Boavista FC vs Sporting Clube de Braga, Primeira Liga 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2020-21

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Sporting Clube de Braga

Mon 28 Dec 2020 · 21:00 UTC Estadio do Bessa Seculo XXI HT 45+2' · FT 45+5'

Y 67' Almoatasembellah Ali

Jorge Benguche 81' Y

Overview

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Boavista FC vs Sporting Clube de Braga — Primeira Liga at Estadio do Bessa Seculo XXI.

Boavista FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Sporting Clube de Braga 6 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Andre Narciso
Referee Marco Vieira
Referee Duarte Bras
Referee Ricardo Baixinho

3 games this season 🟨 5.7/game ⚽ 14.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	7	21
2	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	7	16
3	Sporting Clube de Portugal	7	15
4	CD Santa Clara	7	15
5	FC Arouca	7	11
6	Sporting Clube de Braga	6	11
7	Académico de Viseu FC	7	11
8	CF Estrela da Amadora	7	10
9	Moreirense FC	7	8
10	Gil Vicente FC	6	8
11	CS Marítimo	7	8
12	FC Alverca	7	8
13	FC Famalicão	7	7
14	Vitória SC	7	5
15	CD Nacional	7	4
16	Rio Ave FC	7	4
17	Casa Pia AC	7	4
18	GD Estoril Praia	7	2

Head-to-Head

Boavista FC 18 games · Avg 2.8 goals Sporting Clube de Braga

Last 5 meetings

2020-12-28 Boavista FC 1–4 Sporting Clube de Braga 2020-06-13 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–1 Boavista FC 2019-10-31 Boavista FC 2–0 Sporting Clube de Braga 2019-05-11 Boavista FC 4–2 Sporting Clube de Braga 2019-01-06 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 Boavista FC

Recent Form

Boavista FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Dec	Sporting Clube de Braga	H	1–4	L
20 Dec	FC Paços de Ferreira	A	1–1	D
06 Dec	Rio Ave FC	A	0–0	D
29 Nov	Os Belenenses Futebol	H	0–0	D
08 Nov	SC Farense	A	1–3	L
02 Nov	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	3–0	W

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Dec	Boavista FC	A	4–1	W
22 Dec	Rio Ave FC	H	3–0	W
10 Dec	FK Zorya Luhansk	H	2–0	W
06 Dec	Os Belenenses Futebol	A	1–2	L
03 Dec	PAE AEK	A	4–2	W
29 Nov	SC Farense	H	1–0	W

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

2/1

61-75

1/–

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga

Pau Victor Delgado	3 G	1 A
Fran Navarro	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Estadio do Bessa Seculo XXI. Boavista FC are looking to make home advantage count against Sporting Clube de Braga.
4' Paulinho makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Sporting Clube de Braga are in front.
9' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
14' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Boavista FC that had 365 games and scored 274 goals.
15' Iuri Medeiros doubles the advantage! 0-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
20' Boavista FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
25' Boavista FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
26' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Ricardo Horta makes it 0-3.
31' Over 31 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
36' It looks like no one’s ball. Boavista FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
41' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
46' The crowd applauds Yusupha Njie as he leaves the pitch. Ricardo Mangas steps in for Boavista FC.
50' Sporting Clube de Braga manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jose Carlos is hanging Iuri Medeiros on the field on 50 minute.
55' Sporting Clube de Braga fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
60' Andre Horta has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
65' Boavista FC ring the changes. Reggie Cannon has done his job and it is now time for Nathan to step up.
66' GOAL! Cristian Castro fires home to make it 1-3!
67' Almoatasembellah Ali picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
69' Ricardo Horta doubles the advantage! 1-4 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
70' A stunning finish from Ricardo Horta — that came from absolutely nowhere!
75' A change in the Boavista FC ranks — Show exits the field as Sebastian Perez enters on 75.
77' Fresh legs for Sporting Clube de Braga! Nicolas Gaitan comes on to replace Iuri Medeiros.
79' Tiago Fonseca Morais is replacing Yanis Hamache for the Boavista FC side.
81' The referee has no hesitation. Jorge Benguche is booked for Boavista FC — Yellow card on 81.
86' It looks surprising Sporting Clube de Braga does not make any changes. Paulinho has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
90' Abel Ruiz is replacing Ricardo Horta for the Sporting Clube de Braga side.
Sporting Clube de Braga celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Boavista FC Lineups

Starting XI

20
Leonardo
5
Chidozie Awaziem C
2
Reggie Cannon ↓ Nathan 65'
17
Alberth Elis
11
Yusupha Njie ↓ Ricardo Mangas 46'
25
Yanis Hamache ↓ Tiago Fonseca Morais 79'
10
Angel Gomes
23
Show ↓ Sebastian Perez 75'
30
Paulinho
7
Nuno Santos ↓ Jorge Benguche 46'
42
Cristian Devenish

Bench

Coach Jesualdo Ferreira

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

9
Abel Ruiz ↑ 90'
15
Andre Horta ↑ 77'
12
Tiago Sa
95
Guilherme Schettine
10
Nicolas Gaitan ↑ 77'
2
Jose Carlos ↑ 50'
57
Rodrigo Gomes
71
Hernani Infande

Coach Carlos Carvalhal

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ricardo Horta	11
Yusupha Njie	5
Simon Banza	3
Iuri Medeiros	2
Fran Navarro	2
Mateus Galiano	2
Reggie Cannon	2
Bueno	2

Head to Head

Boavista FC Form

2020-12-28 Boavista FC 1–4 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2020-12-20 FC Paços de Ferreira 1–1 Boavista FC D 2020-12-06 Rio Ave FC 0–0 Boavista FC D 2020-11-29 Boavista FC 0–0 Os Belenenses Futebol D 2020-11-08 SC Farense 3–1 Boavista FC L 2020-11-02 Boavista FC 3–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2020-12-28 Boavista FC 1–4 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2020-12-22 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–0 Rio Ave FC W 2020-12-10 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 FK Zorya Luhansk W 2020-12-06 Os Belenenses Futebol 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2020-12-03 PAE AEK 2–4 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2020-11-29 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 SC Farense W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.4 Boavista FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.61 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: Boavista FC or Sporting Clube de Braga 72% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Boavista FC33% Draw28% Sporting Clube de Braga39%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.01

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Boavista FC or Draw

61%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

67%

Boavista FC or Sporting Clube de Braga

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Boavista FC25% Draw44% Sporting Clube de Braga31%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–4 not predicted

1 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

12%

1 – 2

8.6%

2 – 1

7.5%

0 – 1

7.1%

0 – 0

6.7%

0 – 2

6.3%

1 – 0

2 – 2

2 – 0

4.8%

1 – 3

4.6%

3 – 1

3.5%

0 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Boavista FC

Handicap	Boavista FC covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	17%	68%
-0.5	32%	—	68%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	20%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	13%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Boavista FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.