Sporting Braga fights Sporting CP in Primeira Liga battle

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Date: Sun 02.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

Sporting Braga and Sporting CP are both riding high in the Primeira Liga with their 5th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Primeira Liga match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Moreirense.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Sporting Braga have to build on here at Estádio Municipal de Braga in the Primeira Liga. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Sporting Braga has won their last four matches.

A good away victory last time out for Sporting Braga, who won 2-1 against Moreirense (placed 14th). Before that, Sporting Braga had a League Cup home game versus Porto which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sporting Braga handle that role? We have found one game in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are Wone-Dzero-Lzero.

Sporting Braga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal de Braga with 13 goals in 8 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Sporting CP form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga. Momentum is building for Sporting CP in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Sporting CP had fun at their own home (Estádio Municipal de Braga) last time out, beating Marítimo 1-0. Cristian Borja scored. A 1-2 defeat away at Sporting Braga before that.

We have checked recent matches where Sporting CP have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were Wzero-Dtwo-Ltwo.

Sporting CP has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 9 games. Sporting CP have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sporting Braga and Sporting CP have met before this season: Sporting CP - Sporting Braga 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Sporting Braga victories, two draws and four Sporting CP wins. six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting BragaJ. Dias Fernandes
J. Dias Fernandes
8 goals
Sporting CPL. Luciano Silva
L. Luciano Silva
6 goals
Sporting BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
4 goals

Sporting Braga missing players

Sporting CP missing players

Sporting Braga Sporting CP
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 0 9 18
9 4 1 Won W 0 5 10
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 2
6 2 1 Lost L 0 2 6
29 13 4 Scored S 0 16 29
21 11 6 Conceded C 0 9 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
78% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 78% 78%
50% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 56% 56%
28% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 33%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
50% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 61%
22% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 28%
28% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 11%
 
6.7 7.6 7.3 Corners For (avg) C F 0 6.2 5.8
3.8 3.4 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 3.3 3.6
2.9 2.4 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 3.1 3.1
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
302 155 43 Total Shots T S 0 124 268
103 50 11 Shots on Target S O 0 35 80
28% 26% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 46% 36%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Braga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sporting Braga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sporting CP haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 19 18 0 1 47 8 10 9 0 1 27 5 9 9 0 0 20 3 39 54
2 Porto 18 14 2 2 37 12 9 8 0 1 21 3 9 6 2 1 16 9 25 44
3 Famalicão 19 9 5 5 33 29 9 5 2 2 19 12 10 4 3 3 14 17 4 32
4 Sporting CP 18 10 2 6 29 20 9 5 0 4 13 11 9 5 2 2 16 9 9 32
5 Sporting Braga 18 9 3 6 29 21 8 4 2 2 13 11 10 5 1 4 16 10 8 30
6 Rio Ave 19 8 5 6 24 20 10 4 3 3 15 11 9 4 2 3 9 9 4 29
7 Vitória SC 18 6 7 5 26 20 10 5 2 3 17 8 8 1 5 2 9 12 6 25
8 Vitoria Setubal 18 6 7 5 13 16 9 3 5 1 5 4 9 3 2 4 8 12 -3 25
9 Gil Vicente 18 5 7 6 18 19 9 4 5 0 13 6 9 1 2 6 5 13 -1 22
10 Boavista 18 5 7 6 14 17 9 2 4 3 8 10 9 3 3 3 6 7 -3 22
11 Tondela 18 5 5 8 17 24 9 1 3 5 5 12 9 4 2 3 12 12 -7 20
12 Santa Clara 18 5 5 8 12 20 9 2 2 5 6 12 9 3 3 3 6 8 -8 20
13 Marítimo 18 4 8 6 17 25 9 2 5 2 11 12 9 2 3 4 6 13 -8 20
14 Moreirense 18 4 6 8 22 27 9 4 2 3 15 13 9 0 4 5 7 14 -5 18
15 Belenenses 19 5 3 11 16 35 9 3 1 5 8 17 10 2 2 6 8 18 -19 18
16 Paços de Ferreira 18 4 4 10 11 24 10 3 2 5 7 10 8 1 2 5 4 14 -13 16
17 Portimonense 18 2 8 8 13 26 8 1 4 3 7 10 10 1 4 5 6 16 -13 14
18 Desportivo Aves 18 3 0 15 19 34 9 3 0 6 10 10 9 0 0 9 9 24 -15 9

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.