Moreirense will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Sporting Braga.
- Moreirense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Taça De Portugal.
Moreirense form and stats
The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Moreirense at their home stadium (Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Two draws in a row at home now for Moreirense.
The spoils were shared in Moreirense's previous game, also at home. Visiting Portimonense (placed 11th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Nacional and winning 1-0.
A painful moment in the game against Portimonense was the missed penalty kick from Steven Vitória in the 90th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Moreirense as they are travelling to their away game against Famalicao in the Primeira Liga. That match is three days after this one.
The Moreirense fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Moreirense have conceded 8 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sporting Braga form and stats
4-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sporting Braga in their Primeira Liga matches away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Braga have lost on their last two travels.
Abel Ruiz and Ricardo Horta scored in Sporting Braga's previous match, the home game against Santa Clara that ended 2-1. Before that, Braga secured a home win against Gil Vicente with the score 1-0.
A quick return to home after this game, as Braga are hosting Portimonense in the Primeira Liga only three days away.
Braga are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 8 away games so far. In the opposite end, Braga have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Moreirense wins - draws - Sporting Braga wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Picanço Medeiros 5 goals |  R. Horta 5 goals |  J. Dias Fernandes 3 goals |
Moreirense missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Moreirense | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 24 |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 15 |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 67% |
| 33% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 13% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 13% |
| 40% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 40% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 9.1 | 10.9 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.4 | 14.6 |
| 3.2 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 27% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 33% | 31% |
- Moreirense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Moreirense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | Porto | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 35 |
| 3 | Benfica | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Pacos de Ferreira | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Belenenses | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 | Portimonense | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 15 |
| 13 | Tondela | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 15 |
| 14 | Nacional | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 14 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 17 | Farense | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Boavista | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -12 | 11 |