Match preview Primeira Liga: Sporting Braga - Nacional at Estádio Municipal de Braga

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Primeira Liga table has to be read with caution. So far Sporting Braga find themselves in 12th position and Nacional are placed 6th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Sporting Braga form and stats

Sporting Braga's first Primeira Liga home game here at Estádio Municipal de Braga ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 17 matches.

Sporting Braga are returning here after visiting Tondela in a Primeira Liga game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Wenderson Galeno (2), Ricardo Horta and Bruno Viana scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Sporting Braga lost 0-1 at home to Santa Clara.

As mentioned above, Braga "killed" Tondela in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The 4-0 win against Tondela was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle.

Early season league goal statistics from Sporting Braga's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.

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Nacional form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Primeira Liga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats from 12 matches. In general it has been a productive period now for Nacional as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

209 minutes! That's how long the Nacional goalkeeper Daniel Martins Guimaraes and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Nacional played 0-0 against Belenenses in their previous match. Prior to that result Nacional won their away game at Farense. The scoreline was 1-0.

It's early days yet, but Nacional has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Braga won eight games, two matches ended with a draw and Nacional has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

BragaW. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno
W. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno
2 goals
NacionalJ. Riascos Valencia
J. Riascos Valencia
2 goals
Sporting BragaB. Willemen Da Silva
B. Willemen Da Silva
1 goals

Sporting Braga missing players

Nacional missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Braga Nacional
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
5 0 0 Scored S 0 1 4
4 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 67%
33% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
48 22 22 Total Shots T S 0 9 41
13 4 4 Shots on Target S O 0 4 15
38% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 27%
Sporting Braga Last season Nacional
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   12 24
18 10   Won W   5 14
6 4   Drew D   5 8
10 3   Lost L   2 2
61 32   Scored S   14 36
40 20   Conceded C   11 16
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 88%
74% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 62%
56% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 38%
38% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 17%
15% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
56% 59%   BTTS BTTS   67% 54%
24% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 42%
24% 18%   Failed to Score F T   17% 17%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.7 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 3.2
6 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
541 304   Total Shots T S   131 267
192 108   Shots on Target S O   41 89
32% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 40%

