Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sporting CP & Sporting Braga face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Super Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Sporting CP form and stats
Sporting CP participated in Super Cup the last season, where they reached the final.Home games in the Primeira Liga have been a walk in the park for Sporting CP so far, with 43 points won from 17 matches; 13 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. The Sporting CP fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estádio Municipal de Aveiro and will expect new points from this game. Sporting CP has played 26 games in a row here without a defeat.
The Sporting CP supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Maritimo in Primeira Liga and win 5-1. Attacking player Pedro Gonçalves bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 9.32 out of 10. Gonçalves scored three goals, hit three key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 38 total). As mentioned above, Sporting CP "killed" Maritimo in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Pedro Gonçalves was absolutely essential when Sporting CP beat Maritimo 5-1, scoring three goals.
Prior to that, an away loss at Benfica in the Primeira Liga.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (34 in 17 games), Sporting CP's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Sporting CP have conceded only 10 goals.
Sporting Braga form and stats
As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Sporting Braga have produced an overall stat of 8-4-5 so far. Braga has drawn their two previous away games.
Lucas Piazón and Ricardo Horta scored in Braga's previous match, the home game against Benfica that ended 2-0. A heroic performance from Sporting Braga in their game against Benfica last time out. Things got complicated when Lucas Piazón was sent off in the 90th minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 2-0 victory!
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Benfica.The travelling fans enjoy Braga's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 17 league matches away. As opposed to that, Braga have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Sporting CP victories, one draw and four Sporting Braga wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Sporting CP missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Sporting CP | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 43 | 28 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 71% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.3 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 65 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 45 | 85 |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 74 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 45 | 80 |
| 3 | Benfica | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 42 | 76 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 64 |
| 5 | Pacos de Ferreira | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -1 | 53 |
| 6 | Santa Clara | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 46 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 43 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 43 |
| 9 | Famalicão | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 24 | -8 | 40 |
| 10 | Belenenses | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 40 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 22 | -9 | 39 |
| 12 | Tondela | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 57 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 36 | -21 | 36 |
| 13 | Boavista | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 49 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 27 | -10 | 36 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 24 | -7 | 35 |
| 15 | Maritimo | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 26 | -20 | 35 |
| 16 | Rio Ave | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 25 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -15 | 34 |
| 17 | Farense | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 28 | -17 | 31 |
| 18 | Nacional | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 59 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 29 | -29 | 25 |