Santa Clara expected to fight losing battle when facing Sporting Braga

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 14.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

Sporting Braga are finding life sweet in the top league spots while Santa Clara are more nervous about steering clear of relegation. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • Sporting Braga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga Portugal
  • Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals (22) in Liga Portugal

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

Sporting Braga are steadily winning Liga Portugal games and points here at Estádio Municipal de Braga. 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games. Sporting Braga are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

No payout for Sporting Braga in their previous match, an away game at Benfica that ended in defeat 0-1. Before that loss this team had gone eight consecutive league meetings without a defeat. Midfielder Bruma was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.72 (out of ten) in that game. Bruma hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 12 of 13 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Portimonense in a game that was won 4-1.

Goals decide football matches and Braga are scoring many of them at home; 32 on target from 15 league matches. Sporting 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 8 from 15 matches.

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Santa Clara form and stats

Santa Clara have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Liga Portugal, after 1-2-12 (15 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Santa Clara had fun at their own home (Estádio Municipal de Braga) last time out, beating Gil Vicente 3-2. Firmino, Babi and Nogueira scored. That win was so vital for this club, after a painful sequence of 17 league games in a row not winning. Ricardinho got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, top player of the team. Ricardinho served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Estoril's place.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Santa Clara's away games in the league this season with only {5 goals} from 15 matches. Santa have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sporting Braga have avoided a loss in the last 6 fixtures (4-2-0) against Santa Clara.

The former head to head meeting ended Santa Clara - Sporting Braga 0-4, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

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

Sporting Braga missing players

Santa Clara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Braga Santa Clara
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
23 11 4 Won W 0 1 4
2 2 0 Drew D 0 2 7
6 2 0 Lost L 4 12 20
66 32 14 Scored S 1 5 22
26 8 2 Conceded C 7 21 50
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
71% 60% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 40% 65%
58% 40% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 52%
35% 33% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 23%
29% 33% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
35% 27% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 27% 48%
52% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 13%
16% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 67% 48%
 
5.8 6.1 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.2 4.3
4.2 3.4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.5 5.7
2.5 2.5 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.8 4.5 3.5
6 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 7
 
16.1 17.8 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9.9 10.6
6.5 6.7 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.6 3.5
33% 32% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 13% 21%
 
11 9.9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14.2 13.7
3.3 3 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.7 4.6
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Santa Clara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals (22) in Liga Portugal
  • Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals (5) away 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 Santa Clara.
  • Sporting Braga have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Liga Portugal
  • Sporting Braga have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga Portugal
  • Sporting Braga have the most clean sheets (9) 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 31 26 2 3 72 17 16 14 1 1 45 12 15 12 1 2 27 5 55 80
2 Porto 30 23 4 3 63 19 15 13 0 2 39 10 15 10 4 1 24 9 44 73
3 Sporting Braga 31 23 2 6 66 26 15 11 2 2 32 8 16 12 0 4 34 18 40 71
4 Sporting CP 31 21 4 6 65 28 15 12 1 2 38 9 16 9 3 4 27 19 37 67
5 Arouca 30 13 9 8 33 34 15 9 2 4 21 16 15 4 7 4 12 18 -1 48
6 Vitória SC 31 14 5 12 32 36 16 9 3 4 17 12 15 5 2 8 15 24 -4 47
7 Famalicao 30 13 3 14 34 39 15 9 1 5 18 13 15 4 2 9 16 26 -5 42
8 Casa Pia 31 11 7 13 28 35 16 6 4 6 16 15 15 5 3 7 12 20 -7 40
9 Chaves 30 10 10 10 30 34 15 5 5 5 17 17 15 5 5 5 13 17 -4 40
10 Boavista 31 11 7 13 37 49 16 8 5 3 22 20 15 3 2 10 15 29 -12 40
11 Vizela 31 11 6 14 33 35 15 5 3 7 17 17 16 6 3 7 16 18 -2 39
12 Rio Ave 31 10 9 12 33 37 15 8 2 5 16 11 16 2 7 7 17 26 -4 39
13 Portimonense 31 10 4 17 24 40 15 6 3 6 13 14 16 4 1 11 11 26 -16 34
14 Gil Vicente 31 8 7 16 28 39 15 4 6 5 11 13 16 4 1 11 17 26 -11 31
15 Estoril 31 8 4 19 26 46 15 5 2 8 15 23 16 3 2 11 11 23 -20 28
16 Marítimo 31 6 5 20 29 58 16 5 3 8 20 23 15 1 2 12 9 35 -29 23
17 Pacos de Ferreira 31 5 5 21 23 56 16 2 2 12 10 32 15 3 3 9 13 24 -33 20
18 Santa Clara 31 4 7 20 22 50 16 3 5 8 17 29 15 1 2 12 5 21 -28 19

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 31 26 2 3 72 17 16 14 1 1 45 12 15 12 1 2 27 5 55 80
2 Porto 30 23 4 3 63 19 15 13 0 2 39 10 15 10 4 1 24 9 44 73
3 Sporting Braga 31 23 2 6 66 26 15 11 2 2 32 8 16 12 0 4 34 18 40 71
4 Sporting CP 31 21 4 6 65 28 15 12 1 2 38 9 16 9 3 4 27 19 37 67
5 Arouca 30 13 9 8 33 34 15 9 2 4 21 16 15 4 7 4 12 18 -1 48
6 Vitória SC 31 14 5 12 32 36 16 9 3 4 17 12 15 5 2 8 15 24 -4 47
7 Famalicao 30 13 3 14 34 39 15 9 1 5 18 13 15 4 2 9 16 26 -5 42
8 Casa Pia 31 11 7 13 28 35 16 6 4 6 16 15 15 5 3 7 12 20 -7 40
9 Chaves 30 10 10 10 30 34 15 5 5 5 17 17 15 5 5 5 13 17 -4 40
10 Boavista 31 11 7 13 37 49 16 8 5 3 22 20 15 3 2 10 15 29 -12 40
11 Vizela 31 11 6 14 33 35 15 5 3 7 17 17 16 6 3 7 16 18 -2 39
12 Rio Ave 31 10 9 12 33 37 15 8 2 5 16 11 16 2 7 7 17 26 -4 39
13 Portimonense 31 10 4 17 24 40 15 6 3 6 13 14 16 4 1 11 11 26 -16 34
14 Gil Vicente 31 8 7 16 28 39 15 4 6 5 11 13 16 4 1 11 17 26 -11 31
15 Estoril 31 8 4 19 26 46 15 5 2 8 15 23 16 3 2 11 11 23 -20 28
16 Marítimo 31 6 5 20 29 58 16 5 3 8 20 23 15 1 2 12 9 35 -29 23
17 Pacos de Ferreira 31 5 5 21 23 56 16 2 2 12 10 32 15 3 3 9 13 24 -33 20
18 Santa Clara 31 4 7 20 22 50 16 3 5 8 17 29 15 1 2 12 5 21 -28 19

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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.