Struggling Farense will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sporting Braga in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Farense have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting Braga have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Primeira Liga
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Farense form and stats
Farense, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Primeira Liga, have collected 13 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 3-4-5.
A strong away win for Farense against Boavista the last match. Before that game, the home loss against Belenenses with the scoreline 0-1.
Farense are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Farense have conceded 14 goals.
Sporting Braga form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primeira Liga travels is 7 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Braga's previous game was their home loss versus Benfica (0-2). A 2-2 draw at Famalicão's stadium before that.
The travelling fans enjoy Braga's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 12 league matches away. 15 goals have been conceded by Sporting Braga in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sporting Braga - Farense 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Farense zero wins, zero draws and Sporting Braga two victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 8 goals |   R. Gauld 7 goals |  I. Picanço Medeiros 5 goals |
Farense missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Farense | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 23 | 44 |
| 32 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| 92% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 58% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 33% | 42% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 33% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 12% |
| 46% | 58% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 46% |
| 12% | 8% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 50% | 42% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 10.2 | 11.1 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.9 | 13.7 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 32% | 35% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 39% | 38% |
- Farense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Farense have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Primeira Liga
- Farense have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Primeira Liga
- Farense have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Braga have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting Braga have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Primeira Liga
- 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 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 35 | 64 |
| 2 | Porto | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 28 | 54 |
| 3 | Benfica | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 25 | 51 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 50 |
| 5 | Paços de Ferreira | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 44 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -1 | 35 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 32 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 30 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 10 | Belenenses | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 26 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -9 | 25 |
| 12 | Tondela | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -16 | 25 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Famalicão | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -13 | 23 |
| 15 | Farense | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Nacional | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -12 | 21 |
| 17 | Boavista | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -13 | 21 |
| 18 | Marítimo | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | -16 | 21 |