Boavista vs Sporting Braga: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Mon 28.December
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (28263 seats)

The visiting Sporting Braga side should be favourites in this visit to Boavista, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their ten league games this season.

Insights:
  • Boavista has the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals away as Boavista have scored home.

Boavista and Sporting Braga should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Boavista form and stats

When playing at home in the Primeira Liga, Boavista have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games. The last three games played by Boavista, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

Boavista manager V. Freire De Seabra and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Pacos de Ferreira (placed 6th) in the Primeira Liga. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Estoril (1-2).

Boavista aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Boavista have conceded 6 from these games.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

The visitors are W3-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga.

Braga go into this game after a win, the home game against Rio Ave that ended 3-0. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Estoril.

The Sporting Braga manager C. Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal has got the team scoring on the road, with 10 away goals in 5 league matches. As opposed to that, Braga have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Boavista wins - draws - Sporting Braga wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BoavistaA. Gomes
A. Gomes
3 goals
BoavistaY. Hamache
Y. Hamache
2 goals
BoavistaG. Affonso Sauerbeck
G. Affonso Sauerbeck
2 goals

Boavista missing players

Sporting Braga missing players

Boavista Sporting Braga
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 4 3 Played P 1 5 10
1 1 1 Won W 1 3 7
6 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 2 2 Lost L 0 2 3
11 3 3 Scored S 4 10 17
16 6 6 Conceded C 0 7 9
80% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 60%
50% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 60%
40% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 30%
20% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 10%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 40%
30% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 50%
40% 75% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
12.1 15 15 Shots (avg) S ( 19 12.8 15.2
4.4 4.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 5.6 6
25% 16% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 36% 28%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Boavista has the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals away as Boavista have scored home.
  • Sporting Braga have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • 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 Sporting CP 10 8 2 0 24 7 5 4 1 0 12 4 5 4 1 0 12 3 17 26
2 Benfica 10 8 0 2 23 11 5 4 0 1 11 6 5 4 0 1 12 5 12 24
3 Porto 10 7 1 2 25 13 6 5 0 1 15 8 4 2 1 1 10 5 12 22
4 Sporting Braga 10 7 0 3 17 9 5 4 0 1 7 2 5 3 0 2 10 7 8 21
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 10 6 1 3 11 7 5 2 0 3 2 6 5 4 1 0 9 1 4 19
6 Pacos de Ferreira 10 4 3 3 12 11 5 3 1 1 8 6 5 1 2 2 4 5 1 15
7 Santa Clara 10 4 1 5 10 13 5 1 1 3 3 7 5 3 0 2 7 6 -3 13
8 Belenenses 10 2 5 3 5 7 5 1 3 1 4 4 5 1 2 2 1 3 -2 11
9 Famalicão 10 2 5 3 13 18 5 1 3 1 8 11 5 1 2 2 5 7 -5 11
10 Rio Ave 10 2 5 3 5 10 4 1 2 1 2 3 6 1 3 2 3 7 -5 11
11 Moreirense 10 2 4 4 7 10 5 2 2 1 6 4 5 0 2 3 1 6 -3 10
12 Marítimo 10 3 1 6 11 15 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 1 0 4 6 10 -4 10
13 Nacional 10 2 4 4 9 13 5 1 3 1 7 8 5 1 1 3 2 5 -4 10
14 Gil Vicente 10 2 3 5 8 12 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 0 2 3 3 7 -4 9
15 Boavista 10 1 6 3 11 16 4 1 1 2 3 6 6 0 5 1 8 10 -5 9
16 Tondela 10 2 3 5 9 18 6 2 2 2 4 7 4 0 1 3 5 11 -9 9
17 Farense 10 2 2 6 11 15 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 0 1 4 3 8 -4 8
18 Portimonense 10 2 2 6 6 12 5 1 2 2 3 5 5 1 0 4 3 7 -6 8

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.