Betting guide: Sporting Braga favourite to beat Moreirense at Estádio Municipal de Braga

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Date: Sun 11.August
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first Primeira Liga game of the season. Both Sporting Braga and Moreirense are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.

It's no vacation for neither Sporting Braga nor Moreirense as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Sporting Braga home games with this odds we find eleven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Sporting Braga friendly games in pre-season: Sporting Braga played four friendlies, won 2, drew 1 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Sporting Braga scored 6 goals and conceded 3 in these four games.

Last season, Sporting Braga's league statistics were 21 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Primeira Liga. Over these 34 matches they scored 56 goals and conceded 37. Playing at home last season Sporting Braga managed 13-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 15 conceded.

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Moreirense form and stats

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Moreirense played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.

It's a day of discovery for Moreirense as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Moreirense have played one with the results W0-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Moreirense has scored 1 goal and conceded 1 time.

Let's have a look at how Moreirense performed last season in the Primeira Liga: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 4 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 44 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 1 and lost 8 with 21/25 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 2 - 3 (Sporting Braga wins - draws - Moreirense wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 had two or less.

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Sporting Braga missing players

Moreirense missing players

Sporting Braga Moreirense
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 1
2 2 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
6 6 0 Corners For (avg) 0 3 3
3 3 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 6 6
2 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Sporting Braga Last season Moreirense
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
34 17   Played   17 34
21 13   Won   8 16
4 1   Drew   1 4
9 3   Lost   8 14
56 32   Scored   21 39
37 15   Conceded   25 44
100% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 100%
71% 76%   Over 1.5   82% 74%
44% 47%   Over 2.5   59% 47%
24% 29%   Over 3.5   24% 21%
18% 18%   Over 4.5   6% 3%
38% 41%   BTTS   53% 50%
47% 53%   Clean Sheets   18% 26%
15% 6%   Failed To Score   29% 24%
 
5.4 5.4   Corners For (avg)   4.8 5.7
4.7 3.9   Corners Against (avg)   5.1 4.9
1.9 1.6   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.8 2.1
2 2   Red Cards   3 5
Key stats last season:
  • Moreirense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Moreirense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 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
13-07-19 CF Portimonense 0 - 1 Sporting Braga
19-07-19 CF Sporting Braga 0 - 2 Lille
24-07-19 CF Sporting Braga 0 - 0 Monaco
08-08-19 EL Brøndby 2 - 4 Sporting Braga
11-08-19 PL Sporting Braga 20:00 Moreirense
15-08-19 EL Sporting Braga 18:45 Brøndby
18-08-19 PL Sporting CP 20:00 Sporting Braga
25-08-19 PL Gil Vicente 19:30 Sporting Braga
01-09-19 PL Sporting Braga 20:00 Benfica
15-09-19 PL Vitória Setúbal 15:00 Sporting Braga
Moreirense
All Primeira Liga Taça De Portugal League Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
10-05-19 PL Desportivo Aves 0 - 1 Moreirense
19-05-19 PL Moreirense 1 - 3 Vitória Guimarães
24-07-19 CF Gil Vicente 1 - 1 Moreirense
03-08-19 LC Vitória Setúbal 1 - 0 Moreirense
11-08-19 PL Sporting Braga 20:00 Moreirense
17-08-19 PL Moreirense 15:30 Gil Vicente
23-08-19 PL Vitória Setúbal 18:00 Moreirense
30-08-19 PL Moreirense 18:00 Portimonense
15-09-19 PL Santa Clara 15:00 Moreirense
22-09-19 PL Moreirense 15:00 Benfica

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Benfica 34 28 3 3 103 31 17 14 2 1 63 17 17 14 1 2 40 14 72 87
2 Porto 34 27 4 3 74 20 17 15 0 2 41 9 17 12 4 1 33 11 54 85
3 Sporting CP 34 23 5 6 72 33 17 14 2 1 38 13 17 9 3 5 34 20 39 74
4 Sporting Braga 34 21 4 9 56 37 17 13 1 3 32 15 17 8 3 6 24 22 19 67
5 Vitória Guimarães 34 15 7 12 46 34 17 10 4 3 27 12 17 5 3 9 19 22 12 52
6 Moreirense 34 16 4 14 39 44 17 8 3 6 18 19 17 8 1 8 21 25 -5 52
7 Rio Ave 34 12 9 13 50 52 17 5 6 6 26 28 17 7 3 7 24 24 -2 45
8 Boavista 34 13 5 16 34 40 17 10 1 6 20 13 17 3 4 10 14 27 -6 44
9 Belenenses 34 10 13 11 42 51 17 6 5 6 25 26 17 4 8 5 17 25 -9 43
10 Santa Clara 34 11 9 14 43 45 17 5 5 7 24 26 17 6 4 7 19 19 -2 42
11 Portimonense 34 11 6 17 44 59 17 8 4 5 29 24 17 3 2 12 15 35 -15 39
12 Marítimo 34 12 3 19 26 44 17 8 2 7 17 17 17 4 1 12 9 27 -18 39
13 Vitória Setúbal 34 8 12 14 28 39 17 4 6 7 13 18 17 4 6 7 15 21 -11 36
14 Desportivo Aves 34 10 6 18 35 49 17 5 3 9 20 23 17 5 3 9 15 26 -14 36
15 Tondela 34 9 8 17 40 54 17 7 3 7 22 24 17 2 5 10 18 30 -14 35
16 Chaves 34 8 8 18 34 57 17 4 6 7 20 23 17 4 2 11 14 34 -23 32
17 Nacional 34 7 7 20 33 73 17 5 3 9 12 22 17 2 4 11 21 51 -40 28
18 Feirense 34 3 11 20 27 64 17 2 6 9 19 31 17 1 5 11 8 33 -37 20

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