Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Sporting Braga welcomes Marítimo

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Date: Mon 23.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

The Sporting Braga manager Sá Pinto attacks this game with the team placed 16th so far. In the visitors dressing room Marítimo and their manager Nuno Santos are in 14th place before this match.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Europa League.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Sporting Braga's two home games in the Primeira Liga so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Estádio Municipal de Braga.

A good away victory last time out for Sporting Braga, who won 1-0 against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Prior to that, an away loss at Vitoria Setubal in the Primeira Liga.

Sporting 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 twelve matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W10-D1-L1.

Sporting Braga has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 5 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Marítimo form and stats

Marítimo are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primeira Liga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Primeira Liga home defeat versus Belenenses with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result Marítimo won their away game at Pacos de Ferreira. The scoreline was 1-0.

You'll want to know how Marítimo managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 1 draw and 1 home win.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Marítimo has managed 2 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Sporting Braga victories, 1 draw and 3 Marítimo wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wilson Eduardo
2 goals
Rodrigo Pinho
2 goals
Fransérgio
1 goals

Sporting Braga missing players

Marítimo missing players

Sporting Braga Marítimo
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 2 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
5 3 0 Scored S 2 2 6
9 5 0 Conceded C 3 3 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 80%
60% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 60%
40% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
60% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 80%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 20%
40% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.2 5.5 0 Corners For (avg) C F 3.5 3.5 4.2
3.4 4.5 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 5.5 6.8
2.8 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 4 3.2
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
Key stats This season:
  • All of Sporting Braga's home matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Marítimo have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Marítimo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sporting Braga have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Sporting Braga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Sporting Braga Last season Marítimo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
21 13   Won W   4 12
4 1   Drew D   1 3
9 3   Lost L   12 19
56 32   Scored S   9 26
37 15   Conceded C   27 44
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
71% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   47% 50%
44% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 29%
24% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 18%
18% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 12%
38% 41%   BTTS BTTS   24% 26%
47% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 29%
15% 6%   Failed to Score F T   53% 50%
 
5.4 5.4   Corners For (avg) C F   3.1 3.8
4.7 3.9   Corners Against (avg) C A   6.3 6.4
1.9 1.6   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.5
2 2   Red Cards R C   2 4
Key stats last season:
  • Marítimo have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Marítimo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Marítimo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Marítimo 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.
  • Sporting Braga have scored more than double the goals of Marítimo.
  • Sporting Braga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Sporting Braga
All Primeira Liga Taça De Portugal Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
25-08-19 PL Gil Vicente 1 - 1 Sporting Braga
29-08-19 EL Spartak Moskva 1 - 2 Sporting Braga
01-09-19 PL Sporting Braga 0 - 4 Benfica
13-09-19 PL Vitoria Setubal 1 - 0 Sporting Braga
19-09-19 EL Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 1 Sporting Braga
23-09-19 PL Sporting Braga 18:00 Marítimo
29-09-19 PL Portimonense 17:00 Sporting Braga
03-10-19 EL Sporting Braga 16:55 Slovan Bratislava
05-10-19 LC Penafiel 15:00 Sporting Braga
13-10-19 LC Sporting Braga 16:00 Marítimo
Marítimo
All Primeira Liga Taça De Portugal Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
11-08-19 PL Marítimo 1 - 1 Sporting CP
18-08-19 PL Desportivo Aves 3 - 1 Marítimo
25-08-19 PL Marítimo 2 - 3 Tondela
31-08-19 PL Pacos de Ferreira 0 - 1 Marítimo
15-09-19 PL Marítimo 1 - 3 Belenenses
23-09-19 PL Sporting Braga 18:00 Marítimo
28-09-19 PL Marítimo 15:30 Moreirense
05-10-19 LC Pacos de Ferreira 15:00 Marítimo
13-10-19 LC Sporting Braga 16:00 Marítimo
26-10-19 PL Vitoria Setubal 17:00 Marítimo

  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 6 5 0 1 15 3 3 2 0 1 7 2 3 3 0 0 8 1 12 15
2 Famalicão 5 4 1 0 11 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 2 1 0 6 3 6 13
3 Porto 5 4 0 1 13 4 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 2 0 1 6 4 9 12
4 Rio Ave 6 3 1 2 13 9 3 1 1 1 8 6 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 10
5 Boavista 5 2 3 0 6 4 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 9
6 Santa Clara 5 2 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 8
7 Tondela 5 2 2 1 8 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 8
8 Sporting CP 5 2 2 1 9 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 8
9 Moreirense 6 2 1 3 6 7 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 0 1 2 1 5 -1 7
10 Vitória Guimarães 5 1 3 1 8 7 3 1 2 0 7 3 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 6
11 Vitória Setúbal 5 1 3 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 -3 6
12 Belenenses 6 1 2 3 3 6 3 0 0 3 0 5 3 1 2 0 3 1 -3 5
13 Gil Vicente 5 1 2 2 3 7 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -4 5
14 Marítimo 5 1 1 3 6 10 3 0 1 2 4 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 -4 4
15 Portimonense 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 -3 4
16 Sporting Braga 5 1 1 3 5 9 2 1 0 1 3 5 3 0 1 2 2 4 -4 4
17 Paços de Ferreira 6 1 1 4 5 13 3 1 0 2 2 3 3 0 1 2 3 10 -8 4
18 Desportivo Aves 6 1 0 5 9 18 2 1 0 1 5 4 4 0 0 4 4 14 -9 3

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