Preview: 21 points stand between the teams up until now, Sporting Braga the superior team. Can Tondela pull off a surprise?
- Tondela have the most conceded goals (44) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting Braga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. That game was also an away game, at Sheriff. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Tondela form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Tondela have to build on here at Estádio João Cardoso in the Primeira Liga. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Tondela, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Tondela are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Estoril.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Benfica (1-3).The Tondela fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. Tondela have conceded 23 goals in these home games, a significant number. When Tondela hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Pacos de Ferreira, Belenenses, Famalicao, Arouca and Moreirense), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Sporting Braga form and stats
As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Sporting Braga have produced an overall stat of 5-2-3 so far.
Medeiros, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.15. Medeiros hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 46 total).
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Pacos de Ferreira in the Primeira Liga.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sheriff in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Sporting Braga's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Sporting Braga in these games.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Braga - Tondela 3-1 was the story when these squads formerly did battle, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - zero - nine (Tondela wins - draws - Sporting Braga wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 13 goals |   J. Almeida Machado 7 goals |  J. Boselli Graf 5 goals |
Tondela missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Tondela | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 29 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 17 | 39 |
| 44 | 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 91% |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 73% |
| 73% | 91% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 55% |
| 36% | 45% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 30% | 32% |
| 18% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 30% | 18% |
| 64% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 40% | 41% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 18% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9.5 | 11.5 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.5 | 13.4 |
| 4 | 4.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 47% | 37% |
| 16 | 15.4 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 12.9 | 10.5 |
| 6.6 | 6.5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
- Sporting Braga have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Tondela have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tondela have the most conceded goals (44) in Primeira Liga
- Tondela 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 | Porto | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 41 | 60 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 28 | 54 |
| 3 | Benfica | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 38 | 50 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Estoril | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Maritimo | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Portimonense | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 24 |
| 11 | Vizela | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | -13 | 23 |
| 12 | Boavista | 22 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 21 |
| 13 | Pacos de Ferreira | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 21 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Tondela | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -15 | 20 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Arouca | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -22 | 18 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -27 | 15 |
