High flying Sporting Braga visit Estoril after their 1-3-result vs Rangers. Get out our thorough preview!
- Estoril have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Europa League. That game was also an away game, at Rangers. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Estoril form and stats
3 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Estoril have to build on here at Estádio António Coimbra da Mota in the Primeira Liga. Estoril has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Pinheiro and the players.
Estoril are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Santa Clara. Midfielder Geraldes was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.02 (out of ten) in that game. Geraldes dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 26 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Vizela (1-2).Estoril are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. Estoril have conceded 19 in these home matches.
Sporting Braga form and stats
The visitors are W8-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga. Braga love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Two away games in a row for Sporting Braga, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Rangers in the Europa League. Carmo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.32. The defender Carmo scored one goal and won 8 of 11 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Vizela.The travelling fans enjoy Sporting Braga's attacking play in away games, having scored 22 goals in 14 league matches away. 15 goals have been conceded by Sporting Braga in these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the contenders played each other earlier this season; Sporting Braga - Estoril 2-0. Estoril-Sporting Braga H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Estoril one win, Sporting Braga eight wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 15 goals |   A. Russo Franco 9 goals | I. Picanço Medeiros 7 goals |
Estoril missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Estoril | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 32 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 22 | 47 |
| 36 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 86% | 86% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 90% |
| 72% | 71% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 64% | 66% |
| 45% | 57% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 43% | 48% |
| 24% | 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 28% |
| 7% | 14% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 21% | 17% |
| 52% | 64% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 48% |
| 31% | 29% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 43% | 41% |
| 31% | 21% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 14% | 21% |
| 4.4 | 4 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11.3 | 11 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 9.8 | 13.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 30% | 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 42% | 35% |
| 14.1 | 13.1 | 16.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 12.6 | 10.7 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
- Estoril have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 53 | 79 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 29 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 41 | 73 |
| 3 | Benfica | 29 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 73 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 44 | 64 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 55 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 46 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
| 7 | Pacos de Ferreira | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 36 |
| 8 | Estoril | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -4 | 34 |
| 9 | Santa Clara | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -14 | 34 |
| 10 | Boavista | 29 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 34 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -7 | 33 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -7 | 32 |
| 13 | Vizela | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 28 | -16 | 29 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | -10 | 28 |
| 15 | Arouca | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -23 | 26 |
| 16 | Tondela | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 37 | 58 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -21 | 25 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -20 | 23 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 29 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 23 | -31 | 21 |
