Sporting Braga vs Benfica – Preview, Tips and Odds

Portugal: Taça De Portugal

Braga

Full Time

1:1

Benfica

Highlights and Stats

Estádio Municipal de Braga will be the venue of the Portuguese Cup quarter-final meeting between Sporting Braga and Benfica that will unfold on Thursday.

Sporting Braga vs Benfica Head to Head

Team	Last Game 2022/12/30	Last 20 Games
Braga	win	? Whome Whome Laway Whome Lhome Waway Waway Laway Lhome Lhome Laway Lhome Laway Lhome Laway Laway Lhome Laway Waway Whome
Benfica	loss	? Laway Laway Whome Laway Waway Lhome Lhome Whome Waway Waway Whome Waway Whome Waway Whome Whome Waway Whome Lhome Laway

Worth Mentioning

The outcome of their latest encounter was a win for Braga, with a score of 3:0 at home. The two teams faced each other on 30th of December 2022. Sporting Braga are currently on a run of two back-to-back victories in the H2H clashes. Playing on home soil had little effect on the outcomes of the previous 10 encounters between the sides, which concluded in 5 home wins and 5 away wins. No draw has been registered across the previous 10 matches. Two of the previous five games saw both sides hit the back of the nets, and three finished with over 2.5 goals. Over this span of time, Braga proved successful in keeping two clean sheets, whereas Benfica prevented their opponents from scoring in one of the games. The two sides did not shy away from scoring in the latest matches, hitting the back of the net 19 times across the previous five games.

