Sporting Braga vs Boavista preview for football people

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

It's looking good for Sporting Braga so far, with the 5th position in the Primeira Liga table and anticipating the visit of Boavista (who are sitting at 7th).

Insights:
  • Sporting Braga have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Boavista have yet to win a game away.

There haven't been much to rest for the home side, as they featured in a Europa League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Estádio Municipal de Braga. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Boavista have had more rest.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

Overall Primeira Liga stats at home this season for Sporting Braga are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for Sporting Braga last time playing, versus Midtjylland. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Wenderson Galeno (2) and Ricardo Horta scoring for the victors. Wenderson Galeno (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.04/10. Galeno scored two goals and hit one key pass.

1-1 away at Santa Clara before that.

Braga are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 16 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won twelve, drew two and lost two.

Braga are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. On the other hand, Braga have conceded 3 goals.

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Boavista form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Primeira Liga for Boavista with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.

Boavista delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Estoril (placed 4th) in their previous match; a Primeira Liga game. Defender Javi García was the best team player with a rating of 7.3. García won 4 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Pacos de Ferreira at their stadium, the result 2-1.

You'll want to know how Boavista managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found five similar matches resulting in one away win, one draw and three home wins.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Boavista manager J. Borges de Sousa has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Sporting Braga victories, two draws and three Boavista wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BoavistaG. Affonso Sauerbeck
G. Affonso Sauerbeck
4 goals
Sporting BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
3 goals
BragaI. Picanço Medeiros
I. Picanço Medeiros
3 goals

Sporting Braga missing players

Boavista missing players

Sporting Braga Boavista
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 1 3 7
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
1 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
10 4 0 Scored S 1 2 9
6 3 0 Conceded C 3 7 9
71% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
43% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 43%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 14%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 57%
43% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
29% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 14%
 
4.7 5.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 4.1
5.3 3.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 6.4
1.9 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 19 22 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.3 9.9
5.1 6.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.3 2.9
28% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 29% 45%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • All of Boavista's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Boavista have yet to win a game away.
  • Boavista haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sporting Braga have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 7 7 0 0 19 4 3 3 0 0 7 2 4 4 0 0 12 2 15 21
2 Porto 7 5 2 0 16 4 3 3 0 0 10 0 4 2 2 0 6 4 12 17
3 Sporting CP 7 5 2 0 11 3 4 3 1 0 7 1 3 2 1 0 4 2 8 17
4 Estoril 7 4 2 1 10 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 1 0 8 3 5 14
5 Sporting Braga 7 3 3 1 10 6 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 2 2 0 6 3 4 12
6 Portimonense 7 3 2 2 7 4 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 1 0 5 1 3 11
7 Boavista 7 2 3 2 9 9 4 2 2 0 7 2 3 0 1 2 2 7 0 9
8 Pacos de Ferreira 7 2 3 2 7 9 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 1 1 1 2 4 -2 9
9 Gil Vicente 7 2 2 3 8 8 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 8
10 Vitoria Guimaraes 7 1 4 2 7 6 4 1 1 2 5 4 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 7
11 Vizela 7 1 4 2 6 12 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 0 2 2 2 9 -6 7
12 Maritimo 7 1 3 3 6 9 3 0 2 1 3 5 4 1 1 2 3 4 -3 6
13 Tondela 7 2 0 5 10 14 4 2 0 2 7 7 3 0 0 3 3 7 -4 6
14 Moreirense 7 1 3 3 10 16 4 1 1 2 7 8 3 0 2 1 3 8 -6 6
15 Arouca 7 1 2 4 7 14 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 0 1 3 3 9 -7 5
16 Santa Clara 7 1 2 4 5 15 4 1 2 1 4 8 3 0 0 3 1 7 -10 5
17 Belenenses 7 0 4 3 5 10 3 0 2 1 3 4 4 0 2 2 2 6 -5 4
18 Famalicao 7 0 3 4 7 12 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 0 1 3 5 9 -5 3

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.