A crucial game in Liga Portugal as both participants are battling for the top league positions. With Sporting CP in 4th position and Sporting Braga placed 2nd, this promises to be a thriling meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Sporting CP have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga have the most points (24) away in Liga Portugal
Sporting CP have less rest than Sporting Braga in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Cup game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Estádio José Alvalade. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sporting Braga have had more rest.
Sporting CP form and stats
This stadium, Estádio José Alvalade, has been a fortress for Sporting CP in the Liga Portugal so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-0-1. Sporting CP has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estádio José Alvalade. We remember; it was Chaves.
The Sporting CP supporters got no joy from their last match, a League Cup duel also played here at Estádio José Alvalade: A 0-2 defeat against Porto. The attacker Gonçalves was named "man of the match" for Sporting CP with a rating of 7.34/10. Gonçalves hit the woodwork once and hit four key passes.
Before that, a nice away win at Arouca. A League Cup game.
Goal fest? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 10 of the 12 latest league games with this team has had three or more goals.
Sporting CP are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (21 goals in 8 games). Sporting CP are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio José Alvalade in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
Sporting Braga form and stats
The away performances of Sporting Braga have been very solid so far with 8 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Liga Portugal. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Sporting Braga have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
It's the second away game in a row for Sporting Braga, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Pacos de Ferreira (placed 18th) last time out. Banza came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Pacos de Ferreira last time out, making the manager Jorge feel like a tactical genius. Vitinha, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.34. Vitinha scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Boavista.Braga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
Observe: 12 of the latest 16 league matches featuring this team have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
After this away game Sporting Braga return home for a Liga Portugal game against Famalicao. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Sporting Braga create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 24 goals in 9 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
Sporting Braga - Sporting CP 3-3 was the outcome when these two teams last met, some time ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Sporting CP victories, one draw and three Sporting Braga wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Gonçalves 9 goals |   R. Horta 8 goals |  V. Carvalho Oliveira 7 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Sporting CP | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 33 | 21 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 24 | 39 |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 71% |
| 76% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 59% |
| 29% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 44% | 35% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 47% | 38% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 29% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 56% | 59% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 6.8 | 7.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 7 | 6.4 |
| 2.9 | 2.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 16.6 | 20 | 24 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 17.2 | 18.2 |
| 5.9 | 7.5 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 8 | 7.2 |
| 33% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 33% | 32% |
| 9 | 6.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 9.8 | 10.4 |
| 3.4 | 2.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
- All of Sporting CP's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting Braga have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sporting Braga have the most points (24) away in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga have the most scored goals (24) away in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga have the the best goal difference (+16) away in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting CP have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sporting CP have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting CP have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting CP have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sporting CP 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 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 33 | 47 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 40 |
| 3 | Porto | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 30 | 39 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 27 |
| 6 | Arouca | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Chaves | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 9 | Vizela | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Boavista | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 21 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | Estoril | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 14 |
| 17 | Marítimo | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 23 | -20 | 13 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -24 | 6 |
