Sporting Braga and Gil Vicente face at Estádio Municipal de Braga, in a match for the 15th round of the Primeira Liga. The history of recent head-to-head matches is favorable to the home team, which has 1 win and 2 draws in the last 3 games. The last head-to-head meeting between these two teams, on 02-08-2020, ended with a draw (2-2). In this match the home factor may be decisive, as Sporting Braga present considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.
Braga:
After 9 wins and 5 losses, the home team is currently in 4th position, with 27 points won. In their last match, they lost in an away match against Paços de Ferreira by (2‑0), after having won (2‑1) at home in the previous match, in a match against Marítimo. This is a stronger team with the support of its fans, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 8 victories and 7 losses as a visitor, with 30 goals scored and 23 suffered; against 11 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat in his stadium, with 32 goals scored and 12 suffered. In their last match, for the League Cup, they lost to Sporting CP by (1‑0). In their last 6 home games for the championship, Sporting Braga won 5 and lost 1, for which they won 15 points out of 18 possible.
In this competition, they have won the last 5 matches they played at home. His attack has scored regularly, since he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 14 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 4 times and never got the comeback. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 13 home matches for all competitions: they have conceded 4 of their 8 goals between minutes (76′ ‑ 90 ‘).
The Braga team has been making an average campaign for their goals, and this match provisionally occupies 5th place in the standings, with 27 points, one behind Paços de Ferreira, with one more match. On the last day of the Liga NOS, Carlos Carvalhal’s team lost on their visit to Paços (2-0), in a match in which they wasted good chances to open the scoring in the first half. Subsequently, Braga were defeated in the final of the League Cup last Saturday, after a clash with Sporting (1-0). Before, in the semifinals, the Minho team beat Benfica (2-1).
Gil Vicente:
After 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, the visiting team is currently in the 15th position, with 13 points won. In their last match, they lost to Marítimo at home by (0‑1), after having lost away in the previous match, in a match against Farense, by (3‑1). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses as a visitor, with 13 goals scored and 17 suffered; against 5 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats in his stadium, with 19 goals scored and 18 suffered. In his last 7 away matches for the championship, Gil Vicente registers 1 victory, 2 draws and 4 defeats, for which he won 5 points out of 21 possible. His defense has not been very strong, since he has suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but his offense has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 14 games in this tournament, he conceded the first goal 5 times and never got the comeback.
Gil Vicente has been oscillating in this edition of Liga NOS, where his main objective is maintenance. At the beginning of round 15, the team led by coach Ricardo Soares appears in 15th place in the classification table, the first above the waterline, with the same 13 points as Nacional da Madeira. In league games, Gil Vicente has three consecutive games without winning, and last weekend he lost to Marítimo (0-1, at home) and reached the second consecutive defeat in the league. In between, Barcelos’ team beat Academico de Viseu (3-2) and qualified for the Portuguese Cup, where they will soon face FC Porto in the quarterfinals.
