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Sunday, 25/10/2026 at 19:00

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Match preview · Liga Portugal

CD Nacional – Sporting Braga

CD Nacional 15th in Liga Portugal Home 0.98 projected goals by the model
Sporting Braga 6th in Liga Portugal Away 1.15 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 06:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
0.98 1.15
CD Nacional Sporting Braga
CD Nacional
28%
Draw
34%
Sporting Braga
37%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
CD Nacional Draw Sporting Braga
Fair odds 3.55 2.91 2.67
Total goals
2.12
Over 2.5 goals
36%
Both teams to score
48%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Sporting Braga

37% Sporting Braga to win

Attack
12th vs 17th
Sporting Braga attack v CD Nacional defence
Defence
3rd vs 11th
Sporting Braga defence v CD Nacional attack
Recent xG form
+0.60 vs -0.81
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
0.98 – 1.15
CD Nacional v Sporting Braga
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: CD Nacional and Sporting Braga compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading CD Nacional Sporting Braga
xG / match 1.15 · 12th (better) 1.25 · 9th
xGA / match 1.87 · 17th (better) 0.65 · 1st
xGD / match -0.72 · 14th (better) +0.60 · 6th
xPts / match 1.06 · 13th (better) 1.83 · 6th
Last 6 xGD / match -0.81 (better) +0.60

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 41% of the model's distribution.

Sporting Braga clean sheet
35%
Sporting Braga 2+ goals
32%
Under 2.5 goals
64%
Both teams to score: no
52%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
17.4%
0:0
12.1%
0:1
11.6%
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Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
CD Nacional sample
20 matches
Sporting Braga sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · CD Nacional
4 matches
Away xG sample · Sporting Braga
4 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 06:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.