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Primeira Liga · 2026

Sporting Braga vs Sporting · Primeira Liga

vsPre-match analysis

Season

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Goals scored
1.42.43
Expected goals
1.42.01
Shots
13.413.6
Possession
61.4%60.1%

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What the record shows

The season records do not separate these clubs, so the strongest stored context is their shared history: 5 meetings, 0 to Sporting Braga, 3 drawn, 2 to Sporting. Past meetings are history, not a forecast.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Sporting Braga favored in 3 of 13 directional metrics · Sporting in 5 · 5 too close

recorded edge higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Sporting Braga5 matchesSporting7 matches
1.4 goals/matchGoals scored5/7▲ 2.43 goals/match
1 goal/match ▲Goals allowed5/71.14 goals/match
1.4 xG/matchExpected goals5/7▲ 2.01 xG/match
13.4 shots/matchShots5/713.6 shots/match
5 shots/matchShots on target5/7▲ 5.86 shots/match
61.4% ●Possession5/760.1%
3.8 corners/matchCorners5/7● 5 corners/match
13.8 fouls/matchFouls5/711.9 fouls/match

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Sporting Braga
3Draws
2Sporting
Sporting Braga — Sporting · Primeira Liga2–2
Sporting — Sporting Braga · Primeira Liga1–1
Sporting — Sporting Braga · Primeira Liga1–1
Sporting Braga — Sporting · Primeira Liga2–4
Sporting — Sporting Braga · Primeira Liga5–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited
Season samples5 / 7home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
Freshness25 daysstale at cutoff
  • At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

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 nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.
Analysis cutoff: Fri, 9 Oct 2026, 19:15 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Primeira Liga

Goals per match rankingxG per match rankingShots per match ranking
TeamsSporting BragaSporting
CompetitionPrimeira Liga
Head-to-headSporting Braga — Sporting
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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