Primeira Liga: Two contenders who have done nicely as yet. Learn more on Sporting Braga - Estoril with this complete preview!
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Estoril have not yet lost a game away.
Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's aim for an enthusiastic match!
Sporting Braga form and stats
The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Sporting Braga at their home stadium (Estádio Municipal de Braga) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Municipal de Braga.
A nice win for Sporting Braga last time playing, versus Vizela. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with Abel Ruíz, Ricardo Horta (2) and Raúl Silva scoring for the victors. The striker Iuri Medeiros was declared "man of the match" for Braga with the rating of 8.84/10. Medeiros signed up for two assists, hit five key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Midtjylland (2-3).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 17 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 13, drew three and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Braga, as the Europa League home game vs Crvena Zvezda is only four days away.
Goals decide football matches and Braga are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. Sporting Braga's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Estoril form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses in the Primeira Liga. With three draws in a row for Estoril the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
There were no winners in Estoril's previous match, a Primeira Liga home game that ended 2-2 vs Santa Clara (placed 18th). The draw against Santa Clara came from a losing position. The Estoril manager B. Nogueira Pinheiro brought on André Franco as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. André Franco, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.62. Franco scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus FC Serpa at their stadium, the result 5-0.You'll want to know how Estoril managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
Estoril has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Data for the former ten meetings featuring these two teams are: seven wins for Sporting Braga, one draw and two wins for Estoril. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 7 goals |   A. Russo Franco 6 goals | I. Picanço Medeiros 4 goals |
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| Sporting Braga | Estoril | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 58% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 4.8 | 3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 18 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.8 | 9.8 |
| 5.2 | 6.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 33% | 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 52% | 47% |
| 9.8 | 6.3 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23 | 14.3 | 13.7 |
| 3.1 | 2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
- All of Estoril's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Estoril have not yet lost a game away.
- Estoril have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Estoril have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Estoril haven’t played a single 0-0 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.
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 32 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 32 |
| 3 | Benfica | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 27 | 31 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Estoril | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Arouca | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 10 | Tondela | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 11 | Boavista | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Pacos de Ferreira | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 13 | Famalicao | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Maritimo | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Vizela | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Belenenses | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -15 | 8 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -16 | 7 |