Another action-packed fixture in Primeira Liga as Sporting Braga welcome Moreirense

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Fri 14.May
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

It's advantage Sporting Braga so far with their 4th position in the Primeira Liga table, welcoming Moreirense who are placed 7th.

Insights:
  • Sporting Braga have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Moreirense have scored away.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Primeira Liga game only four days ago. That game, against Portimonense, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Moreirense.

For Moreirense most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

Sporting Braga are steadily winning Primeira Liga games and points here at Estádio Municipal de Braga. 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 16 games.

An away draw last time out for Braga, facing Gil Vicente in a game that ended 1-1. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Pacos de Ferreira.

A decent goal production from Braga in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. Sporting Braga have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Moreirense form and stats

The visitors are W6-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga.

Two travels in a row for Moreirense, whose manager V. Freire De Seabra could celebrate last time after the Primeira Liga win against Portimonense. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Nacional.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Moreirense have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Moreirense - Sporting Braga 0-4 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Braga victories, zero draws and three Moreirense wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
9 goals
Sporting BragaF. Rodrigues Barbosa
F. Rodrigues Barbosa
6 goals
MoreirenseC. Martins de Souza Ladislau
C. Martins de Souza Ladislau
6 goals

Sporting Braga missing players

Moreirense missing players

Sporting Braga Moreirense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
18 10 3 Won W 0 6 9
6 3 1 Drew D 0 3 13
8 3 1 Lost L 5 7 10
51 25 8 Scored S 1 12 33
32 14 5 Conceded C 12 18 41
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 81% 91%
72% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 78%
53% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 38% 41%
25% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 19%
9% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
50% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 25% 50%
31% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 25%
22% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 80% 56% 34%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 2.2 2.4
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14 15.9 17 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 8.6 9.6
4.8 5.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.2 3
33% 30% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 33% 34%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Moreirense have scored away.
  • Sporting Braga have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting Braga haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Sporting CP 31 24 7 0 56 15 15 11 4 0 28 9 16 13 3 0 28 6 41 79
2 Porto 32 22 8 2 67 29 16 12 3 1 36 15 16 10 5 1 31 14 38 74
3 Benfica 31 20 7 4 59 22 16 11 3 2 27 12 15 9 4 2 32 10 37 67
4 Sporting Braga 32 18 6 8 51 32 16 10 3 3 25 14 16 8 3 5 26 18 19 60
5 Pacos de Ferreira 32 14 8 10 37 37 16 10 3 3 23 17 16 4 5 7 14 20 0 50
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 31 12 6 13 35 39 15 7 1 7 19 22 16 5 5 6 16 17 -4 42
7 Moreirense 32 9 13 10 33 41 16 3 10 3 21 23 16 6 3 7 12 18 -8 40
8 Santa Clara 31 10 7 14 37 36 15 5 5 5 21 16 16 5 2 9 16 20 1 37
9 Belenenses 31 8 13 10 22 28 16 6 5 5 15 16 15 2 8 5 7 12 -6 37
10 Tondela 31 10 6 15 33 50 15 8 2 5 15 15 16 2 4 10 18 35 -17 36
11 Gil Vicente 32 10 6 16 30 40 16 4 4 8 12 18 16 6 2 8 18 22 -10 36
12 Portimonense 32 9 7 16 34 40 16 6 4 6 20 17 16 3 3 10 14 23 -6 34
13 Famalicao 31 8 10 13 35 44 16 3 7 6 16 24 15 5 3 7 19 20 -9 34
14 Maritimo 32 10 4 18 26 42 16 5 2 9 10 21 16 5 2 9 16 21 -16 34
15 Rio Ave 31 6 13 12 23 35 16 4 6 6 12 15 15 2 7 6 11 20 -12 31
16 Boavista 31 6 12 13 36 47 16 4 4 8 16 22 15 2 8 5 20 25 -11 30
17 Farense 32 6 10 16 30 44 16 3 6 7 18 20 16 3 4 9 12 24 -14 28
18 Nacional 31 6 7 18 28 51 15 4 3 8 17 25 16 2 4 10 11 26 -23 25

Read more about Primeira Liga

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.