Struggling Desportivo Aves will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sporting Braga in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Desportivo Aves form and stats
Overall Primeira Liga stats at home this season for Desportivo Aves, who have the most conceded goals (29) in Primeira Liga, are 1-0-4 (wins-draw-losses). The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts. It's been an uphill battle for Desportivo Aves in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Marítimo game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
In their previous game, the manager Nuno Santos led his Desportivo Aves to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Moreirense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio do CD das Aves. Preceding that match was the home game against Gil Vicente that was lost 1-2.
Desportivo Aves has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Desportivo Aves have conceded 8 from these games.
Sporting Braga form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 3 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 Pawel Kieszek. It's been 181 since they last conceded in Primeira Liga.
Sporting Braga are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Primeira Liga against Rio Ave (placed 10th). A draw for Sporting Braga before that, at their own venue hosting Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-3).
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 6 goals have been conceded by Sporting Braga in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Desportivo Aves won 0 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Sporting Braga has 10 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5Top Goalscorers
  Welinton Junior 4 goals |  Mehrdad Mohammadi 4 goals |   Paulinho 4 goals |
Desportivo Aves missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Desportivo Aves | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 29 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 75% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 42% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 42% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 25% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.2 | 6.1 |
| 6.9 | 6.6 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 130 | 55 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 90 | 203 |
| 31 | 18 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 27 | 64 |
| 45% | 33% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 19% | 25% |
- Desportivo Aves has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Desportivo Aves has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Desportivo Aves has the fewest points (3) at home
- Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals (29)
- Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals in the first half (14)
- Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals in the second half (15)
- Desportivo Aves has the most matches over the total-line (9)
- Desportivo Aves has the the worst goal difference (-15)
- Desportivo Aves have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Desportivo Aves have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Desportivo Aves haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Desportivo Aves is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- 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 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 33 |
| 2 | Porto | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 31 |
| 3 | Famalicão | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Boavista | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Sporting Braga | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Tondela | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Moreirense | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Vitoria Setubal | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Portimonense | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Marítimo | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 8 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -15 | 3 |