A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Sporting Braga fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Farense's 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Sporting Braga has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Primeira Liga
- Farense have yet to win a game away.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Europa League match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Leicester City, was also a home game here at Estádio Municipal de Braga. The away team is better rested.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Sporting Braga have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Primeira Liga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena. Sporting Braga has recorded two wins in a row here at Estádio Municipal de Braga, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A nice win for Sporting Braga last time playing, versus Leicester City. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Mutassim Al Musrati and Paulinho scoring for the victors. A strong away win before that one, visiting Trofense and winning 2-1.
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 eleven, drew three and lost three.
The manager C. Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to AEK Athens in only four days.
Braga has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Braga have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Farense form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Primeira Liga for Farense with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Impressive finishing from Nikola Stojiljković, Ryan Gauld and Eduardo Mancha secured the home win 3-1 against Boavista in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Belenenses.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Farense played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Taça De Portugal trip to Estrela Amadora.
The visiting Farense have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. The Farense manager S. de Oliveira Vieira has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Willemen Da Silva 2 goals |  I. Picanço Medeiros 2 goals |  W. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno 2 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Farense missing players
| Sporting Braga | Farense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15.9 | 20.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12 | 12.3 |
| 6 | 6.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 29% | 15% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 23% | 31% |
- All of Farense's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Farense have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Farense have yet to win a game away.
- Farense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Braga has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Primeira Liga
- 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 | Sporting CP | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | Benfica | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Porto | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | Nacional | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Santa Clara | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 10 |
| 9 | Famalicao | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Moreirense | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Tondela | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Maritimo | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Boavista | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Farense | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Gil Vicente | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Portimonense | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 4 |