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

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 25.July
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

Sporting Braga and Porto are both riding high in the Primeira Liga with their 4th and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Porto have already won the Primeira Liga. Congratulations! It will be interesting to see if this affects performances here at the final stages.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

Overall Primeira Liga stats at home this season for Sporting Braga are 9-4-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Braga lost their last game at Tondela (placed 15th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that, Braga drew at home versus Belenenses.

A decent goal production from Braga in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 16 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Porto form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (73) in Primeira Liga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 11 wins, 3 draws and only 2 losses in the Primeira Liga. Porto have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Porto are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Porto won their last game, 6-1 versus Moreirense played at home. Before that, Porto secured a home win against Sporting CP with the score 2-0.

As mentioned above, Porto was the only team on the pitch versus Moreirense in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.

Porto has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 29 goals from 16 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

Porto - Braga 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Braga victories, two draws and six Porto wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting BragaJ. Dias Fernandes
J. Dias Fernandes
16 goals
PortoM. Marega
M. Marega
12 goals
Sporting BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
11 goals

Sporting Braga missing players

Porto missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Braga Porto
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
17 9 2 Won W 3 11 26
6 4 1 Drew D 0 3 4
10 3 1 Lost L 1 2 3
59 30 5 Scored S 6 29 73
39 19 6 Conceded C 3 13 20
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
73% 81% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 79%
55% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 55%
39% 56% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 27%
15% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 15%
55% 56% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 42%
24% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 58%
24% 19% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 3%
 
6.1 6.9 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.9 6.2
4.1 4.6 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3 2.9
2.6 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.9 2.5
6 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
528 291 56 Total Shots T S 50 229 509
187 103 19 Shots on Target S O 22 77 178
32% 29% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 38% 41%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Porto has the fewest conceded goals (20)
  • Porto has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10)
  • Porto has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
  • Porto has the most clean sheets (19)
  • Porto has the most scored goals (73)
  • Porto has the most scored goals in the first half (32)
  • Porto has the the best goal difference (+53)
  • Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Porto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Porto is in the best form (6-0-0)
  • Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Porto 33 26 4 3 73 20 17 15 1 1 44 7 16 11 3 2 29 13 53 82
2 Benfica 33 23 5 5 69 25 16 11 2 3 36 12 17 12 3 2 33 13 44 74
3 Sporting CP 33 18 6 9 48 32 17 12 1 4 25 13 16 6 5 5 23 19 16 60
4 Sporting Braga 33 17 6 10 59 39 16 9 4 3 30 19 17 8 2 7 29 20 20 57
5 Famalicão 33 14 11 8 50 48 17 7 6 4 28 26 16 7 5 4 22 22 2 53
6 Rio Ave 33 14 10 9 46 36 17 6 6 5 27 23 16 8 4 4 19 13 10 52
7 Vitória SC 33 13 10 10 51 36 17 8 4 5 27 15 16 5 6 5 24 21 15 49
8 Moreirense 33 10 13 10 41 42 16 6 6 4 22 18 17 4 7 6 19 24 -1 43
9 Gil Vicente 33 11 9 13 37 41 16 7 6 3 23 18 17 4 3 10 14 23 -4 42
10 Santa Clara 33 11 9 13 34 39 16 6 3 7 16 19 17 5 6 6 18 20 -5 42
11 Boavista 33 10 9 14 28 37 16 5 4 7 15 16 17 5 5 7 13 21 -9 39
12 Marítimo 33 9 11 13 31 39 16 5 7 4 21 18 17 4 4 9 10 21 -8 38
13 Paços de Ferreira 33 11 5 17 33 49 17 6 2 9 15 22 16 5 3 8 18 27 -16 38
14 Belenenses 33 9 8 16 27 52 17 5 4 8 13 25 16 4 4 8 14 27 -25 35
15 Tondela 33 8 9 16 28 43 17 3 5 9 12 22 16 5 4 7 16 21 -15 33
16 Vitoria Setubal 33 6 13 14 25 43 16 3 7 6 13 20 17 3 6 8 12 23 -18 31
17 Portimonense 33 6 12 15 28 45 16 4 7 5 16 18 17 2 5 10 12 27 -17 30
18 Desportivo Aves 33 5 2 26 24 66 17 4 1 12 12 26 16 1 1 14 12 40 -42 17

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 Porto 33 26 4 3 73 20 17 15 1 1 44 7 16 11 3 2 29 13 53 82
2 Benfica 33 23 5 5 69 25 16 11 2 3 36 12 17 12 3 2 33 13 44 74
3 Sporting CP 33 18 6 9 48 32 17 12 1 4 25 13 16 6 5 5 23 19 16 60
4 Sporting Braga 33 17 6 10 59 39 16 9 4 3 30 19 17 8 2 7 29 20 20 57
5 Famalicão 33 14 11 8 50 48 17 7 6 4 28 26 16 7 5 4 22 22 2 53
6 Rio Ave 33 14 10 9 46 36 17 6 6 5 27 23 16 8 4 4 19 13 10 52
7 Vitória SC 33 13 10 10 51 36 17 8 4 5 27 15 16 5 6 5 24 21 15 49
8 Moreirense 33 10 13 10 41 42 16 6 6 4 22 18 17 4 7 6 19 24 -1 43
9 Gil Vicente 33 11 9 13 37 41 16 7 6 3 23 18 17 4 3 10 14 23 -4 42
10 Santa Clara 33 11 9 13 34 39 16 6 3 7 16 19 17 5 6 6 18 20 -5 42
11 Boavista 33 10 9 14 28 37 16 5 4 7 15 16 17 5 5 7 13 21 -9 39
12 Marítimo 33 9 11 13 31 39 16 5 7 4 21 18 17 4 4 9 10 21 -8 38
13 Paços de Ferreira 33 11 5 17 33 49 17 6 2 9 15 22 16 5 3 8 18 27 -16 38
14 Belenenses 33 9 8 16 27 52 17 5 4 8 13 25 16 4 4 8 14 27 -25 35
15 Tondela 33 8 9 16 28 43 17 3 5 9 12 22 16 5 4 7 16 21 -15 33
16 Vitoria Setubal 33 6 13 14 25 43 16 3 7 6 13 20 17 3 6 8 12 23 -18 31
17 Portimonense 33 6 12 15 28 45 16 4 7 5 16 18 17 2 5 10 12 27 -17 30
18 Desportivo Aves 33 5 2 26 24 66 17 4 1 12 12 26 16 1 1 14 12 40 -42 17

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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.