Liga Portugal xGA table 2026/2027
Expected goals against per match for every Liga Portugal club — the chance quality each side has allowed — with the goals that came of them beside it. The best defence in the competition is the first row.
Showing non-penalty xG. Penalties are removed from the expected-goal columns; goals, G − xG and the rates taken from goals are unchanged.
Sporting Braga allow the least, 0.48 expected goals against a match over 6 matches with xG. That is 0.11 a match clear of Santa Clara. Rio Ave allow the most, 1.85 a match.
Ranked on xGA per match
| # | Team | P | GA | npxGA | npxGA/match | GA − xGA | Shots ag. | npxGA/shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Braga SPO | 6 | 5 | 2.89 | 0.48 | +1.12 | 52 | 0.06 |
| 2 | Santa Clara SAN | 7 | 4 | 4.17 | 0.60 | −0.81 | 57 | 0.07 |
| 3 | Benfica BEN | 7 | 7 | 4.60 | 0.66 | +2.42 | 53 | 0.09 |
| 4 | Sporting SPO | 7 | 8 | 4.87 | 0.70 | +2.48 | 60 | 0.08 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente GIL | 6 | 5 | 4.60 | 0.77 | −0.27 | 59 | 0.08 |
| 6 | Vitória SC VIT | 7 | 8 | 5.66 | 0.81 | +2.58 | 50 | 0.11 |
| 7 | FC Porto FCP | 7 | 3 | 6.27 | 0.90 | −3.86 | 75 | 0.08 |
| 8 | Famalicão FAM | 7 | 7 | 8.08 | 1.15 | −1.76 | 84 | 0.10 |
| 9 | Marítimo MAR | 7 | 12 | 8.44 | 1.21 | +2.77 | 94 | 0.09 |
| 10 | FC Arouca FCA | 7 | 7 | 9.67 | 1.38 | −2.68 | 104 | 0.09 |
| 11 | CF Estrela Amadora CFE | 7 | 14 | 9.84 | 1.41 | +2.61 | 81 | 0.12 |
| 12 | Académico Viseu FC ACA | 7 | 9 | 10.41 | 1.49 | −2.95 | 123 | 0.08 |
| 13 | Estoril Praia EST | 7 | 10 | 10.58 | 1.51 | −1.31 | 97 | 0.11 |
| 14 | CD Nacional CDN | 7 | 15 | 10.78 | 1.54 | +1.90 | 106 | 0.10 |
| 14 | Casa Pia CAS | 7 | 16 | 10.81 | 1.54 | +3.63 | 110 | 0.10 |
| 16 | Moreirense MOR | 7 | 14 | 10.95 | 1.56 | +1.87 | 110 | 0.10 |
| 17 | FC Alverca FCA | 7 | 11 | 11.31 | 1.62 | −1.17 | 85 | 0.13 |
| 18 | Rio Ave RIO | 7 | 15 | 12.97 | 1.85 | +1.58 | 118 | 0.11 |
About these figures What each column measures, and the thresholds this ranking is under. Show Hide
- P
- — Matches played
- GA
- — Goals conceded
- npxGA
- — Non-penalty expected goals against: xGA with penalties removed
- npxGA/match
- — Non-penalty expected goals against per match with xG data
- GA − xGA
- — Goals conceded minus xGA, over the matches with xG. Negative means fewer conceded than the chances allowed.
- Shots ag.
- — Shots allowed in the matches with shot data
- npxGA/shot
- — Average non-penalty expected goals per shot allowed
A club is ranked once it has 3 matches with xG and at least 75% of what the median club has played. Below that its row stays in the table, its rates are dashed and it sorts last.