Santa Clara will pray that their home comfort is enough to get at least a draw from this hard meeting, vs sparky Sporting Braga.
- Santa Clara have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting Braga have not yet lost a game away.
Santa Clara have less rest than Sporting Braga in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Cup game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Rio Ave.
Santa Clara form and stats
When playing at home in the Primeira Liga, Santa Clara have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.
Santa travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rio Ave that ended 2-2. A painful moment in the game against Rio Ave was the missed penalty kick from Lincoln in the 72nd minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
A Primeira Liga defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Portimonense.The Santa Clara fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Santa are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (7 from 3 played).
Sporting Braga form and stats
Sporting Braga are happy with their away performances in the Primeira Liga so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
Braga had fun at their own home last time out, beating Tondela 3-1. Ricardo Horta and Iuri Medeiros (2) scored. André Horta got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Horta served one assist, hit two key passes and had 27 successful passes (of 29 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Crvena Zvezda's place.After this away game Sporting Braga return home for a Europa League game against Midtjylland. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Sporting Braga are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. Sporting Braga are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Santa two wins, one draw and Sporting Braga six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 3 goals |  I. Picanço Medeiros 3 goals |  R. Silva Costa 2 goals |
Santa Clara missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Santa Clara | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7 | 5.3 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.2 | 12.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.7 | 14.8 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| 17% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 28% |
- Santa Clara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Santa Clara have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Primeira Liga
- Santa Clara have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Primeira Liga
- Santa Clara haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Braga have not yet lost a game away.
- Sporting Braga have scored more than double the goals of Santa Clara.
- 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 | Benfica | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 18 |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Estoril | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Gil Vicente | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Boavista | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Pacos de Ferreira | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Vizela | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 13 | Arouca | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 15 | Famalicão | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Tondela | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Belenenses | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | Moreirense | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 3 |