The visiting Sporting Braga side should be favourites in this visit to Moreirense, as the away team holds a 9 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Cup game only four days ago.
Moreirense form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Moreirense have to build on here at Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas in the Primeira Liga.
An away draw last time out for Moreirense, facing Tondela in a game that ended 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Porto with the scoreline 2-4.
The hometeam coach J. Soares Ribeiro made a successful contribution in the game against Tondela, bringing on Nenê who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
There will be little rest for Moreirense after this match as they are travelling to Gil Vicente for a Primeira Liga game in only four days.
The Moreirense fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Playing away, Sporting Braga have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Primeira Liga this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Sporting Braga, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Sporting Braga had fun at their own home (Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas) last time out, beating Porto 1-0. Ricardo Horta scored. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Sporting CP.
Some scenes last match, when Ricardo Horta scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sporting CP in just four days.
Sporting Braga has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. As opposed to that, Sporting Braga have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sporting Braga - Moreirense 3-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Moreirense, 2 draws and 5 wins for Sporting Braga. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Dias Fernandes 8 goals |   Â. da Silva 4 goals |  F. Gonçalves Abreu 4 goals |
Moreirense missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Moreirense | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 14 | 27 |
| 25 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 76% |
| 47% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 47% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 29% |
| 18% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 6% |
| 65% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 47% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 24% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 29% |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.9 | 6.7 |
| 6 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 184 | 94 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 129 | 284 |
| 55 | 31 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 47 | 97 |
| 38% | 45% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | 28% |
- Moreirense has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
- Moreirense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Moreirense have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Moreirense have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Moreirense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | Benfica | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 38 | 51 |
| 2 | Porto | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 41 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Famalicão | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Sporting Braga | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 7 | Vitória SC | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Vitoria Setubal | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Boavista | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Tondela | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Santa Clara | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | Marítimo | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -18 | 18 |
| 16 | Paços de Ferreira | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 16 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 9 |