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Match preview · Liga Portugal

Sporting Braga – Santa Clara

Sporting Braga 6th in Liga Portugal Home 0.91 projected goals by the model
Santa Clara 4th in Liga Portugal Away 0.79 projected goals by the model

Model updated 6 October, 09:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
0.91 0.79
Sporting Braga Santa Clara
Sporting Braga
34%
Draw
39%
Santa Clara
27%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Sporting Braga Draw Santa Clara
Fair odds 2.92 2.59 3.68
Total goals
1.70
Over 2.5 goals
23%
Both teams to score
38%
Data coverage · full

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The model's case

Why the model can't separate them

34% Sporting Braga to win

Attack
12th vs 1st
Sporting Braga attack v Santa Clara defence
Defence
3rd vs 10th
Sporting Braga defence v Santa Clara attack
Recent xG form
+0.60 vs +0.74
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
0.91 – 0.79
Sporting Braga v Santa Clara
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 Santa Clara compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Sporting Braga Santa Clara
xG / match 1.25 · 9th (better) 1.35 · 6th
xGA / match (better) 0.65 · 1st 0.69 · 3rd
xGD / match +0.60 · 6th (better) +0.67 · 5th
xPts / match 1.83 · 6th (better) 1.93 · 5th
Last 6 xGD / match +0.60 (better) +0.74

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 51% of the model's distribution.

Sporting Braga clean sheet
42%
Sporting Braga 2+ goals
23%
Under 2.5 goals
77%
Both teams to score: no
62%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
17.9%
0:0
17.9%
1:0
14.9%
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Match result

Sporting Braga to win
34.2% 2.92 —
Draw
38.6% 2.59 —
Santa Clara to win
27.2% 3.68 —

Goals

Over 1.5 goals
54.5% 1.84 —
Under 1.5 goals
45.5% 2.20 —
Over 2.5 goals
23.4% 4.27 —
Under 2.5 goals
76.6% 1.31 —

Both teams to score

Both teams to score
38.2% 2.62 —
Both teams not to score
61.8% 1.62 —

Team goals — Sporting Braga

Sporting Braga to score
62.7% 1.60 —
Sporting Braga not to score
37.3% 2.68 —
Sporting Braga 2+ goals
22.7% 4.41 —
Sporting Braga at most 1 goal
77.3% 1.29 —

Team goals — Santa Clara

Santa Clara to score
57.6% 1.74 —
Santa Clara not to score
42.4% 2.36 —
Santa Clara 2+ goals
17.9% 5.57 —
Santa Clara at most 1 goal
82.1% 1.22 —

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
Santa Clara sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Sporting Braga
2 matches
Away xG sample · Santa Clara
3 matches
Computed
Tuesday, 06/10/2026 at 09:30

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.