Sporting Braga - Sporting CP: Small difference between teams in Primeira Liga clash

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

It's the second chance for points this season as Sporting Braga and Sporting CP battle it out at Estádio Municipal de Braga.

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

Last season, Sporting Braga's league statistics were 19 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Primeira Liga. Over these 34 matches they scored 53 goals and conceded 33. Playing at home last season Sporting Braga managed 11-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 15 conceded.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Braga, as their goalkeeper Matheus Lima Magalhaes has completely shut out the opponents for 183 minutes in the Primeira Liga.

Braga enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Maritimo's place. The match ended 2-0 with Ricardo Horta and Raúl Silva scoring. Raúl Silva was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.0 out of 10. The defender Silva scored one goal and won 6 of 6 duels.

A Super Cup defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Sporting CP.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Braga have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost zero.

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Sporting CP form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sporting CP performed last season in the Primeira Liga: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 26 victories, 7 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 65 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 13 - drew 3 and lost 1 with 31/10 goals scored/conceded.

Sporting CP had fun at their own home (Estádio Municipal de Braga) last time out, beating Vizela 3-0. Pedro Gonçalves (2) and Paulinho scored. The attacker Paulinho got a match rating of 8.42 in that game. Paulinho scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Sporting Braga in the Super Cup.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sporting CP playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Sporting CP win, two draws and one defeat.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CPP. Pereira Gonçalves
P. Pereira Gonçalves
2 goals
Sporting BragaR. Melo da Silva
R. Melo da Silva
1 goals
Sporting BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
1 goals

Sporting Braga missing players

Sporting CP missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Braga Sporting CP
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
0 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%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
40% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 60%
Sporting Braga Last season Sporting CP
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
19 11   Won W   13 26
7 3   Drew D   3 7
8 3   Lost L   1 1
53 27   Scored S   31 65
33 15   Conceded C   10 20
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
71% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 76%
53% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 38%
24% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 24%
9% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
50% 53%   BTTS BTTS   35% 41%
32% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   65% 59%
24% 18%   Failed to Score F T   6% 3%
 
5.9 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.9
3.7 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.3
1.8 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.6
5 1   Red cards R C   3 3
 
13.8 15.9   Shots (avg) S (   13.3 13.7
4.7 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.6
33% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 41%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Estoril 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Sporting Braga 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Benfica 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Belenenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Boavista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Famalicao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gil Vicente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Pacos de Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Portimonense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Santa Clara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Tondela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Vitoria Guimaraes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Moreirense 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Arouca 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Vizela 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 Sporting CP 34 26 7 1 65 20 17 13 4 0 34 10 17 13 3 1 31 10 45 85
2 Porto 34 24 8 2 74 29 17 13 3 1 40 15 17 11 5 1 34 14 45 80
3 Benfica 34 23 7 4 69 27 17 12 3 2 31 15 17 11 4 2 38 12 42 76
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 7 8 53 33 17 11 3 3 27 15 17 8 4 5 26 18 20 64
5 Pacos de Ferreira 34 15 8 11 40 41 17 10 3 4 23 19 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 53
6 Santa Clara 34 13 7 14 44 36 17 7 5 5 26 16 17 6 2 9 18 20 8 46
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 12 7 15 37 44 17 7 1 9 21 27 17 5 6 6 16 17 -7 43
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 37 43 17 4 10 3 24 23 17 6 3 8 13 20 -6 43
9 Famalicao 34 10 10 14 40 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 17 6 3 8 21 24 -8 40
10 Belenenses 34 9 13 12 25 35 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 3 8 6 10 17 -10 40
11 Gil Vicente 34 11 6 17 33 42 17 4 4 9 13 20 17 7 2 8 20 22 -9 39
12 Tondela 34 10 6 18 36 57 17 8 2 7 18 21 17 2 4 11 18 36 -21 36
13 Boavista 34 8 12 14 39 49 17 5 4 8 17 22 17 3 8 6 22 27 -10 36
14 Portimonense 34 9 8 17 34 41 17 6 5 6 20 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -7 35
15 Maritimo 34 10 5 19 27 47 17 5 3 9 10 21 17 5 2 10 17 26 -20 35
16 Rio Ave 34 7 13 14 25 40 17 4 6 7 12 18 17 3 7 7 13 22 -15 34
17 Farense 34 7 10 17 31 48 17 4 6 7 19 20 17 3 4 10 12 28 -17 31
18 Nacional 34 6 7 21 30 59 17 4 3 10 19 30 17 2 4 11 11 29 -29 25

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 Sporting CP 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Estoril 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Sporting Braga 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Benfica 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Belenenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Boavista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Famalicao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gil Vicente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Pacos de Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Portimonense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Santa Clara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Tondela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Vitoria Guimaraes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Moreirense 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Arouca 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Vizela 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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.