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 34 games · 82 pts (2025/26)
Sporting Clube de Braga 34 games · 59 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

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

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	34	88
2	Sporting Clube de Portugal	34	82
3	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	34	80
4	Sporting Clube de Braga	34	59
5	FC Famalicão	34	56
6	Gil Vicente FC	34	50
7	Moreirense FC	34	43
8	FC Arouca	34	42
9	Vitória SC	34	42
10	GD Estoril Praia	34	39
11	FC Alverca	34	39
12	Rio Ave FC	34	36
13	CD Santa Clara	34	36
14	CD Nacional	34	34
15	CF Estrela da Amadora	34	30
16	Casa Pia AC	34	30
17	CD Tondela	34	28
18	AVS	34	21

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
#2	Position	#4
82	Points	59
34	Played	34
25 / 7 / 2	W / D / L	16 / 11 / 7
89	Scored	64
24	Conceded	36
+65	GD	+28
2.41	PPG	1.74
74%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

44% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

35% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

Sporting Clube de Portugal are 2nd (82 pts). Sporting Clube de Braga are 4th (59 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

0-15

2/2

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

5/1

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

1/1

16-30

4/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

1/1

61-75

1/2

76+

3/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Estadio Jose Alvalade. Sporting Clube de Portugal are looking to make home advantage count against Sporting Clube de Braga.
5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Clube de Portugal side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
15' Sporting Clube de Braga are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
20' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
25' Iuri Medeiros is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Clube de Portugal so far.
30' Sebastian Coates needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 5 Red cards this season.
35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
37' Controversy at the stadium! Galeno argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
42' Sporting Clube de Braga started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 42.
46' GOAL! Paulinho fires home to make it 0-1!
51' The referee shows Sporting Clube de Braga player a Yellow card on 51.
54' The deadlock is broken! Pedro Goncalves gets on the scoresheet on 54 minutes.
57' A tactical swap from Sporting Clube de Portugal — Andraz Sporar on, Tiago Tomas off on 57 minutes.
58' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Almoatasembellah Ali.
63' Sporting Clube de Braga is showing some good football. However, Sporting Clube de Braga are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
65' A tactical swap from Sporting Clube de Braga — Iuri Medeiros on, Joao Novais off on 65 minutes.
70' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
72' The crowd applauds Pedro Goncalves as he leaves the pitch. Matheus Nunes steps in for Sporting Clube de Portugal.
77' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
78' The deadlock is broken! Matheus Nunes gets on the scoresheet on 78 minutes.
80' It’s a booking for Sporting Clube de Portugal player. Pedro Porro gets a Yellow card.
83' Guilherme Schettine is replacing Galeno for the Sporting Clube de Braga side.
88' It’s a booking for Sporting Clube de Braga player. Matheus gets a Yellow card.
90' The referee shows Sporting Clube de Portugal player a Yellow card on 90.
The points are shared — Sporting Clube de Portugal 2-0 Sporting Clube de Braga. Honours even.

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

1 / 4

2.01 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

Expected Goals

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

0.96 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 59% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal59% Draw23% Sporting Clube de Braga18%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.97

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Draw

82%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

41%

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Sporting Clube de Braga

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Portugal43% Draw42% Sporting Clube de Braga15%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.7%

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

9.7%

2 – 1

9.6%

0 – 0

6.8%

3 – 0

6.7%

3 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

4.6%

1 – 2

4.6%

0 – 1

4.2%

4 – 0

3.4%

4 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Portugal

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	19%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	23%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	11%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet

39% ✗

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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