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Sporting CP vs. SC Braga Match Preview Article
Welcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Sporting CP and SC Braga, taking place on Monday, 07 April 2025, at Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon.
Sporting CP, Recent Form
In their last match Sporting CP enforced their superiority over Estrela Amadora with a 3-0 away win. Their share of possession in that meeting was 66%, while racking up 13 shots along the way, 7 of which were on target, in contrast to Estrela Amadora, who had 7 shots on goal with 0 on target.
With 16 goals notched up in their last 6 matches, their manager Rui Borges will be very pleased with his team's form going forward, but he will be casting a cautious eye over his defence, who have shipped 7 goals in the same period. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games; however, they've scored in 25 of their 27 games this season.
They've had a good run of form recently, with 4 straight wins in a row, and are unbeaten home or away in their last 14 league games.
Having scored 8 goals in his last 6 league games for Sporting CP, Viktor Gyökeres will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
SC Braga, Recent Form
SC Braga enter this game with a comfortable 2-1 home win over Arouca last time out in the league. In that game they had 55% possession and managed 14 attempts on goal, with 5 on target, compared to Arouca who had 7 attempts and 1 on target.
Manager Carlos Carvalhal will be pleased with his team's performances recently, having only conceded 3 in their last 6 games, while still managing to score a respectable 6 goals. They've kept a clean sheet in 4 of their last 6 games, and they've scored in 24 of their 27 games this season.
They have had a strong run of form recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 games and picking up 4 wins along the way.
Fran Navarro has scored 2 goals in the last 6 away games and will be looking to add more in this fixture against Sporting CP.
Sporting CP vs. SC Braga Head to head
It was one to forget for SC Braga last time they met Sporting CP in the league, falling to a 2-4 defeat.
During the last 2 times these two teams have met in the league at Estádio José Alvalade, Os Arcebispos have been unable to break through the Sporting CP defence and find the back of the net. Sporting CP will be feeling confident about extending their scoring record against Os Arcebispos, having notched up at least 1 goal in the previous 9 meetings between the two. In their last 3 away league games against Leões, SC Braga have conceded a total of 11 goals and that's an average of 3.67 per game.
SC Braga have lost the last 2 times they've faced Sporting CP in the league and have failed to win in their last 5 encounters.