  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 3 3 0 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 7 9
2 Santa Clara 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
3 Porto 3 2 0 1 10 4 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 5 0 6 6
4 Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 6
5 Marítimo 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
6 Nacional 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
7 Gil Vicente 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Moreirense 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
9 Belenenses 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
10 Vitoria Guimaraes 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
11 Famalicao 3 1 1 1 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 -3 4
12 Sporting Braga 3 1 0 2 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 3
13 Rio Ave 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 3
14 Boavista 3 0 2 1 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 4 4 -5 2
15 Pacos de Ferreira 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
16 Portimonense 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
17 Tondela 3 0 1 2 2 7 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -5 1
18 Farense 3 0 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 -4 0
Last season 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 34 26 4 4 74 22 17 15 1 1 44 7 17 11 3 3 30 15 52 82
2 Benfica 34 24 5 5 71 26 17 12 2 3 38 13 17 12 3 2 33 13 45 77
3 Sporting Braga 34 18 6 10 61 40 17 10 4 3 32 20 17 8 2 7 29 20 21 60
4 Sporting CP 34 18 6 10 49 34 17 12 1 4 25 13 17 6 5 6 24 21 15 60
5 Rio Ave 34 15 10 9 48 36 17 6 6 5 27 23 17 9 4 4 21 13 12 55
6 Famalicao 34 14 12 8 53 51 17 7 6 4 28 26 17 7 6 4 25 25 2 54
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 13 11 10 53 38 17 8 4 5 27 15 17 5 7 5 26 23 15 50
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 42 44 17 6 6 5 23 20 17 4 7 6 19 24 -2 43
9 Gil Vicente 34 11 10 13 40 44 17 7 7 3 26 21 17 4 3 10 14 23 -4 43
10 Santa Clara 34 11 10 13 36 41 17 6 4 7 18 21 17 5 6 6 18 20 -5 43
11 Marítimo 34 9 12 13 34 42 17 5 8 4 24 21 17 4 4 9 10 21 -8 39
12 Boavista 34 10 9 15 28 39 17 5 4 8 15 18 17 5 5 7 13 21 -11 39
13 Pacos de Ferreira 34 11 6 17 36 52 17 6 2 9 15 22 17 5 4 8 21 30 -16 39
14 Tondela 34 9 9 16 30 44 17 3 5 9 12 22 17 6 4 7 18 22 -14 36
15 Belenenses 34 9 8 17 27 54 17 5 4 8 13 25 17 4 4 9 14 29 -27 35
16 Vitoria Setubal 34 7 13 14 27 43 17 4 7 6 15 20 17 3 6 8 12 23 -16 34
17 Portimonense 34 7 12 15 30 45 17 5 7 5 18 18 17 2 5 10 12 27 -15 33
18 Desportivo Aves 34 5 2 27 24 68 17 4 1 12 12 26 17 1 1 15 12 42 -44 17
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nacional 24 14 8 2 36 16 12 9 3 0 22 5 12 5 5 2 14 11 20 50
2 Farense 24 15 3 6 35 22 12 8 1 3 18 12 12 7 2 3 17 10 13 48
3 Feirense 24 11 9 4 27 18 12 6 4 2 13 8 12 5 5 2 14 10 9 42
4 Estoril 24 12 3 9 35 26 12 8 1 3 22 11 12 4 2 6 13 15 9 39
5 Mafra 24 10 9 5 33 24 12 6 5 1 18 11 12 4 4 4 15 13 9 39
6 Varzim 24 10 7 7 32 31 12 7 1 4 15 12 12 3 6 3 17 19 1 37
7 Academica 24 10 5 9 34 26 12 7 2 3 23 13 12 3 3 6 11 13 8 35
8 Academico Viseu 24 9 7 8 21 24 12 4 4 4 9 10 12 5 3 4 12 14 -3 34
9 Leixoes 24 8 9 7 23 22 13 4 6 3 11 11 11 4 3 4 12 11 1 33
10 UD Oliveirense 24 9 5 10 36 31 12 6 3 3 20 10 12 3 2 7 16 21 5 32
11 Sporting Covilha 24 9 5 10 29 27 12 5 2 5 12 12 12 4 3 5 17 15 2 32
12 Chaves 24 9 5 10 26 26 12 5 2 5 15 15 12 4 3 5 11 11 0 32
13 Porto II 24 7 8 9 35 36 12 3 6 3 18 17 12 4 2 6 17 19 -1 29
14 Penafiel 24 6 10 8 23 24 12 4 7 1 14 8 12 2 3 7 9 16 -1 28
15 Benfica II 24 7 7 10 31 35 11 6 3 2 21 11 13 1 4 8 10 24 -4 28
16 Vilafranquense 24 6 6 12 27 45 12 5 3 4 19 21 12 1 3 8 8 24 -18 24
17 Cova Piedade 24 4 5 15 20 42 12 4 3 5 13 15 12 0 2 10 7 27 -22 17
18 Casa Pia 24 2 5 17 19 47 12 1 2 9 12 25 12 1 3 8 7 22 -28 11

Table
  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 3 3 0 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 7 9
2 Santa Clara 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
3 Porto 3 2 0 1 10 4 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 5 0 6 6
4 Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 6
5 Marítimo 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
6 Nacional 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
7 Gil Vicente 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Moreirense 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
9 Belenenses 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
10 Vitoria Guimaraes 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
11 Famalicao 3 1 1 1 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 -3 4
12 Sporting Braga 3 1 0 2 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 3
13 Rio Ave 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 3
14 Boavista 3 0 2 1 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 4 4 -5 2
15 Pacos de Ferreira 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
16 Portimonense 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
17 Tondela 3 0 1 2 2 7 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -5 1
18 Farense 3 0 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 -4 0

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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.