It's the second leg of the Taça De Portugal tie between Sporting Braga and Nacional and time to find the winner

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Competition: Portugal Taça De Portugal
Competition: Tue 25.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga (30286 seats)

Sporting Braga welcomes Nacional to this second leg of the Taça De Portugal Semi-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.

It's no vacation for neither Sporting Braga nor Nacional as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

Braga participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the round of 16.

Sporting Braga are steadily winning Liga Portugal games and points here at Estádio Municipal de Braga. 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Sporting Braga, as their goalkeeper Tiago Magalhaes Sa has completely shut out the opponents for 222 minutes in the Liga Portugal.

The home fans witnessed a 2-2 draw against Nacional in the Taça De Portugal last time out and are looking for a win here. Defender Oliveira got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Oliveira won 5 of 7 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Casa Pia and winning 1-0.

From these home matches, Sporting Braga have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Nacional form and stats

They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the 3rd round.

There's been little loot from Nacional's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the Segunda Liga. Nacional only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws.

Nacional are looking to quickly end their 481 minutes long goal drought in the Segunda Liga.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sporting Braga in their previous outing. The Taça De Portugal duel ended 2-2. The attacker Dudu got a match rating of 7.4 in that game. Dudu scored one goal.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Feirense in the Segunda Liga.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Nacional's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Sporting Braga have avoided a loss in the last 14 fixtures (11-3-0) facing Nacional.

Sporting Braga - Nacional 2-2 was the scoreline in these participants' last h2h fixture, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
11 goals
Sporting BragaS. Banza
S. Banza
10 goals
Sporting BragaI. Picanço Medeiros
I. Picanço Medeiros
9 goals

Sporting Braga missing players

Nacional missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Braga Nacional
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
17 9   Won W   3 10
3 3   Drew D   4 5
5 1   Lost L   5 10
49 25   Scored S   16 32
29 11   Conceded C   22 36
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
80% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 72%
64% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 48%
44% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 32%
28% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 12%
40% 38%   BTTS BTTS   50% 32%
48% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 32%
16% 15%   Failed to Score F T   42% 40%
 
5.3 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.3
4.2 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   7.6 6.7
2.2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
5 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
13.6 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 11.4
5.7 5.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.2
35% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 30%
 
11.3 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   14.5 13.1
3.8 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 4.5

