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Match preview · Liga Portugal

Sporting Braga – CD Nacional

Sporting Braga 6th in Liga Portugal Home 1.42 projected goals by the model
CD Nacional 15th in Liga Portugal Away 0.79 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.42 0.79
Sporting Braga CD Nacional
Sporting Braga
51%
Draw
31%
CD Nacional
18%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Sporting Braga Draw CD Nacional
Fair odds 1.96 3.19 5.68
Total goals
2.21
Over 2.5 goals
38%
Both teams to score
47%
Data coverage · full

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

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The model's case

Why the model leans Sporting Braga

51% 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
1.42 – 0.79
Sporting Braga v CD Nacional
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: Sporting Braga and CD Nacional compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Sporting Braga CD Nacional
xG / match (better) 1.25 · 9th 1.15 · 12th
xGA / match (better) 0.65 · 1st 1.87 · 17th
xGD / match (better) +0.60 · 6th -0.72 · 14th
xPts / match (better) 1.83 · 6th 1.06 · 13th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +0.60 -0.81

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
43%
Sporting Braga 2+ goals
43%
Under 2.5 goals
62%
Both teams to score: no
53%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
16.1%
1:0
13.4%
2:0
11.5%
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Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Sporting Braga sample
20 matches
CD Nacional sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Sporting Braga
2 matches
Away xG sample · CD Nacional
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

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.