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Sporting Braga v Benfica : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

Benfica pay Liga NOS counterparts Sporting Braga a visit on Saturday evening, as Bruno Lage guides his team into an away clash with Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal & co. at the Estádio Municipal de Braga. We want you to make a winning bet on this match, so every stats you could ever need to make a sound selection is laid out below. Switch between 17 betting markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds from leading bookmakers for every one.

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The last Portuguese Liga NOS meeting between Braga and Benfica was on Saturday 17th May 2025
Portuguese Liga NOS
May 17th 2025
Braga 1
1 Benfica
 
R. Zalazar Martínez 24'63' V. Pavlidis
 
BRG
BEF
Shots On
7
2
Shots Off
6
6
Corners
6
6
Possession
41%
59%
Fouls
15
8
Yellow/red cards
3/1
2/0
 
BragaBenfica
 
L. Horníček
F. Rodrigues
V. Gómez Perea (J. Fonseca Ferreira 90')
P. Rodrigues de Oliveira
S. Niakate (R. Alves de Barros 76')
U. Račić (G. Baptiste 73')
J. Iria Santos Moutinho
R. Zalazar Martínezfootball icon (V. Carvalho Vieira 72')
R. Fernandes
R. Horta
A. Cruz Patrão (A. El Ouazzani 73')
A. Trubin
A. Fernández
(T. Antunes Gouveia 73') T. Araújo
N. Otamendi
A. Tavares Silva
L. Barreiro Martins
(A. Mendonça Cabral 87') O. Kökçü
(A. Belotti 60') F. Morris Luís
(A. Tué Na Bangna 59') M. Aktürkoğlu
football iconV. Pavlidis
(Á. Di María Hernández 59') A. Schjelderup

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Analysing the KickOff match predictions, bookmakers' odds and relevant statistics, there's one market which catches the eye for this meeting: both teams to score. In Braga and Benfica we have two sides going head-to-head with relative issues at both ends of the pitch, and we expect them to prove that on Saturday afternoon. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.62.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 47% chance of Benfica coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Braga
30%
9/2-
Draw
23%
7/2
3%
-
Benfica
47%
1/2-
Draw 1-1
10%
8/1-
Benfica 2-1
9%
15/2-
Benfica 1-0
8%
9/1
11%
-
Braga 2-1
7%
16/1
12%
-
Benfica 2-0
7%
8/1
11%
-
Draw 2-2
6%
14/1
15%
-
Braga 1-0
6%
20/1
21%
-
Benfica 3-1
6%
10/1-
Draw 0-0
4%
18/1
12%
-
Braga 2-0
4%
33/1
10%
-
Benfica 3-0
4%
11/1-
Benfica 3-2
4%
18/1-
Braga 3-1
3%
40/1-
Braga 3-2
3%
33/1-
Benfica 4-1
2%
18/1
10%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
61%
19/40
5%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
39%
8/5
6%
-
Home 1st Goal
46%
21/10-
Away 1st Goal
52%
4/11
3%
-
No 1st Goal
2%
18/1
12%
-
BTTS - Yes
62%
8/13
5%
-
BTTS - No
38%
6/5
7%
-
BTTS - Home Win
17%
15/2-
BTTS - Draw
19%
9/2
5%
-
BTTS - Away Win
26%
7/4
7%
-
Home/draw
53%
6/4-
Away/draw
70%
1/7-
Home/away
77%
2/11-
Over 1.5 Goals
82%
1/7
3%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
18%
9/2
13%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
39%
11/10
11%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
61%
4/6
6%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
21%
11/4
13%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
79%
1/4
3%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
6/1
25%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
1/10
2%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/50
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
18/1
12%
-
Home DNB
46%
10/3-
Away DNB
63%
1/5-
Braga win to nil
13%
10/1
9%
-
Benfica win to nil
21%
2/1
8%
-
Braga / Braga
10%
17/2-
Braga / Benfica
4%
18/1
11%
-
Braga / Draw
6%
16/1-
Draw / Braga
8%
11/1-
Draw / Benfica
18%
7/2-
Draw / Draw
12%
13/2
7%
-
Benfica / Braga
2%
33/1-
Benfica / Benfica
35%
5/4-
Benfica / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
-
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Braga have played 33 matches so far this season and are in 4th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 1 and won 2. Braga have conceded 8 goals, scored 7, scored in every game and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Braga have played 16 games at home, winning 9, drawing 4 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 32 goals, conceded 18 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Benfica lay in 2nd place on 79 points in the Liga NOS league table having played 33 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 31 games against teams below them in the table, winning 25, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 82 goals and kept 15 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Benfica have conceded 25 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Benfica have played 16 away games, winning 11, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Braga
Benfica
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
S. Lisbon3425726182 
l
 
