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

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Primeira Liga · 2020-21

Sporting Clube de Portugal

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Sporting Clube de Braga

Sat 2 Jan 2021 · 18:00 UTC Estadio Jose Alvalade HT 45+3' · FT 45+4'

Y 37' Galeno

Y 51' Raul Silva

Y 58' Almoatasembellah Ali

Pedro Porro 80' Y

Y 88' Matheus

Matheus Nunes 90' Y

Antunes 90' Y

Overview

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Sporting Clube de Portugal vs Sporting Clube de Braga — Primeira Liga at Estadio Jose Alvalade.

Sporting Clube de Portugal 7 games · 15 pts (2026/27)
Sporting Clube de Braga 6 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Bruno Rodrigues
Referee Fabio Costa
Referee Antonio Nobre
Referee Sergio Jesus

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

Sporting Clube de Portugal 20 games · Avg 2.8 goals Sporting Clube de Braga

Last 5 meetings

2021-01-02 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 Sporting Clube de Braga 2020-02-02 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2019-08-18 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga 2019-02-17 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 Sporting Clube de Braga 2018-09-24 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Jan	Sporting Clube de Braga	H	2–0	W
27 Dec	Os Belenenses Futebol	A	2–1	W
19 Dec	SC Farense	H	1–0	W
05 Dec	FC Famalicão	A	2–2	D
28 Nov	Moreirense FC	H	2–1	W
07 Nov	Vitória SC	A	4–0	W

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Jan	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–2	L
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

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Portugal		Sporting Clube de Braga
#3	Position	#6
15	Points	11
7	Played	6
4 / 3 / 0	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 1
17	Scored	7
8	Conceded	5
+9	GD	+2
2.14	PPG	1.83
57%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

50% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

Sporting Clube de Portugal are 3rd (15 pts). Sporting Clube de Braga are 6th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

0-15

4/–

16-30

4/–

31-45

3/–

46-60

4/–

61-75

–/3

76+

1/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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 Portugal

Luis Suarez	6 G	1 A
Flavio Goncalves	3 G	1 A
Fotis Ioannidis	2 G	2 A
Rodrigo Zalazar	1 G	1 A
Maximiliano Araujo	1 G	1 A

Sporting Clube de Braga

Pau Victor Delgado	3 G	1 A
Fran Navarro	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Estadio Jose Alvalade that hosts another battle between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Sporting Clube de Braga.
5' Almoatasembellah Ali, a Libya midfielder, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Galeno, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio Jose Alvalade with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. will be considering his options from the bench.
20' Sporting Clube de Braga is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
30' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Clube de Portugal in their trying to find a way past Sporting Clube de Braga's compact .
35' Sporting Clube de Braga fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
37' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Galeno.
42' Pedro Porro has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 38 cards already picked up this season.
46' Magnificent from Paulinho! That is 81 goals in 433 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
51' Raul Silva picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
54' The deadlock is broken! Pedro Goncalves gets on the scoresheet on 54 minutes.
57' Sporting Clube de Portugal ring the changes. Tiago Tomas has done his job and it is now time for Andraz Sporar to step up.
58' Poor challenge from Almoatasembellah Ali. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
63' Sporting Clube de Portugal are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Clube de Braga's shape.
65' A change in the Sporting Clube de Braga ranks — Joao Novais exits the field as Iuri Medeiros enters on 65.
70' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
72' Another change for Sporting Clube de Portugal made on 72 minute. Pedro Goncalves leaves to be changed by Matheus Nunes.
77' The 33-year-old Joao Novais has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
78' Matheus Nunes doubles the advantage! 2-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
80' The referee has no hesitation. Pedro Porro is booked for Sporting Clube de Portugal — Yellow card on 80.
83' Fresh legs for Sporting Clube de Braga! Guilherme Schettine comes on to replace Galeno.
88' The referee has no hesitation. Matheus is booked for Sporting Clube de Braga — Yellow card on 88.
90' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Matheus Nunes.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Sporting Clube de Portugal take all three points.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Carlos Carvalhal

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Pedro Goncalves	8
Marcus Edwards	3
Hidemasa Morita	3
Viktor Gyokeres	2
Abel Ruiz	2
Bruno Fernandes	2
Bas Dost	2
Nuno Santos	2

Head to Head

Sporting Clube de Portugal Form

2021-01-02 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2020-12-27 Os Belenenses Futebol 1–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2020-12-19 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–0 SC Farense W 2020-12-05 FC Famalicão 2–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal D 2020-11-28 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–1 Moreirense FC W 2020-11-07 Vitória SC 0–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal W

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2021-01-02 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 Sporting Clube de Braga L 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.67 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

Expected Goals

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

0.95 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal54% Draw26% Sporting Clube de Braga20%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.62

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Draw

80%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

46%

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Sporting Clube de Braga

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal37% Draw46% Sporting Clube de Braga17%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

1 – 0

11.2%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.3%

0 – 0

9.2%

0 – 1

5.9%

3 – 0

5.4%

1 – 2

5.3%

3 – 1

5.2%

2 – 2

4.5%

0 – 2

3.2%

3 – 2

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Portugal

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	16%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	24%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	13%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet

39% ✗

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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