National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Benfica or Sporting Braga that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Taça De Portugal. Sporting CP was too strong.Benfica have been very solid at home in the Primeira Liga so far, with 21 points collected from 8 matches (7-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. Benfica haven’t lost a game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Porto, 116 days ago. After failing to beat Porto here at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Benfica has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
Benfica's last game was hosting Famalicao and winning 4-0. Ahead of that match, Benfica won a home game hosting Zenit (3-0).
As mentioned above, Benfica "killed" Famalicao in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Benfica home games with this odds we find two games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Benfica as they are travelling to their away game against Vitoria Setubal in the League Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Benfica are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in their league games, having scored an impressive 22 goals in 8 matches. Defensively Benfica have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Sporting Braga was sent out of Taça De Portugal in the semi-finals last season, when Porto turned out to be too strong.Sporting Braga have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 2-1-4 (7 played).
Sporting Braga failed to get anything from their last game, a Primeira Liga home match vs Paços de Ferreira that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that game was the away Europa League victory against Slovan Bratislava with the score of 4-2.
You'll want to know how Sporting Braga managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 1 home win.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sporting Braga manager Sá Pinto as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Paços de Ferreira.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sporting Braga as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Sporting Braga have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Benfica won 9, Sporting Braga won 0 and 1 draw. 8 games with over 2,5 goals, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
Pizzi
11 goals
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Carlos Vinícius
10 goals
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Paulinho
4 goals
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Benfica missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Benfica | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 59 | 33 | Scored | S | 20 | 40 | ||
| 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 371 | 185 | Total Shots | T S | 175 | 364 | ||
| 132 | 66 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 131 | ||
| 45% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 32 | 39 |
| 2 | Porto | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | Famalicao | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Vitoria Setubal | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Boavista | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Tondela | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Moreirense | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 14 | Maritimo | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -15 | 6 |