Sporting Braga vs Benfica Last Games Averages

*Average Metrics based on available data from last 20 games

BragaBenfica

• Goals

  1.25

  2.45

• Fouls

  13.44

  13.63

• Corners

  4.38

  4.56

• Offsides

  2.50

  2.63

• Cards

  3.31

  2.69

• Posession

  44%

  56%

2022/12/30 Portuguese Liga

HBragaBenfica

• Goals

  3

  0

• Fouls

  11

  13

• Corners

  4

  8

• Offsides

  0

  2

• Cards

  1

  3

• Posession

  37%

  63%

2022/04/01 Portuguese Liga

HBragaBenfica

• Goals

  3

  2

• Fouls

  15

  7

• Corners

  2

  9

• Offsides

  1

  3

• Cards

  2

  1

• Posession

  37%

  63%

2021/11/07 Portuguese Liga

BragaHBenfica

• Goals

  1

  6

• Fouls

  12

  13

• Corners

  6

  2

• Offsides

  2

  8

• Cards

  2

  3

• Posession

  38%

  62%

2021/05/23 Cup

HBragaBenfica

• Goals

  2

  0

• Fouls

  24

  9

• Corners

  5

  3

• Offsides

  4

  0

• Cards

  5

  8

• Posession

  48%

  52%

2021/03/21 Portuguese Liga

HBragaBenfica

• Goals

  0

  2

• Fouls

  9

  17

• Corners

  2

  1

• Offsides

  3

  5

• Cards

  4

  4

• Posession

  39%

  61%

2020/11/08 Portuguese Liga

BragaHBenfica

• Goals

  3

  2

• Fouls

  13

  13

• Corners

  3

  5

• Offsides

  0

  3

• Cards

  3

  1

• Posession

  41%

  59%

2020/02/15 Portuguese Liga

BragaHBenfica

• Goals

  1

  0

• Fouls

  16

  21

• Corners

  6

  3

• Offsides

  4

  8

• Cards

  8

  2

• Posession

  46%

  54%

2019/12/18 Cup

BragaHBenfica

• Goals

  1

  2

• Fouls

  no data

• Corners

  no data

• Offsides

  no data

• Cards

  no data

• Posession

  no data

2019/09/01 Portuguese Liga

HBragaBenfica

• Goals

  0

  4

• Fouls

  11

  15

• Corners

  4

  5

• Offsides

  0

  0

• Cards

  2

  1

• Posession

  48%

  52%

2019/04/28 Portuguese Liga

HBragaBenfica

• Goals

  1

  4

• Fouls

  14

  16

• Corners

  5

  5

• Offsides

  3

  2

• Cards

  4

  6

• Posession

  41%

  59%

2018/12/23 Portuguese Liga

BragaHBenfica

• Goals

  2

  6

• Fouls

  17

  15

• Corners

  2

  8

• Offsides

  3

  2

• Cards

  3

  1

• Posession

  45%

  55%

2018/01/13 Portuguese Liga

HBragaBenfica

• Goals

  1

  3

• Fouls

  14

  13

• Corners

  4

  2

• Offsides

  3

  1

• Cards

  2

  3

• Posession

  49%

  51%

2017/08/09 Portuguese Liga

BragaHBenfica

• Goals

  1

  3

• Fouls

  18

  13

• Corners

  2

  6

• Offsides

  2

  1

• Cards

  3

  2

• Posession

  40%

  60%

2017/02/19 Portuguese Liga

HBragaBenfica

• Goals

  0

  1

• Fouls

  17

  25

• Corners

  7

  3

• Offsides

  4

  2

• Cards

  3

  3

• Posession

  45%

  55%

2016/09/19 Portuguese Liga

BragaHBenfica

• Goals

  1

  3

• Fouls

  12

  9

• Corners

  9

  5

• Offsides

  3

  2

• Cards

  4

  0

• Posession

  43%

  57%

2016/04/01 Portuguese Liga

BragaHBenfica

• Goals

  1

  5

• Fouls

  12

  19

• Corners

  4

  4

• Offsides

  4

  0

• Cards

  4

  2

• Posession

  45%

  55%

2015/11/30 Portuguese Liga

HBragaBenfica

• Goals

  0

  2

• Fouls

  0

  0

• Corners

  5

  4

• Offsides

  4

  3

• Cards

  3

  3

• Posession

  60%

  40%

2015/03/14 Portuguese Liga

BragaHBenfica

• Goals

  0

  2

• Fouls

  no data

• Corners

  no data

• Offsides

  no data

• Cards

  no data

• Posession

  no data

2014/12/18 Cup

BragaHBenfica

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  no data

• Corners

  no data

• Offsides

  no data

• Cards

  no data

• Posession

  no data

2014/10/26 Portuguese Liga

HBragaBenfica

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  no data

• Corners

  no data

• Offsides

  no data

• Cards

  no data

• Posession

  no data

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Sporting Braga Form

Sporting Braga recorded a comprehensive 4:1 home win in a clash against Famalico of the Primeira Liga played on February 5. Regardless of whether they were hosting or visiting, the teams involved in Braga’s recent 10 encounters did not gain a considerable advantage. All in all, the hosts succeeded in recording six victories, and the visitors registered four. For the last 10 matches, there were no draws recorded by the team. Out of the last five Braga’s clashes, four produced over 2.5 goals and three witnessed goals at both ends. Within this timeframe, they were able to keep one clean sheet, and the team failed to score in just one encounter. The preceding 5 meetings of the team concluded with a lot of goals as the players netted 19 in total. 

• Goals
  2.20
• Fouls
  10.30
• Corners
  6.00
• Offsides
  1.50
• Cards
  3.30
• Posession
  41%

Benfica Form

In their previous match, Benfica met Casa Pia on Saturday, and it ended in a 3:0 home win. The team is presently on a streak of four consecutive victories and has not sustained a single loss in its previous seven games. Playing on homeground had no considerable impact in Benfica’s last ten meetings, as the hosts recorded 4 wins while the guests triumphed on 5 occasions. When we take a look at the last five encounters of the Eagles, we see that four ended with more than 2.5 goals, and one saw the two involved teams scoring. Throughout these, Benfica managed to keep four clean sheets and scored at least one goal in all five. Over the course of the team’s previous five encounters, the sides scored an average of 3 goals. 

• Goals
  2.40
• Fouls
  14.50
• Corners
  7.20
• Offsides
  2.90
• Cards
  1.40
• Posession
  64%

Formations and Lineups

Braga

Formation:4-2-3-1

• G1Matheus
• D2Victor Gómez
• D3Vítor Tormena
• D4Sikou Niakaté
• D6Nuno Sequeira
• M8Mutassim Al Musrati
• M19Uroš Račić
• M45Iuri Medeiros
• M22Pizzi
• M10André Horta
• F9Abel Ruíz

1 Matheus 2 Victor Gómez 3 Vítor Tormena 4 Sikou Niakaté 6 Nuno Sequeira 8 Mutassim Al Musrati 19 Uroš Račić 45 Iuri Medeiros 22 Pizzi 10 André Horta 9 Abel Ruíz

Benfica

Formation:4-2-3-1

• G99Odysseas Vlachodimos
• D6Alexander Bah
• D66António Silva
• D30Nicolás Otamendi
• D3Alejandro Grimaldo
• M61Florentino Luís
• M22Chiquinho
• M20João Mário
• M7David Neres
• M8Fredrik Aursnes
• F15Gonçalo Guedes

99 Odysseas Vlachodimos 6 Alexander Bah 66 António Silva 30 Nicolás Otamendi 3 Alejandro Grimaldo 61 Florentino Luís 22 Chiquinho 20 João Mário 7 David Neres 8 Fredrik Aursnes 15 Gonçalo Guedes

Popular Markets

This is a list of some of the most popular markets and their winning ratio for the last 10 games - head to head and for the respective teams individually. The probability column is an average calculation based ONLY on statistical data with the Head2Head column having a slight advantage.

