | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -16 | 22 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -28 | 16 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -24 | 15 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 13 | -19 | 15 |