2-4F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
2
Benfica Away3425545680 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
-
-
3
Porto3422573571 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-4F
4
Braga Home3419962566 
-
-
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
5
Santa Clara3417611457 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
4-1A
w
 
0-1F
6
V. Guimaraes34141281054 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-3F
7
Famalicao34121111547 
d
 
3-3A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-0A
8
Estoril34121012-546 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-2F
9
Casa Pia3412913-545 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1F
10
Moreirense34101014-840 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1A
11
Arouca3491114-1438 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-2F
12
Rio Ave3491114-1638 
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
5-0F
w
 
2-3F
13
Gil Vicente3481016-1334 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
5-1A
w
 
0-3F
14
Nacional349718-1834 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-3F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-2F
15
Estrela Amadora347819-2629 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
2-3F
16
Sporting Farense346919-2127 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-2F
w
 
1-2A
17
AVS3451217-3527 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
6-0F
d
 
1-1F
18
Boavista346622-3524 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-3F
Win / draw / win form
7
Benfica have won 7 consecutive away league games
7
Braga have not lost in 7 consecutive home league games
14
Benfica have not lost in 14 consecutive league games
Braga 4TH
20 league games
Home
7
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Braga1 - 1Santa Clara
Braga4 - 1AVS
Braga2 - 1Arouca
Braga1 - 0Porto
Braga1 - 0Nacional
Braga2 - 0Gil Vicente
Braga3 - 0Boavista
Braga1 - 2Casa Pia
Braga3 - 3Famalicao
Braga2 - 2Estoril
Braga2 - 4S. Lisbon
Braga2 - 0Sporting Farense
Braga4 - 0Rio Ave
Braga0 - 2V. Guimaraes
Braga3 - 1Moreirense
Braga1 - 1Estrela Amadora
Braga0 - 1Porto
Braga4 - 3Casa Pia
Braga2 - 1Vizela
Braga0 - 3Arouca
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
12
Draw
5
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABraga1 - 2Casa Pia
HBraga1 - 1Santa Clara
ABraga1 - 1Famalicao
ABraga2 - 0Estoril
HBraga4 - 1AVS
ABraga1 - 1S. Lisbon
HBraga2 - 1Arouca
ABraga1 - 0Sporting Farense
HBraga1 - 0Porto
ABraga1 - 2Rio Ave
HBraga1 - 0Nacional
ABraga0 - 0V. Guimaraes
HBraga2 - 0Gil Vicente
ABraga2 - 1Moreirense
HBraga3 - 0Boavista
ABraga1 - 0Estrela Amadora
ABraga2 - 1Benfica
HBraga1 - 2Casa Pia
ABraga2 - 0Santa Clara
HBraga3 - 3Famalicao
Benfica 2ND
20 league games
Away
7
Overall
14
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Estoril1 - 2Benfica
V. Guimaraes0 - 3Benfica
Porto1 - 4Benfica
Gil Vicente0 - 3Benfica
Rio Ave2 - 3Benfica
Santa Clara0 - 1Benfica
Estrela Amadora2 - 3Benfica
Casa Pia3 - 1Benfica
S. Lisbon1 - 0Benfica
Nacional0 - 2Benfica
AVS1 - 1Benfica
Arouca0 - 2Benfica
Sporting Farense1 - 2Benfica
Boavista0 - 3Benfica
Moreirense1 - 1Benfica
Famalicao2 - 0Benfica
Rio Ave1 - 1Benfica
Famalicao2 - 0Benfica
Sporting Farense1 - 3Benfica
S. Lisbon2 - 1Benfica
Goals: Scored
51
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
15
D
2
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBenfica1 - 1S. Lisbon
ABenfica2 - 1Estoril
HBenfica6 - 0AVS
ABenfica3 - 0V. Guimaraes
HBenfica2 - 2Arouca
ABenfica4 - 1Porto
HBenfica3 - 2Sporting Farense
ABenfica3 - 0Gil Vicente
ABenfica3 - 2Rio Ave
HBenfica3 - 0Nacional
HBenfica3 - 0Boavista
ABenfica1 - 0Santa Clara
HBenfica3 - 2Moreirense
ABenfica3 - 2Estrela Amadora
ABenfica1 - 3Casa Pia
HBenfica4 - 0Famalicao
HBenfica1 - 2Braga
ABenfica0 - 1S. Lisbon
HBenfica3 - 0Estoril
ABenfica2 - 0Nacional
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Braga since 2015
Braga
Benfica
Goals: Scored
8
19
Games: Scored
4 / 9
8 / 9
Clean sheets
1 / 9
5 / 9
BRG
2
BEF
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Braga
0 - 1Benfica
Braga3 - 0
Braga3 - 2
0 - 2Benfica
0 - 4Benfica
1 - 4Benfica
1 - 3Benfica
0 - 1Benfica
0 - 2Benfica
League games at Benfica since 2016
Benfica
Braga
Goals: Scored
30
13
Games: Scored
9 / 10
9 / 10
Clean sheets
1 / 10
1 / 10
BRG
3
BEF
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Benfica
1 - 2Braga
Benfica3 - 1
Benfica1 - 0
Benfica6 - 1
2 - 3Braga
0 - 1Braga
Benfica6 - 2
Benfica3 - 1
Benfica3 - 1
Benfica5 - 1
Goal Statistics

