A lot at stake in this match, with Sporting Braga placed 4th and Porto in 1st. Here's a full preview!
- Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Porto have the most scored goals (79) in Primeira Liga
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Taça De Portugal.
Sporting Braga form and stats
8-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Sporting Braga so far this season.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Matheus Lima Magalhaes not having conceded a league goal in 193 minutes.
The home team returns to Estádio Municipal de Braga after drawing with Estoril (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Braga's goalie Matheus played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Estoril with a stunning six saves. Matheus, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.62 out of 10 in that game. Matheus topped it up with a clean sheet.
A decent goal production from Sporting Braga in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 15 league matches. Sporting Braga are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal de Braga in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.
Porto form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Porto so far, with 13-2-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Primeira Liga statistics. Porto have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena.
The Porto goalkeeper Diogo Meireles Costa is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 474 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The club members enjoyed Porto's previous fixture versus Sporting CP, a Taça De Portugal win (1-0) played at home. Goalkeeper Marchesín got the top player rating of the team with 7.31/10. Marchesín topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, a home win 7-0 against Portimonense in the Primeira Liga.Porto have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 35 goals from 15 away matches. Porto are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Braga and Porto have faced off already this season: Porto - Sporting Braga 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sporting Braga four wins, three draws and Porto three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  M. Taremi 18 goals |   R. Horta 15 goals |  F. de Lima Barbosa 13 goals |
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| Sporting Braga | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | 25 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 35 | 79 |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 87% | 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 63% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 87% |
| 47% | 53% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 70% |
| 27% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 17% | 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 47% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 53% | 53% |
| 43% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 47% | 47% |
| 23% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 13.1 | 16.2 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 16.8 | 17.4 |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 5.5 | 6.2 |
| 35% | 30% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | 42% |
| 10.8 | 8.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 2 |
- Porto have not yet lost a game.
- Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Porto have scored in all their matches so far.
- Porto have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the most points (41) away in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the most points from losing position (18) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the most scored goals (79) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the most scored goals in the second half (41) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have the the best goal difference (+60) in Primeira Liga
- Porto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Porto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Porto is in the best form (6-0-0) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 79 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 60 | 82 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 39 | 73 |
| 3 | Benfica | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 75 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 46 | 67 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 56 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 47 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 42 |
| 7 | Maritimo | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -3 | 36 |
| 8 | Pacos de Ferreira | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -11 | 36 |
| 9 | Estoril | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -4 | 35 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -14 | 35 |
| 11 | Boavista | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 34 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 29 | -11 | 33 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -14 | 32 |
| 13 | Famalicao | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | -10 | 29 |
| 14 | Vizela | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -17 | 29 |
| 15 | Arouca | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -23 | 27 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -18 | 26 |
| 17 | Tondela | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 37 | 60 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -23 | 25 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 23 | -30 | 24 |
