Football match preview: Portimonense vs Sporting Braga

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Portimão (9544 seats)

It's only been eight days since Portimonense met Estoril and the score was 0-2. What will the score be hosting Sporting Braga?

Insights:
  • Portimonense have the fewest points (10) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting Braga have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Sporting Braga could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Monaco. 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.

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Portimonense form and stats

Portimonense's results here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão in the Primeira Liga have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in twelve attempts.

No payout for Portimonense in their previous match, an away game at Estoril that ended in defeat 0-2. The attacker Fabrício was announced as "man of the match" for Portimonense with the rating of 7.34/10. Fabrício hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Benfica (1-2).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Portimonense here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 13 games). Portimonense's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

6 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sporting Braga playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season.

It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Monaco in their previous outing. The Europa League battle ended 1-1. Attacker Ruíz got a player rating of 8.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Ruíz scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A loss against Gil Vicente was the result prior to that, in a Primeira Liga home game.

The travelling fans enjoy Braga's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 12 league matches away. 14 goals have been conceded by Sporting Braga in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date reported result between these participants is the Sporting Braga - Portimonense 3-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Portimonense zero wins, three draws and Sporting Braga seven victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
15 goals
Sporting BragaV. Carvalho Oliveira
V. Carvalho Oliveira
5 goals
Sporting BragaI. Picanço Medeiros
I. Picanço Medeiros
5 goals

Portimonense missing players

Sporting Braga missing players

Portimonense Sporting Braga
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 12 26
7 2 0 Won W 1 6 13
8 4 1 Drew D 2 3 7
11 7 3 Lost L 0 3 6
25 10 2 Scored S 3 19 41
30 17 7 Conceded C 1 14 25
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 88%
73% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 65%
35% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 42% 46%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 27%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 15%
46% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 46%
27% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 42% 42%
31% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 17% 23%
 
4.3 5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 3.5 4.5
6.1 4.5 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 4.9 4.3
3.6 3.5 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.3 2.6
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
12.3 15.4 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.2 13.2
4.2 4.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.6 4.6
23% 16% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 44% 34%
 
15.5 13.6 14.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11 12.2 10.3
4.2 4 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.8 3.1
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Portimonense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portimonense have the fewest points (10) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting Braga have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 26 22 4 0 67 19 13 11 2 0 34 9 13 11 2 0 33 10 48 70
2 Sporting CP 26 20 4 2 51 16 13 11 1 1 24 5 13 9 3 1 27 11 35 64
3 Benfica 26 18 4 4 66 24 13 8 2 3 31 13 13 10 2 1 35 11 42 58
4 Sporting Braga 26 13 7 6 41 25 14 7 4 3 22 11 12 6 3 3 19 14 16 46
5 Gil Vicente 26 12 9 5 37 25 13 5 4 4 19 15 13 7 5 1 18 10 12 45
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 26 10 6 10 36 34 12 7 2 3 23 15 14 3 4 7 13 19 2 36
7 Estoril 26 8 10 8 30 30 13 3 6 4 17 17 13 5 4 4 13 13 0 34
8 Maritimo 26 8 8 10 30 33 13 3 6 4 14 12 13 5 2 6 16 21 -3 32
9 Pacos de Ferreira 26 7 9 10 23 31 13 3 5 5 14 18 13 4 4 5 9 13 -8 30
10 Santa Clara 26 7 9 10 30 43 13 6 4 3 18 21 13 1 5 7 12 22 -13 30
11 Portimonense 26 7 8 11 25 30 13 2 4 7 10 17 13 5 4 4 15 13 -5 29
12 Famalicao 26 6 9 11 32 40 13 3 6 4 13 14 13 3 3 7 19 26 -8 27
13 Boavista 26 4 15 7 31 39 13 3 9 1 18 15 13 1 6 6 13 24 -8 27
14 Vizela 26 5 10 11 28 44 13 3 5 5 12 17 13 2 5 6 16 27 -16 25
15 Arouca 26 5 7 14 23 46 13 3 2 8 11 27 13 2 5 6 12 19 -23 22
16 Tondela 26 6 3 17 31 52 13 4 1 8 18 25 13 2 2 9 13 27 -21 21
17 Moreirense 26 4 8 14 23 42 13 3 3 7 15 19 13 1 5 7 8 23 -19 20
18 Belenenses 26 3 8 15 15 46 13 3 3 7 10 26 13 0 5 8 5 20 -31 17

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.