Benfica have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 17 consecutive Liga NOS games. Their PG of 1.8 against Sporting Braga on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Braga 4th Benfica 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 75% probability that Braga will score 1 or more goals
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 83% probability that Benfica will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
Braga’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+1
Benfica’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.9
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2024/2025 season
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Braga
PG (predicted goals)
Benfica
1.4
1.8
Attack rating
BRG
BEF
20%
better
view stats
Games scored30
31
Failed to score3
2
Scored first22
25
Goals scored54
83
Avg. goals scored1.6
2.5
Avg. shots per game10
13
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for16
20
Avg. XG for1.5
2.2
KickOff rating
+20%
Defence rating
BRG
BEF
4%
better
view stats
Games conceded18
18
Clean sheets15
15
Conceded first9
8
Goals conceded29
27
Avg. goals conceded0.9
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded8
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
9
Conversion rate against12%
12%
Avg. XG against1
0.8
KickOff rating
+4%

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Braga Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
321068
R HortaR HortaR HortaJ Moutinho
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Hornicek GLK17
-
V Gómez DEF272
1
-
P Oliveira DEF211
5
-
S Niakaté DEF2411
4
-
F. Rodrigues DEF8
3
-
U Račić MID1431
5
-
J Moutinho MID2212
6
2
R Fernandes MID2833
1
-
R Zalazar  MID1945
4
-
R Horta MID34106
2
-
A. Cruz Patrão FWD711
-
Subs
T Sá GLK1
1
R Bambu DEF151
6
-
J Ferreira DEF211
6
-
A Marín DEF102
-
V Carvalho MID23
3
-
I Gharbi MID2343
2
-
Gorby MID211
3
-
A Ouazzani FWD3371
1
-
G Martínez FWD3042
4
-
Benfica Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
321999
A TrubinV PavlidisK AktürkogluÁlvaro Fernandez
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Trubin GLK32
1
-
T Araújo DEF2812
1
-
A Silva DEF2313
3
-
N Otamendi DEF3162
4
-
Álvaro Fernandez DEF3231
9
-
Florentino MID2621
7
-
L Barreiro MID2731
5
-
K Aktürkoglu MID30119
3
-
O Kökcü MID3377
8
-
A Schjelderup MID2013
-
V Pavlidis FWD34197
3
-
Subs
S Soares GLK2
-
S Dahl DEF114
-
A Bajrami DEF1
-
Ángel Di María MID2586
5
-
N. Madeira Fernandes Félix MID2
1
-
A Cabral FWD212
3
-
A Belotti FWD143
-
Bruma  FWD1012
-
T Gouveia FWD411
1
-
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