National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sporting Braga or Santa Clara that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had sufficient rest since their previous game. Let's hope for an in-your-face match!
Sporting Braga form and stats
Sporting Braga have collected 8 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 2-2-1.
Sporting Braga are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-6 away versus Benfica. Braga were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Ricardo Horta, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the declared top performer for the side in that game, earning a rating of 7.83 (out of 10). Horta scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).
Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Ludogorets.Braga are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 15 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won eleven, drew three and lost one.
Sporting Braga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal de Braga with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Sporting Braga have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Santa Clara form and stats
They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Santa Clara have produced an overall stat of 0-1-4 so far. Three has not been a lucky number for Santa Clara as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Vizela match.
The manager N. Carvalho Campos was unhappy after their last game, a Primeira Liga match played at their home ground Estádio de São Miguel. Santa suffered a 0-3 loss to Porto. Santa goalie Ricardo was glad for a splendid day at work versus Porto, but even with managing seven saves the loss could not be stopped. Ricardo was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.64. The agile goalkeeper Ricardo stopped the opponent with seven saves.
A 1-2 defeat away at Belenenses before that.You'll want to know how Santa Clara managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found six similar matches resulting in one away win, zero draws and five home wins.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Santa manager N. Carvalho Campos has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these participants: Braga won six, Santa Clara were winners in two and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 5 goals |  I. Picanço Medeiros 4 goals |  W. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno 2 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Sporting Braga | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Scored | S | 12 | 28 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 14.6 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 8.2 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 29 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Benfica | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 28 |
| 4 | Estoril | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Tondela | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Pacos de Ferreira | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Boavista | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 11 |
| 12 | Famalicão | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Arouca | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Vizela | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Belenenses | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 6 |