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.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sporting Braga and Santa Clara.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Last season their Taça De Portugal adventure ended in the 8th finals.Sporting Braga have been very solid at home in the Primeira Liga so far, with 15 points collected from 6 matches (5-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. On the other hand, in the Taça De Portugal, Sporting Braga has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Gil Vicente in the Primeira Liga last time out and are looking for a win here. Heartbreak before that as Braga lost 0-1 at Sporting CP's place.
A painful moment in the game against Gil Vicente was the missed penalty kick from Paulinho in the 33rd minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sporting Braga as they are travelling to their away game against Moreirense in the Primeira Liga. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Braga in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Defensively Braga have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Santa Clara form and stats
Santa was sent out of Taça De Portugal in the 8th finals last season.The visitors are W4-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga. When we have look at the Taça De Portugal statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
Two travels in a row for Santa, whose manager D. Lopes Ramos could celebrate last time after the Primeira Liga win against Rio Ave. A 1-2 loss hosting Famalicao before that.
A quick return to home after this game, as Santa Clara are hosting Belenenses in the Primeira Liga only three days away.
The visiting Santa have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Santa in these games.
Head 2 Head
Braga-Santa Clara H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Sporting Braga four wins, Santa Clara two wins, one draw. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Santos Santana 7 goals |   R. Horta 5 goals |  I. Picanço Medeiros 4 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Sporting Braga | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 55 | 27 | Scored | S | 22 | 37 | ||
| 25 | 7 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.4 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 36 |
| 2 | Porto | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 35 |
| 3 | Benfica | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | Pacos de Ferreira | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Belenenses | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 | Portimonense | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 15 |
| 13 | Tondela | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 15 |
| 14 | Nacional | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 14 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Farense | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Boavista | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 11 |