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Match preview · Liga Portugal

Sporting Braga – FC Alverca

Sporting Braga 6th in Liga Portugal Home 1.31 projected goals by the model
FC Alverca 10th in Liga Portugal Away 0.83 projected goals by the model

Model updated 7 October, 12:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.31 0.83
Sporting Braga FC Alverca
Sporting Braga
46%
Draw
33%
FC Alverca
21%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Sporting Braga Draw FC Alverca
Fair odds 2.15 3.05 4.83
Total goals
2.14
Over 2.5 goals
36%
Both teams to score
47%
Data coverage · full

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The model's case

Why the model leans Sporting Braga

46% Sporting Braga to win

Attack
12th vs 10th
Sporting Braga attack v FC Alverca defence
Defence
3rd vs 7th
Sporting Braga defence v FC Alverca attack
Recent xG form
+0.60 vs -0.25
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.31 – 0.83
Sporting Braga v FC Alverca
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Sporting Braga and FC Alverca compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Sporting Braga FC Alverca
xG / match 1.25 · 9th (better) 1.40 · 5th
xGA / match (better) 0.65 · 1st 1.74 · 15th
xGD / match (better) +0.60 · 6th -0.34 · 10th
xPts / match (better) 1.83 · 6th 1.06 · 14th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +0.60 -0.25

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 42% of the model's distribution.

Sporting Braga clean sheet
41%
Sporting Braga 2+ goals
38%
Under 2.5 goals
64%
Both teams to score: no
53%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
16.6%
1:0
13.4%
0:0
11.9%
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Match result

Sporting Braga to win
46.5% 2.15 —
Draw
32.8% 3.05 —
FC Alverca to win
20.7% 4.83 —

Goals

Over 1.5 goals
67.0% 1.49 —
Under 1.5 goals
33.0% 3.03 —
Over 2.5 goals
36.2% 2.76 —
Under 2.5 goals
63.8% 1.57 —

Both teams to score

Both teams to score
46.5% 2.15 —
Both teams not to score
53.5% 1.87 —

Team goals — Sporting Braga

Sporting Braga to score
75.7% 1.32 —
Sporting Braga not to score
24.3% 4.11 —
Sporting Braga 2+ goals
38.4% 2.60 —
Sporting Braga at most 1 goal
61.6% 1.62 —

Team goals — FC Alverca

FC Alverca to score
58.9% 1.70 —
FC Alverca not to score
41.1% 2.44 —
FC Alverca 2+ goals
19.5% 5.12 —
FC Alverca at most 1 goal
80.5% 1.24 —

Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Sporting Braga sample
20 matches
FC Alverca sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Sporting Braga
2 matches
Away xG sample · FC Alverca
3 matches
Computed
Wednesday, 07/10/2026 at 12:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.