  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 29 24 2 3 69 17 15 13 1 1 44 12 14 11 1 2 25 5 52 74
2 Porto 29 22 4 3 62 19 14 12 0 2 38 10 15 10 4 1 24 9 43 70
3 Sporting Braga 29 22 2 5 62 24 14 10 2 2 28 7 15 12 0 3 34 17 38 68
4 Sporting CP 29 19 4 6 59 27 14 11 1 2 36 8 15 8 3 4 23 19 32 61
5 Arouca 29 13 9 7 33 33 15 9 2 4 21 16 14 4 7 3 12 17 0 48
6 Famalicao 29 13 3 13 33 37 15 9 1 5 18 13 14 4 2 8 15 24 -4 42
7 Vitória SC 29 12 5 12 27 35 15 8 3 4 14 12 14 4 2 8 13 23 -8 41
8 Vizela 29 11 6 12 32 30 14 5 3 6 16 15 15 6 3 6 16 15 2 39
9 Casa Pia 29 11 6 12 27 33 15 6 3 6 15 14 14 5 3 6 12 19 -6 39
10 Chaves 29 9 10 10 29 34 14 4 5 5 16 17 15 5 5 5 13 17 -5 37
11 Boavista 29 10 7 12 36 48 15 7 5 3 21 20 14 3 2 9 15 28 -12 37
12 Rio Ave 29 9 8 12 30 35 14 7 2 5 15 11 15 2 6 7 15 24 -5 35
13 Portimonense 29 10 3 16 22 35 15 6 3 6 13 14 14 4 0 10 9 21 -13 33
14 Gil Vicente 29 8 7 14 26 34 14 4 6 4 11 11 15 4 1 10 15 23 -8 31
15 Estoril 29 7 4 18 23 45 14 4 2 8 12 23 15 3 2 10 11 22 -22 25
16 Marítimo 29 6 4 19 26 54 14 5 2 7 17 19 15 1 2 12 9 35 -28 22
17 Pacos de Ferreira 29 4 5 20 21 51 15 2 2 11 10 28 14 2 3 9 11 23 -30 17
18 Santa Clara 29 3 7 19 19 45 15 2 5 8 14 27 14 1 2 11 5 18 -26 16
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Moreirense 29 19 7 3 59 29 14 12 2 0 37 14 15 7 5 3 22 15 30 64
2 Estrela Amadora 29 14 14 1 45 25 15 8 7 0 26 13 14 6 7 1 19 12 20 56
3 Farense 29 16 6 7 48 32 15 11 4 0 32 13 14 5 2 7 16 19 16 54
4 Academico Viseu 29 13 10 6 46 37 15 8 4 3 25 18 14 5 6 3 21 19 9 49
5 Feirense 29 10 12 7 35 29 14 4 6 4 16 15 15 6 6 3 19 14 6 42
6 Vilafranquense 29 11 8 10 38 31 14 5 3 6 20 18 15 6 5 4 18 13 7 41
7 Porto II 29 11 8 10 40 35 14 5 5 4 20 10 15 6 3 6 20 25 5 41
8 Torreense 29 12 4 13 31 31 15 7 2 6 17 14 14 5 2 7 14 17 0 40
9 Tondela 29 8 15 6 32 27 15 4 7 4 16 16 14 4 8 2 16 11 5 39
10 UD Oliveirense 29 9 10 10 41 40 14 4 8 2 19 15 15 5 2 8 22 25 1 37
11 Mafra 29 9 10 10 38 43 15 5 6 4 21 19 14 4 4 6 17 24 -5 37
12 Leixoes 29 9 9 11 31 37 14 5 4 5 16 14 15 4 5 6 15 23 -6 36
13 Penafiel 29 8 11 10 32 35 14 3 7 4 16 14 15 5 4 6 16 21 -3 35
14 Benfica II 29 8 8 13 45 51 15 6 3 6 26 22 14 2 5 7 19 29 -6 32
15 Nacional 29 7 8 14 28 41 15 4 3 8 15 18 14 3 5 6 13 23 -13 29
16 Belenenses 29 7 6 16 34 54 14 1 4 9 15 28 15 6 2 7 19 26 -20 27
17 Trofense 29 6 6 17 25 47 14 4 1 9 15 26 15 2 5 8 10 21 -22 24
18 Sporting Covilha 29 5 6 18 24 48 15 3 3 9 11 22 14 2 3 9 13 26 -24 21

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Moreirense 29 19 7 3 59 29 14 12 2 0 37 14 15 7 5 3 22 15 30 64
2 Estrela Amadora 29 14 14 1 45 25 15 8 7 0 26 13 14 6 7 1 19 12 20 56
3 Farense 29 16 6 7 48 32 15 11 4 0 32 13 14 5 2 7 16 19 16 54
4 Academico Viseu 29 13 10 6 46 37 15 8 4 3 25 18 14 5 6 3 21 19 9 49
5 Feirense 29 10 12 7 35 29 14 4 6 4 16 15 15 6 6 3 19 14 6 42
6 Vilafranquense 29 11 8 10 38 31 14 5 3 6 20 18 15 6 5 4 18 13 7 41
7 Porto II 29 11 8 10 40 35 14 5 5 4 20 10 15 6 3 6 20 25 5 41
8 Torreense 29 12 4 13 31 31 15 7 2 6 17 14 14 5 2 7 14 17 0 40
9 Tondela 29 8 15 6 32 27 15 4 7 4 16 16 14 4 8 2 16 11 5 39
10 UD Oliveirense 29 9 10 10 41 40 14 4 8 2 19 15 15 5 2 8 22 25 1 37
11 Mafra 29 9 10 10 38 43 15 5 6 4 21 19 14 4 4 6 17 24 -5 37
12 Leixoes 29 9 9 11 31 37 14 5 4 5 16 14 15 4 5 6 15 23 -6 36
13 Penafiel 29 8 11 10 32 35 14 3 7 4 16 14 15 5 4 6 16 21 -3 35
14 Benfica II 29 8 8 13 45 51 15 6 3 6 26 22 14 2 5 7 19 29 -6 32
15 Nacional 29 7 8 14 28 41 15 4 3 8 15 18 14 3 5 6 13 23 -13 29
16 Belenenses 29 7 6 16 34 54 14 1 4 9 15 28 15 6 2 7 19 26 -20 27
17 Trofense 29 6 6 17 25 47 14 4 1 9 15 26 15 2 5 8 10 21 -22 24
18 Sporting Covilha 29 5 6 18 24 48 15 3 3 9 11 22 14 2 3 9 13 26 -24 21

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