This could be a great match, with Benfica positioned 3rd and Sporting Braga at 4th. Here's a full preview!
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting Braga have not yet lost a game away.
The visiting Sporting Braga played their last game only three days ago, a Europa League match.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica have played 4 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Benfica lost their last game at Bayern München after a 2-5 scoreline. A goal frenzy last time out for Benfica, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Bayern München. Fun stuff to watch! Benfica's goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos was extremely busy against Bayern München, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves. Midfield player João Mário got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Mário served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 47 total).
A 1-1 draw away in the Primeira Liga before that, with Estoril the opponent.Benfica have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Benfica are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Sporting Braga form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Sporting Braga playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season.
Sporting Braga have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Matheus Lima Magalhaes. It's been 181 minutes since they last conceded in Primeira Liga.
Braga go into this game after a win, the home game against Ludogorets that ended 4-2. A loony game with heaps of goals last time out for Sporting Braga, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this game be as much fun? Attacker Ricardo Horta got a player rating of 8.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Horta hit the woodwork once, signed up for three assists, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 38 successful passes (of 43 total).
Before that, Braga secured a home win against Portimonense with the score 3-0.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Braga have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. It's not easy to score on Sporting Braga as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Benfica six wins, zero draws and Sporting Braga four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Núñez Ribeiro 4 goals |  R. Yaremchuk 4 goals |   R. Horta 4 goals |
Benfica missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Benfica | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 80% |
| 80% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 70% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 10% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 7.7 | 8.2 | 13 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 3.6 | 2.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.4 | 5.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.3 | 19 | 25 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.6 | 14.3 |
| 6.5 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.6 | 5.1 |
| 32% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 31% |
| 8.5 | 5.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.4 | 9.7 |
| 2.7 | 1.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benfica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Benfica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Braga have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sporting Braga have not yet lost a game away.
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Porto | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 26 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Benfica | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Estoril | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Boavista | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Paços de Ferreira | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Tondela | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | Arouca | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Vizela | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 14 | Belenenses | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 6 |