Real Madrid 3–0 Sporting Braga — UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2023Wed, 8 Nov 2023, 20:00 UTC

Real Madrid

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3–0Historical match

Sporting Braga

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Real Madrid won 3–0.

Shots: 189
Shots on target: 74
Expected goals: 3.251.43
Possession: 48%52%

Full time

What the match recorded

Real Madrid beat Sporting Braga 3–0. Recorded in this match (Real Madrid – Sporting Braga): shots 18–9, shots on target 7–4, expected goals 3.25–1.43, possession 48%–52%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Sporting Braga's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Sporting Braga's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

1.2 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.88 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.2 goals/match	1.88 goals/match	1.5 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Real Madrid show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

Real Madrid's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

20.3 shots/match ▲ShotsReal Madrid · Sporting Braga15.6 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Real Madrid	Sporting Braga	Baseline
Shots	20.3 shots/match	15.6 shots/match	13 shots/match
Shots against	11.8 shots/match	11.3 shots/match	12.5 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

This match

Match statistics

Shots18 shots9 shotsReal Madrid 18 shots, Sporting Braga 9 shots
Shots on target7 shots4 shotsReal Madrid 7 shots, Sporting Braga 4 shots
Expected goals3.25 xG1.43 xGReal Madrid 3.25 xG, Sporting Braga 1.43 xG
Possession48%52%Real Madrid 48%, Sporting Braga 52%
Corners7 corners2 cornersReal Madrid 7 corners, Sporting Braga 2 corners
Fouls11 fouls7 foulsReal Madrid 11 fouls, Sporting Braga 7 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

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Real Madrid: 18 shots, 7 on target, 3.24 xG. Sporting Braga: 9 shots, 4 on target, 1.45 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Real Madrid 3.24 xG · Sporting Braga 1.45 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Real Madrid

0Draws

0Sporting Braga

24 Oct 2023Sporting Braga — Real Madrid · UEFA Champions League1–2

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Real Madrid favored in 0 of 11 directional metrics · Sporting Braga in 0 · 11 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Real Madrid4 matchesSporting Braga8 matches

2.25 goals/match ▲Goals scored4/81.88 goals/match

0.75 goals/match ▲Goals allowed4/81.38 goals/match

2.36 xG/match ▲Expected goals4/41.4 xG/match

20.3 shots/match ▲Shots4/815.6 shots/match

6.25 shots/match ▲Shots on target4/85.25 shots/match

56.3% ●Possession4/652.3%

9.25 corners/match ●Corners4/85.38 corners/match

10.5 fouls/matchFouls4/810.9 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples4 / 8home / away teams

Recent samples4 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Thu, 9 Nov 2023, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4