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Match preview · Liga Portugal

Sporting Braga – Marítimo

Sporting Braga 6th in Liga Portugal Home 1.27 projected goals by the model
Marítimo 11th in Liga Portugal Away 0.71 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.27 0.71
Sporting Braga Marítimo
Sporting Braga
49%
Draw
33%
Marítimo
18%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Sporting Braga Draw Marítimo
Fair odds 2.05 3.00 5.59
Total goals
1.99
Over 2.5 goals
32%
Both teams to score
42%
Data coverage · thin

One of these teams has only 7 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Sporting Braga

49% Sporting Braga to win

Attack
12th vs 9th
Sporting Braga attack v Marítimo defence
Defence
3rd vs 15th
Sporting Braga defence v Marítimo attack
Recent xG form
+0.60 vs -0.55
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.27 – 0.71
Sporting Braga v Marítimo

The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 7 matches, so read all of this as a rough guide.

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 Marítimo compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Sporting Braga Marítimo
xG / match (better) 1.25 · 9th 0.94 · 14th
xGA / match (better) 0.65 · 1st 1.32 · 9th
xGD / match (better) +0.60 · 6th -0.38 · 11th
xPts / match (better) 1.83 · 6th 1.07 · 12th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +0.60 -0.55

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 46% of the model's distribution.

Sporting Braga clean sheet
46%
Sporting Braga 2+ goals
37%
Under 2.5 goals
68%
Both teams to score: no
58%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
16.5%
1:0
15.6%
0:0
13.5%
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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
Marítimo sample
7 matches
Home xG sample · Sporting Braga
2 matches
Away xG sample · Marítimo
4 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Warnings

  • Marítimo has only 7 matches in the database. Below 10 matches the estimate is very unreliable.

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.