Sporting Braga 2–2 Sporting — Primeira Liga 2025/26 Match Stats

Primeira Liga · 2025Sat, 7 Mar 2026, 18:00 UTCEstádio Municipal de Braga

Sporting Braga

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2–2Historical match

Sporting

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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 and Sporting drew 2–2.

Shots: 1014
Shots on target: 35
Expected goals: 1.571.93
Possession: 66%34%

Full time

What the match recorded

SC Braga and Sporting CP drew 2–2. Recorded in this match (SC Braga – Sporting CP): shots 10–14, shots on target 3–5, expected goals 1.57–1.93, possession 66%–34%. 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.

Both teams have elevated corners records

strong

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

5.63 corners/matchCornersSC Braga · Sporting CP● 7.23 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	SC Braga	Sporting CP	Baseline
Corners	5.63 corners/match	7.23 corners/match	4.12 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

Sporting CP's recent record differs from the season

moderate

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

2 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season2.69 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	2 goals/match	2.69 goals/match	1.26 goals/match

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

SC Braga show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

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

13.1 shots/match ▲ShotsSC Braga · Sporting CP18.2 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

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

Window: season

Metric	SC Braga	Sporting CP	Baseline
Shots	13.1 shots/match	18.2 shots/match	12.2 shots/match
Shots against	8.96 shots/match	8 shots/match	13.2 shots/match

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

This match

Match statistics

Shots10 shots14 shotsSporting Braga 10 shots, Sporting 14 shots
Shots on target3 shots5 shotsSporting Braga 3 shots, Sporting 5 shots
Expected goals1.57 xG1.93 xGSporting Braga 1.57 xG, Sporting 1.93 xG
Possession66%34%Sporting Braga 66%, Sporting 34%
Corners6 corners5 cornersSporting Braga 6 corners, Sporting 5 corners
Fouls17 fouls13 foulsSporting Braga 17 fouls, Sporting 13 fouls
Yellow cards3 cards3 cardsSporting Braga 3 cards, Sporting 3 cards

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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on target
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SC Braga: 10 shots, 3 on target, 1.58 xG. Sporting CP: 14 shots, 5 on target, 1.99 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: SC Braga 1.58 xG · Sporting CP 1.99 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Sporting Braga

3Draws

2Sporting

5 Oct 2025Sporting — Sporting Braga · Primeira Liga1–1

7 Apr 2025Sporting — Sporting Braga · Primeira Liga1–1

10 Nov 2024Sporting Braga — Sporting · Primeira Liga2–4

11 Feb 2024Sporting — Sporting Braga · Primeira Liga5–0

3 Sept 2023Sporting Braga — Sporting · Primeira Liga1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Sporting Braga favored in 0 of 11 directional metrics · Sporting in 11

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Window

Season

Sporting Braga27 matchesSporting26 matches

2.15 goals/matchGoals scored27/26▲ 2.69 goals/match

1 goal/matchGoals allowed27/26▲ 0.54 goals/match

1.96 xG/matchExpected goals25/25▲ 2.16 xG/match

13.1 shots/matchShots27/26▲ 18.2 shots/match

5.41 shots/matchShots on target27/26▲ 7.19 shots/match

63.8% ●Possession27/2661%

5.63 corners/matchCorners27/26● 7.23 corners/match

2.12 cards/matchCards25/252.44 cards/match

11.5 fouls/matchFouls27/2612.5 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples27 / 26home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 7 Mar 2026, 22:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Primeira Liga

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Match at a glance