Tondela vs Sporting Braga match preview

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 03.October
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio João Cardoso (5000 seats)

The Tondela manager F. Ayestarán Barandiarán attacks this game with the team placed 11th so far. In the visitors dressing room Sporting Braga and their manager C. Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal are in 17th place before this match.

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.

L D W W L

Tondela form and stats

A Primeira Liga draw at home so far for Tondela. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats from 17 matches.

Tondela are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Marítimo. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Rio Ave.

Tondela has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

L L D L W

Sporting Braga form and stats

Sporting Braga have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Primeira Liga were 8 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats from 17 fixtures.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Primeira Liga home defeat versus Santa Clara with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Porto's place.

Sporting Braga have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Tondela, zero draws and eight wins for Sporting Braga. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Tondela missing players

Sporting Braga missing players

Tondela Sporting Braga
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
2 1 0 Scored S 0 1 1
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
28 7 0 Total Shots T S 0 7 29
8 2 0 Shots on Target S O 0 1 5
25% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 20%
Tondela Last season Sporting Braga
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
9 3   Won W   8 18
9 5   Drew D   2 6
16 9   Lost L   7 10
30 12   Scored S   29 61
44 22   Conceded C   20 40
85% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
59% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 74%
38% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 56%
21% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 38%
12% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 15%
44% 47%   BTTS BTTS   53% 56%
29% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 24%
41% 35%   Failed to Score F T   29% 24%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.4 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.7
4 2   Red cards R C   5 6
 
322 173   Total Shots T S   237 541
103 52   Shots on Target S O   84 192
29% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 32%

  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 2 2 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 7 6
2 Benfica 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 6 6
3 Santa Clara 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
4 Belenenses 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Moreirense 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
6 Marítimo 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
7 Nacional 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Paços de Ferreira 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Portimonense 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Rio Ave 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Tondela 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
12 Boavista 2 0 1 1 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 3 3 -5 1
15 Vitória SC 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Farense 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Sporting Braga 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 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 Vitória SC 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 Marítimo 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 Paços 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

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.