Moreirense v Sporting Braga preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Fri 20.August
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas (6153 seats)

Here's another entertaining game in the Primeira Liga. Moreirense is in the 11th spot after featuring in two fixtures. They receive Sporting Braga who are placed 8th after two games.

This looks to be an action-packed match with lots of spark and excitement as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Moreirense form and stats

Moreirense's first Primeira Liga home game here at Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 10 draws and 3 defeats from 17 matches.

An away draw last time out for Moreirense, facing Santa Clara in a game that ended 2-2. The attacker Yan Santos was "man of the match" for Moreirense with a rating of 7.84/10. Santos scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total). The hometeam coach J. Oliveira Nunes Henriques made a successful contribution in the game against Santa Clara, bringing on André Luis who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.

Ahead of that match, Moreirense lost 1-2 at home to Benfica.

Early season league goal statistics from Moreirense's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

Only one away game in the Primeira Liga so far for Sporting Braga and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 victories, 4 draws and 5 losses from 17 travels.

Sporting Braga might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sporting CP proved too strong as Braga slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estádio Municipal de Braga. Midfield player Fabiano was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.15/10. Fabiano served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Maritimo at their stadium, the result 2-0.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sporting Braga has managed 2 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the former ten meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Moreirense, zero draws and eight wins for Sporting Braga. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

MoreirenseA. Silva de Aguiar
A. Silva de Aguiar
1 goals
MoreirenseY. Santos Souza
Y. Santos Souza
1 goals
MoreirenseC. Martins de Souza Ladislau
C. Martins de Souza Ladislau
1 goals

Moreirense missing players

Sporting Braga missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Moreirense Sporting Braga
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 1 0 Scored S 0 2 3
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 6
5.5 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 4
4 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 12
4 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5.5
38% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 27%
Moreirense Last season Sporting Braga
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 4   Won W   8 19
13 10   Drew D   4 7
11 3   Lost L   5 8
37 24   Scored S   26 53
43 23   Conceded C   18 33
91% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 94%
79% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 71%
44% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
18% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 24%
3% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 9%
50% 71%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
26% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 32%
32% 12%   Failed to Score F T   29% 24%
 
4.1 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5.9
5.2 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.7
2.5 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.8
1 1   Red cards R C   4 5
 
9.7 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 13.8
3 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.7
37% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 33%

  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 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Gil Vicente 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 Benfica 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Porto 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
5 Estoril 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Tondela 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 Pacos de Ferreira 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
8 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
9 Portimonense 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Vizela 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
11 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
12 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
13 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
14 Belenenses 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Famalicão 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Boavista 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
18 Arouca 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
Last season 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 34 26 7 1 65 20 17 13 4 0 34 10 17 13 3 1 31 10 45 85
2 Porto 34 24 8 2 74 29 17 13 3 1 40 15 17 11 5 1 34 14 45 80
3 Benfica 34 23 7 4 69 27 17 12 3 2 31 15 17 11 4 2 38 12 42 76
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 7 8 53 33 17 11 3 3 27 15 17 8 4 5 26 18 20 64
5 Pacos de Ferreira 34 15 8 11 40 41 17 10 3 4 23 19 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 53
6 Santa Clara 34 13 7 14 44 36 17 7 5 5 26 16 17 6 2 9 18 20 8 46
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 12 7 15 37 44 17 7 1 9 21 27 17 5 6 6 16 17 -7 43
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 37 43 17 4 10 3 24 23 17 6 3 8 13 20 -6 43
9 Famalicão 34 10 10 14 40 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 17 6 3 8 21 24 -8 40
10 Belenenses 34 9 13 12 25 35 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 3 8 6 10 17 -10 40
11 Gil Vicente 34 11 6 17 33 42 17 4 4 9 13 20 17 7 2 8 20 22 -9 39
12 Tondela 34 10 6 18 36 57 17 8 2 7 18 21 17 2 4 11 18 36 -21 36
13 Boavista 34 8 12 14 39 49 17 5 4 8 17 22 17 3 8 6 22 27 -10 36
14 Portimonense 34 9 8 17 34 41 17 6 5 6 20 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -7 35
15 Maritimo 34 10 5 19 27 47 17 5 3 9 10 21 17 5 2 10 17 26 -20 35
16 Rio Ave 34 7 13 14 25 40 17 4 6 7 12 18 17 3 7 7 13 22 -15 34
17 Farense 34 7 10 17 31 48 17 4 6 7 19 20 17 3 4 10 12 28 -17 31
18 Nacional 34 6 7 21 30 59 17 4 3 10 19 30 17 2 4 11 11 29 -29 25

Table
  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 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Gil Vicente 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 Benfica 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Porto 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
5 Estoril 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Tondela 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 Pacos de Ferreira 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
8 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
9 Portimonense 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Vizela 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
11 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
12 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
13 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
14 Belenenses 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Famalicão 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Boavista 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
18 Arouca 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0

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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.