It's advantage Sporting Braga so far with their 3rd position in the Primeira Liga table, welcoming Boavista who are placed 11th.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Sporting Braga form and stats
Sporting Braga are steadily winning Primeira Liga games and points here at Estádio Municipal de Braga. 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games. Sporting Braga haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Pacos de Ferreira, 97 days ago. Two home wins in a row for Sporting Braga bring valid hopes of a third.
Sporting Braga's previous game was a Primeira Liga match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Portimonense (placed 17th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Marítimo with a 2-1 scoreline.
Sporting Braga's victory against Portimonense could easily have been with a bigger margin than 3-1 as they hit the posts three times.
Sporting Braga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal de Braga with 22 goals in 12 league matches. Sporting Braga have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Boavista form and stats
4-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Boavista in their Primeira Liga matches away.
Boavista are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Tondela (placed 14th). A loss against Gil Vicente was the result prior to that, in a home game.
The attacking power of Boavista when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Boavista are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Boavista - Sporting Braga 2-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sporting Braga five wins, three draws and Boavista two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Dias Fernandes 9 goals |  R. Horta 7 goals |  F. Machado Mota de Castro Trincão 6 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Boavista missing players
| Sporting Braga | Boavista | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 41 | 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 26 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 54% | 67% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 33% | 58% | 80% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 54% | 58% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 42% |
| 25% | 25% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 42% | 38% |
| 6.5 | 7 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 400 | 224 | 100 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 141 | 291 |
| 146 | 81 | 41 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 47 | 87 |
| 28% | 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 17% | 22% |
- Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Braga have scored more than double the goals of Boavista.
- 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 | Porto | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 34 | 60 |
| 2 | Benfica | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 38 | 59 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 46 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 42 |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Vitória SC | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 37 |
| 7 | Famalicão | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | Santa Clara | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 30 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 11 | Boavista | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 29 |
| 12 | Vitória FC | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 28 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -19 | 26 |
| 14 | Tondela | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -10 | 25 |
| 15 | Marítimo | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 24 |
| 16 | Pacos de Ferreira | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 22 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 24 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -18 | 16 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 24 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 28 | -24 | 13 |