Estádio Municipal de Braga: Sporting Braga vs Vitória SC Primeira Liga preview

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Thu 25.June
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

Sporting Braga perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Vitória SC can look both up and down from their 7th position.

Sporting Braga and Vitória SC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

7 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Sporting Braga have to build on here at Estádio Municipal de Braga in the Primeira Liga.

Braga are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 214 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Trincao).

The home team returns to Estádio Municipal de Braga after being equal after 90 minutes with Famalicão (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Primeira Liga game ended 0-0. Before that game, the home loss against Boavista with the scoreline 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sporting Braga handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and one defeat.

A decent goal production from Braga in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Vitória SC form and stats

As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Vitória SC have produced an overall stat of 4-6-3 so far. With three draws in a row for Vitória the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

There were no winners in Vitória's previous match, a Primeira Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Moreirense (placed 10th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Belenenses that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Vitória have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were zero victories, one draw and three defeats.

Vitória SC are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 13 away games so far. 16 goals have been conceded by Vitória in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Vitória SC - Sporting Braga 0-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Braga wins - draws - Vitória SC wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BragaJ. Dias Fernandes
J. Dias Fernandes
9 goals
Vitória SCJ. Vilaça Teixeira
J. Vilaça Teixeira
8 goals
Sporting BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
7 goals

Sporting Braga missing players

Vitória SC missing players

Sporting Braga Vitória SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 13 27
14 7 3 Won W 1 4 10
5 3 1 Drew D 1 6 10
8 3 1 Lost L 2 3 7
43 22 10 Scored S 9 21 44
30 16 5 Conceded C 7 16 29
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
70% 77% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 85%
52% 62% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 46% 41%
33% 54% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 26%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 11%
52% 54% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 56%
26% 23% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 30%
26% 23% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 23% 19%
 
6.5 7.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 7.8 7.8
4.2 4.5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.5 4.1
2.8 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2.2
5 1 1 Red cards R C 2 2 5
 
438 233 91 Total Shots T S 63 206 423
154 84 39 Shots on Target S O 21 69 134
28% 26% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 30% 33%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • 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.
  • Vitória SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Benfica 27 20 4 3 56 17 13 9 2 2 28 7 14 11 2 1 28 10 39 64
2 Porto 27 20 4 3 52 18 13 11 1 1 27 6 14 9 3 2 25 12 34 64
3 Sporting CP 27 15 4 8 42 28 14 10 0 4 22 12 13 5 4 4 20 16 14 49
4 Sporting Braga 27 14 5 8 43 30 13 7 3 3 22 16 14 7 2 5 21 14 13 47
5 Famalicão 27 12 8 7 43 42 14 7 4 3 25 22 13 5 4 4 18 20 1 44
6 Rio Ave 27 11 8 8 36 28 14 4 5 5 19 17 13 7 3 3 17 11 8 41
7 Vitória SC 27 10 10 7 44 29 14 6 4 4 23 13 13 4 6 3 21 16 15 40
8 Boavista 27 9 8 10 23 25 14 4 4 6 14 15 13 5 4 4 9 10 -2 35
9 Santa Clara 27 9 8 10 25 31 14 5 3 6 13 18 13 4 5 4 12 13 -6 35
10 Moreirense 27 8 10 9 36 34 13 6 3 4 20 16 14 2 7 5 16 18 2 34
11 Gil Vicente 27 7 9 11 27 35 13 4 6 3 16 16 14 3 3 8 11 19 -8 30
12 Vitória FC 27 6 12 9 21 33 13 3 7 3 9 13 14 3 5 6 12 20 -12 30
13 Belenenses 27 8 6 13 23 41 13 4 3 6 10 20 14 4 3 7 13 21 -18 30
14 Tondela 27 7 8 12 22 32 13 2 5 6 9 15 14 5 3 6 13 17 -10 29
15 Marítimo 27 6 10 11 25 35 14 4 6 4 19 18 13 2 4 7 6 17 -10 28
16 Paços de Ferreira 27 8 4 15 23 38 14 5 2 7 12 15 13 3 2 8 11 23 -15 28
17 Portimonense 27 3 12 12 20 37 13 2 7 4 11 14 14 1 5 8 9 23 -17 21
18 Desportivo Aves 27 4 2 21 23 51 14 3 1 10 11 21 13 1 1 11 12 30 -28 14

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.