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Liga Portugal08/31/2026, 07:15 PM

Sporting Braga – Vitória Guimarães1 : 0

Why the model thinks so

Sporting Braga
1.62
Total xG
2.34
Vitória Guimarães
0.72
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorSporting BragaVitória Guimarães
Attack weakness (0.8x league average)−1.00
Attack strength (1.48x league average)+0.41
Defensive strength (1 conceded vs 1.3 league avg)−0.36
3 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1 goals/match)−0.29
4 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (0.6 goals/match)−0.18
Declining form (0.6 vs 1.2 season average)−0.18
4 clean sheets in last 5 matches−0.15
Ricardo Horta not in squad (14 goals, 4 assists)
Fran Navarro on the bench (6 goals, 1 assists)
30% of goal output missing (only 78% available)
Oumar Camara on the bench (5 goals, 2 assists)
Beni Mukendi on the bench (1 goals, 1 assists)

Key factors

  • The mathematical model predicts a 58% probability for a home win
  • Sporting Braga's home average of 1.89 goals meets Vitória's fragile away defense conceding 2.91 goals on average
  • Sporting Braga recently averaged 4.2 shots on target with 56% possession

Risks

  • Ricardo Horta and Fran Navarro are missing or not nominated
  • Sporting Braga's goal production has slowed down recently to 1.7 goals compared to their season average of 2.0
  • Vitória Guimarães also shows stalled goal production with recently 0.6 goals compared to their average of 1.2

All probabilities

Result
Sporting Braga58%
Draw27%
Vitória Guimarães15%
Goals
Over 1.569%
Under 1.531%
Over 2.542%
Under 2.558%
Over 3.521%
Under 3.579%
Double chance
Sporting Braga or draw85%
Vitória Guimarães or draw42%
No draw73%
Both teams score
Yes43%
No57%

Most likely scores

1:0
14%
1:1
13%
2:0
13%
0:0
11%
2:1
9%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Sporting Braga: first goal in 7 of 10 games (70%)
  2. Pau Víctor: 4 of 6 goals after minute 60 (last 12 games)
  3. Vitória Guimarães: 36% of all goals between minutes 61-75 (5 of 14)

Lineups

Sporting Braga 3-4-2-1 · Vitória Guimarães 4-2-3-1

Sporting Braga
  • 31 B. Parise Fontes
  • 14 G. Lagerbielke
  • 6 V. Carvalho Vieira
  • 22 S. Barcia Laranxeira
  • 2 V. Gómez Perea
  • 34 D. Tıknaz
  • 8 J. Iria Santos Moutinho
  • 7 D. Martins Travassos
  • 20 M. Dorgeles
  • 11 G. Silva Vieira
  • 10 Pau Victor
Vitória Guimarães
  • 48 O. Zych
  • 23 T. Strata
  • 4 O. Rivas Viondi
  • 28 T. Balieiro Lourenço de Carvalho
  • 13 João Mendes
  • 8 G. Teixeira Nogueira
  • 44 L. Doucet
  • 11 G. da Silva Cunha
  • 20 F. Amorim Silva
  • 17 J. Costa Nogueira
  • 24 A. Ndoye
Substitutes
  • 44 A. Bajrami
  • 37 L. Barišić
  • 17 J. Milošević
  • 53 J. Zamith Oliveira Noro
  • 50 D. Oliveira Rodrigues
  • 12 T. Magalhães Sá
  • 77 G. Martínez Aguilera
  • 9 F. Navarro Aliaga
  • 16 T. Marqués Morera
  • 78 J. Gonçalo Carapinha
  • 90 L. Teixeira Pinto
  • 87 J. Costa Trovisco
  • 19 V. Andersson
  • 5 A. Sidibé
  • 2 M. Gomes Ferreira Magalhães
  • 6 M. Mitrovic
  • 16 B. Mambuene Mukendi
  • 18 T. Gomes Arcanjo
  • 7 O. Camara
  • 22 J. Castillo Reyes
  • 82 F. Lagos Dias
  • 29 V. Ouotro
  • 56 S. Verdi Oliveira Silva
  • 15 Y. Mosquera Mosquera

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