The Sporting CP & Sporting Braga managers E. Ferro dos Santos and C. Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Primeira Liga league table.
- Sporting CP has the most scored goals (26) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Sporting CP and Sporting Braga 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.
Sporting CP form and stats
Sporting CP, who have the most scored goals (26) in Primeira Liga, have played 5 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Sporting CP has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estádio José Alvalade. We remember; it was Porto.
It's back home for Sporting CP, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Belenenses away with the result 2-1. Tiago Tomás and João Mário found the net in that victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Farense in a game that was won 1-0.
Antonio Adán loved the game against Belenenses. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sporting CP handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, zero draws and one defeat.
Goals decide football matches and Sporting CP are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 5 league matches. Sporting CP are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio José Alvalade in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Sporting Braga form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Primeira Liga.
It's the second away game in a row for Braga, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Boavista (placed 16th) in the Primeira Liga last time out. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Rio Ave.
Braga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of three matches.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Braga are regular goalscorers on their travels. Sporting Braga have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sporting CP three wins, two draws and Sporting Braga five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Gonçalves 10 goals |   R. Horta 4 goals |  A. Šporar 3 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Sporting CP | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 21 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 64% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 83% | 64% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 67% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 18% |
| 55% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 45% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 45% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | 16.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.5 | 14.9 |
| 5.6 | 6.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| 42% | 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | 31% |
- Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting Braga have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sporting Braga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting CP has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP has the most scored goals (26) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP has the the best goal difference (+18) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP has the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP have not yet lost a game.
- Sporting CP have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting CP have scored in all their matches so far.
- Sporting CP haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting CP is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 29 |
| 2 | Benfica | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Porto | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Paços de Ferreira | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Marítimo | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 13 |
| 8 | Nacional | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 9 | Santa Clara | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Belenenses | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Famalicao | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 11 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Farense | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Boavista | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Tondela | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 9 |
| 18 | Portimonense | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 8 |