	Last H2H	Last Braga	Last Benfica	Probability	Value Odds Over
Braga WIN	5/10	9/10	-	50.56%	1.98
DRAW	0/10	0/10	1/10	2.23%	44.83
Benfica WIN	5/10	-	8/10	47.21%	2.12
Over 2.5 Goals	7/10	8/10	7/10	73.00%	1.37
BTTS	5/10	5/10	2/10	41.00%	2.44
Over 4.5 Cards	5/9	8/10	2/10	52.22%	1.91
Over 10.5 Corners	2/9	5/10	5/10	38.89%	2.57
Braga over 1.5 Goals	4/10	7/10	-	53.50%	1.87
Benfica over 1.5 Goals	7/10	-	8/10	74.50%	1.34

Match Details

BragavsBenfica

• 120+1`
  

  (in) Lucas Verissimo(out) Chiquinho
• 120`
  

  Morato
• 115`
  

  Morato
• 112`
  S. Banza

  
• 111`
  

  O. Vlachodimos
• 106`
  P. Oliveira

  
• 101`
  (in) P. Oliveira(out) S. Niakate

  
• 101`
  Tormena

  
• 92`
  S. Niakate

  
• 91`
  

  (in) Rafa Silva(out) G. Ramos
• 88`
  A. Castro

  
• 85`
  (in) A. Djalo(out) A. Ruiz

  
• 84`
  (in) A. Castro(out) A. Horta

  
• 83`
  

  N. Otamendi
• 67`
  (in) R. Horta(out) I. Medeiros

  
• 59`
  (in) S. Banza(out) U. Racic

  
• 55`
  U. Racic

  
• 46`
  (in) Bruma(out) Pizzi

  
• 46`
  

  (in) G. Ramos(out) D. Neres
• 46`
  

  (in) Morato(out) Florentino
• 36`
  Al Musrati

  

  1 - 1
• 33`
  

  (in) Gilberto(out) G. Guedes
• 30`
  

  A. Bah
• 15`
  0 - 1

  

  G. GuedesD. Neres

Players Ratings

BragavsBenfica

• 

  8Mutassim Al Musrati

  8.7 / 10

• 

  2Victor Gómez

  7.3 / 10

• 

  10André Horta

  7.3 / 10

• 

  1Matheus

  7 / 10

• 

  3Vítor Tormena

  6.9 / 10

• 

  4Sikou Niakaté

  6.9 / 10

• 

  45Iuri Medeiros

  6.9 / 10

• 

  6Nuno Sequeira

  6.7 / 10

• 

  27Bruma

  6.7 / 10

• 

  15Paulo Oliveira

  6.6 / 10

• 

  88André Castro

  6.6 / 10

• 

  21Ricardo Horta

  6.6 / 10

• 

  14Álvaro Djaló

  6.5 / 10

• 

  19Uroš Račić

  6.3 / 10

• 

  22Pizzi

  6.3 / 10

• 

  9Abel Ruíz

  6.2 / 10

• 

  23Simon Banza

  6.2 / 10

• 

  66António Silva

  7.9 / 10

• 

  22Chiquinho

  7.9 / 10

• 

  20João Mário

  7.9 / 10

• 

  99Odysseas Vlachodimos

  7.3 / 10

• 

  15Gonçalo Guedes

  7.3 / 10

• 

  30Nicolás Otamendi

  6.9 / 10

• 

  91Felipe Morato

  6.9 / 10

• 

  3Alejandro Grimaldo

  6.7 / 10

• 

  7David Neres

  6.6 / 10

• 

  8Fredrik Aursnes

  6.6 / 10

• 

  2Gilberto

  6.6 / 10

• 

  88Gonçalo Ramos

  6.6 / 10

• 

  61Florentino Luís

  6.3 / 10

• 

  27Rafa Silva

  6.3 / 10

• 

  6Alexander Bah

  5.2 / 10