Primeira Liga: Sporting Braga expected to win home game against Santa Clara

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Fri 25.September
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

After the first game it's Sporting Braga - Santa Clara 0-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second Primeira Liga game of the season?

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

No payout for Braga in their previous match, an away game at Porto that ended in defeat 1-3. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Porto in a game that was won 2-1.

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 Braga home games with this odds we find 19 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in twelve wins, four draws and three defeats. Looking at the victories, seven matches were won by at least two goals.

Last season, Sporting Braga's league statistics were 18 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Primeira Liga. Over these 34 matches they scored 61 goals and conceded 40. Playing at home last season Sporting Braga managed 10-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 20 conceded.

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Santa Clara form and stats

Santa had fun at their own home (Estádio Municipal de Braga) last time out, beating Maritimo 2-0. Thiago Santana (2) scored. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Vitoria Guimaraes.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Santa played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.

Let's have a look at how Santa Clara performed last season in the Primeira Liga: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 10 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 18/20 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Braga four wins, one draw and Santa Clara one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Santa ClaraT. Santos Santana
T. Santos Santana
2 goals
BragaA. de Castro Pereira
A. de Castro Pereira
1 goals

Sporting Braga missing players

Santa Clara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Braga Santa Clara
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 12
1 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 5
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
Sporting Braga Last season Santa Clara
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
18 10   Won W   5 11
6 4   Drew D   6 10
10 3   Lost L   6 13
61 32   Scored S   18 36
40 20   Conceded C   20 41
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
74% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 65%
56% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 35%
38% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 21%
15% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
56% 59%   BTTS BTTS   41% 41%
24% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 29%
24% 18%   Failed to Score F T   35% 35%
 
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   2.2 2.2
6 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
541 304   Total Shots T S   133 374
192 108   Shots on Target S O   48 118
32% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 31%

  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 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Porto 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Moreirense 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Santa Clara 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Belenenses 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Boavista 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
7 Nacional 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Rio Ave 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Tondela 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Sporting Braga 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Farense 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Famalicao 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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 Maritimo 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

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 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Porto 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Moreirense 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Santa Clara 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Belenenses 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Boavista 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
7 Nacional 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Rio Ave 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Tondela 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Sporting Braga 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Farense 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Famalicao 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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.