Sporting Braga should be expected winners of this home fixture versus Belenenses, if the league standings are to be trusted. Or could we be looking at a possible?
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (7) in Primeira Liga
The hosts Braga saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the League Cup. That game was an away game at Boavista, so at least Sporting Braga are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Sporting Braga form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Municipal de Braga as Sporting Braga have scored 15 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Primeira Liga are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Estádio Municipal de Braga after three straight home wins.
Sporting Braga faced defeat in their previous match, away at Boavista (1-5). As you see from the result above, Braga suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Horta for missing a penalty kick versus Boavista in the 53rd minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Porto (0-1).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Braga as they are travelling to their away game against Vizela in the Taça De Portugal. That match is four days after this one.
The Braga manager Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal has got the team scoring with 15 from 7 home games in the league. Braga have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Belenenses form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Belenenses so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose). Recent form does not give Belenenses much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Sporting Braga will be a tough nut to crack.
Pedro was the last player to score for the away team. Belenenses haven't scored a league goal in the last 270 minutes.
The manager Nunes Cândido was unhappy after their last game, a Primeira Liga match played at their home ground Estádio Nacional. Belenenses suffered a 0-1 loss to Estoril (placed 5th). Belenenses goalie Felipe enjoyed a first-class day at work vs Estoril, but even with pulling off six saves the beating could not be stopped. Felipe (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.33. Felipe stopped the opponent with six saves.
Preceding that, the 0-7 home loss versus Benfica.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Belenenses's match history for similar games we find five matches. The home team won four of these as expected, four of them by at least two goals. Belenenses managed one draw and zero surprise wins.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Belenenses manager Nunes Cândido as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Rio Ave.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Belenenses's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 6 matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Belenenses in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these contenders: Braga won six, Belenenses triumphed in two and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 9 goals |  I. Picanço Medeiros 4 goals |  R. Melo da Silva 2 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Belenenses missing players
| Sporting Braga | Belenenses | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 23 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 85% |
| 71% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 50% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 36% | 43% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 38% |
| 43% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 83% | 62% |
| 4.4 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 3.6 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.2 | 6.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.4 | 17.3 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.3 | 8.6 |
| 4.6 | 6.1 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 35% | 35% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 23% |
| 10.7 | 7.4 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.3 | 18.7 | 16.8 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
- Belenenses have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Belenenses have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Belenenses have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Primeira Liga
- Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Primeira Liga
- Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (7) in Primeira Liga
- Belenenses have yet to win a game away.
- Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sporting Braga have scored more than double the goals of Belenenses.
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 26 | 38 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Benfica | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 28 | 34 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Estoril | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Vizela | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 13 |
| 11 | Arouca | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 13 |
| 12 | Tondela | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Boavista | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Pacos de Ferreira | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -18 | 10 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -16 | 8 |