Football betting preview: Vizela vs Sporting Braga

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Vizela (3500 seats)

Playing at their own ground is secure and friendly for Vizela, but Sporting Braga are fully set and capable to go home as winners. Who wins?

Insights:
  • Vizela have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Sporting Braga could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago.

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Vizela form and stats

The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Vizela at their home stadium (Estádio Do Vizela) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. Vizela have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

A strong away win for Vizela against Estoril the last match, as Bondoso (2) were on target. Midfielder Bondoso was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.33 (out of ten) in that game. Bondoso scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Famalicao that ended 1-1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Vizela here at Estádio Do Vizela in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 14 games). 18 goals have been conceded.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

7 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sporting Braga playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season.

The fans enjoyed Sporting Braga's previous game versus Rangers, a Europa League win (1-0) played at home. Ruíz, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.65. Ruíz scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Benfica in the Primeira Liga.

The schedule is very tough for Sporting Braga now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa League game at Rangers is waiting in only four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Braga's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. 15 goals have been conceded by Sporting Braga in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sporting Braga - Vizela 4-1 was the story when these teams formerly did battle, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (Vizela wins - draws - Sporting Braga wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
15 goals
VizelaC. Dias Moreira
C. Dias Moreira
7 goals
VizelaG. Schettine Guimarães
G. Schettine Guimarães
6 goals

Vizela missing players

Sporting Braga missing players

Vizela Sporting Braga
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 3 13 28
6 3 1 Won W 3 7 15
11 6 0 Drew D 0 3 7
11 5 4 Lost L 0 3 6
31 13 3 Scored S 10 21 46
46 18 10 Conceded C 2 15 28
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 89%
86% 79% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 68%
46% 21% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 46% 50%
32% 14% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 23% 29%
14% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 23% 18%
64% 57% 20% BTTS BTTS 33% 54% 50%
7% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 39%
32% 36% 80% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 21%
 
5.6 6.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 3.9 4.5
6.1 5.4 7.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 5.1 4.6
3 2.6 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 2.5
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
14 15.9 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 9.8 13.2
3.8 3.9 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.8 4.7
29% 24% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 43% 35%
 
14 11.7 12.6 Shots against (avg) S A 9 12.3 10.5
4.5 3.9 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 4.2 3.4
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Vizela have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vizela haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Porto 28 24 4 0 71 19 14 12 2 0 37 9 14 12 2 0 34 10 52 76
2 Sporting CP 28 22 4 2 56 17 14 12 1 1 26 5 14 10 3 1 30 12 39 70
3 Benfica 28 19 4 5 70 28 14 9 2 3 33 14 14 10 2 2 37 14 42 61
4 Sporting Braga 28 15 7 6 46 28 15 8 4 3 25 13 13 7 3 3 21 15 18 52
5 Gil Vicente 28 12 10 6 39 28 14 5 5 4 20 16 14 7 5 2 19 12 11 46
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 28 11 6 11 38 37 13 7 2 4 24 18 15 4 4 7 14 19 1 39
7 Estoril 28 8 10 10 32 34 14 3 6 5 18 19 14 5 4 5 14 15 -2 34
8 Maritimo 28 8 9 11 32 37 14 3 6 5 15 15 14 5 3 6 17 22 -5 33
9 Pacos de Ferreira 28 8 9 11 25 34 14 4 5 5 16 19 14 4 4 6 9 15 -9 33
10 Santa Clara 28 7 10 11 30 46 14 6 5 3 18 21 14 1 5 8 12 25 -16 31
11 Boavista 28 5 15 8 33 41 14 3 9 2 18 16 14 2 6 6 15 25 -8 30
12 Portimonense 28 7 8 13 26 34 14 2 4 8 11 19 14 5 4 5 15 15 -8 29
13 Vizela 28 6 11 11 31 46 14 3 6 5 13 18 14 3 5 6 18 28 -15 29
14 Famalicao 28 6 10 12 34 43 14 3 6 5 14 16 14 3 4 7 20 27 -9 28
15 Arouca 28 6 8 14 27 49 14 4 2 8 13 28 14 2 6 6 14 21 -22 26
16 Tondela 28 7 4 17 36 55 14 4 2 8 20 27 14 3 2 9 16 28 -19 25
17 Belenenses 28 4 9 15 17 46 14 4 3 7 12 26 14 0 6 8 5 20 -29 21
18 Moreirense 28 4 8 16 24 45 14 3 3 8 15 20 14 1 5 8 9 25 -21 20

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.