1. FC Union Berlin 2–3 Sporting Braga — UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2023Tue, 3 Oct 2023, 16:45 UTC

1. FC Union Berlin

2–3Historical 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

Sporting Braga won 2–3.

Shots: 1312
Shots on target: 66
Expected goals: 1.981.23
Possession: 35%65%

Full time

What the match recorded

Sporting Braga beat 1. FC Union Berlin 3–2. Recorded in this match (1. FC Union Berlin – Sporting Braga): shots 13–12, shots on target 6–6, expected goals 1.98–1.23, possession 35%–65%. 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 show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

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

Evidence and caveat

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

Window: season

Metric	1. FC Union Berlin	Sporting Braga	Baseline
Shots	—	16.7 shots/match	11.9 shots/match
Shots against	—	9.83 shots/match	12 shots/match

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

This match

Match statistics

Shots13 shots12 shots1. FC Union Berlin 13 shots, Sporting Braga 12 shots
Shots on target6 shots6 shots1. FC Union Berlin 6 shots, Sporting Braga 6 shots
Expected goals1.98 xG1.23 xG1. FC Union Berlin 1.98 xG, Sporting Braga 1.23 xG
Possession35%65%1. FC Union Berlin 35%, Sporting Braga 65%
Corners5 corners5 corners1. FC Union Berlin 5 corners, Sporting Braga 5 corners
Fouls12 fouls10 fouls1. FC Union Berlin 12 fouls, Sporting Braga 10 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.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
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1. FC Union Berlin: 13 shots, 5 on target, 1.96 xG. Sporting Braga: 12 shots, 6 on target, 1.24 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: 1. FC Union Berlin 1.96 xG · Sporting Braga 1.24 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

11. FC Union Berlin

0Draws

1Sporting Braga

27 Oct 20221. FC Union Berlin — Sporting Braga · UEFA Europa League1–0

15 Sept 2022Sporting Braga — 1. FC Union Berlin · UEFA Europa League1–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

13 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/112.9 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 6home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Tue, 3 Oct 2023, 20:45 UTC · analysis-v4

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