Portugal - Liga 3Data current as of 07 September 2026

São João Ver vs Sporting Braga II: match statistics

135%(2.47)
X35%(3.15)
230%(2.55)

Statistical analysis indicates very balanced chances for both teams, which points to a draw. São João Ver is in 4th position with a 30% win rate at home, but simultaneously, 50% of their matches end without scoring a goal, which is a serious offensive problem. Sporting Braga II occupies a higher 2nd place in the table, however, their away form is poor - only 10% of wins away and as much as 60% of losses. The recent form of both teams is similar (1.0 PPG for the hosts vs 1.6 PPG for the guests), and the goal difference in their matches is negative for both (-5 for the hosts, -7 for the guests away). Considering the poor efficiency of São João Ver at home (0.6 goals per match) and Braga II's problems away (0.8 goals per match), I expect a low-scoring draw, probably 0:0 or 1:1.

São João Ver vs Sporting Braga II: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

São João Ver played Sporting Braga II in Liga 3 (Portugal). The match was played on 8 March 2026. Final score: 1:1.

Current form

São João Ver: 1-2-2, 1.00 points/match. Sporting Braga II: 2-2-1, 1.60 points/match.

Goal statistics

São João Ver scores 0.67 and concedes 1.38 goals per match. Sporting Braga II scores 0.95 and concedes 0.90. League average: 2.20 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: São João Ver 43%, Sporting Braga II 33%. Over 2.5: São João Ver 38%, Sporting Braga II 29%. League level: BTTS 47%, Over 2.5 38%.

xG, shots and style

São João Ver has higher xG: 1.09 vs 1.07. São João Ver: 7.9 shots per match, Sporting Braga II: 7.6.

Match halves

São João Ver: half-time lead 10%, second-half goals 0.38. Sporting Braga II: half-time lead 19%, second-half goals 0.67.

Goals by minute

São João Ver: 0-15 (4 goals). Sporting Braga II: 31-45+ (5 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Liga 3: 2.20 goals per match, BTTS 47%, Over 2.5 38%.

Head-to-head

Before this fixture, 2 previous H2H matches were available: 1-1-0. Average goals 0.50, BTTS 0%.

Archived pre-match analysis

This analysis was prepared before kick-off. The conclusions use only information available before the match and do not include the final result or post-match statistics.

General match analysis

Statistical analysis indicates very balanced chances for both teams, which points to a draw. São João Ver is in 4th position with a 30% win rate at home, but simultaneously, 50% of their matches end without scoring a goal, which is a serious offensive problem. Sporting Braga II occupies a higher 2nd place in the table, however, their away form is poor - only 10% of wins away and as much as 60% of losses. The recent form of both teams is similar (1.0 PPG for the hosts vs 1.6 PPG for the guests), and the goal difference in their matches is negative for both (-5 for the hosts, -7 for the guests away). Considering the poor efficiency of São João Ver at home (0.6 goals per match) and Braga II's problems away (0.8 goals per match), I expect a low-scoring draw, probably 0:0 or 1:1.

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Half-by-half

1 : 1
1st half
0 : 0
2nd half

Match statistics

46Possession (%)54
São João VerSporting Braga II
12Shots8
São João VerSporting Braga II
4Shots on target3
São João VerSporting Braga II
1.57xG1.03
São João VerSporting Braga II
10Corners6
São João VerSporting Braga II
73Dangerous attacks42
São João VerSporting Braga II
-1Fouls-1
São João VerSporting Braga II
2Cards2
São João VerSporting Braga II

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

São João VerSporting Braga II
0.67Goals scored / match0.95
São João VerSporting Braga II
1.38Goals conceded / match0.9
São João VerSporting Braga II
São João VerSporting Braga II
49%Average possession51%
São João VerSporting Braga II
2.9Shots on target / match3.05
São João VerSporting Braga II

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

7.86Shots per match7.62
São João VerSporting Braga II
2.9Shots on target3.05
São João VerSporting Braga II
8.5%Shot conversion12.5%
São João VerSporting Braga II
49%Possession51%
São João VerSporting Braga II
1.09xG for1.07
São João VerSporting Braga II
1.38xG against1.34
São João VerSporting Braga II

Shooting quality

São João Ver: BalancedSporting Braga II: Balanced
São João VerSporting Braga II
Accuracy (shots on target)37%40%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.140.14
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.230.31

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Sporting Braga II is 60% better for: last-5 form.

1 pts / match - São João Ver · 1.6 pts / match - Sporting Braga II

São João Ver
DLDWL
Season result split
14% W43% R43% P
Season (W-D-L)
3-9-9
0.86 pts / match · goal difference -15
Last 5 (W-D-L)
1-2-2
1.00 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
3-3-4
Last 5 at home
2-0-3
WLLLW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.8Goals conceded: 1.0xG: 1.14Opponent xG: 1.38BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 40%
Sporting Braga II
DDLWW
Season result split
38% W33% R29% P
Season (W-D-L)
8-7-6
1.48 pts / match · goal difference +1
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-2-1
1.60 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
1-3-6
Last 5 away
1-1-3
LWLDL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.2Goals conceded: 0.8xG: 1.20Opponent xG: 1.86BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 40%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Sporting Braga II is 42% better for: goals scored per match.

0.67 goals / match - São João Ver · 0.95 goals / match - Sporting Braga II

Sporting Braga II is 53% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.38 goals / match - São João Ver · 0.9 goals / match - Sporting Braga II

São João Ver scoring profile: mixed

São João Ver scores in 52% of matches (11 of 21 matches), while Sporting Braga II keeps a clean sheet in 48% (10 of 21 matches).

Sporting Braga II scoring profile: strong

Sporting Braga II scores in 67% of matches (14 of 21 matches), while São João Ver keeps a clean sheet in 29% (6 of 21 matches).

14Goals scored (season)20
São João VerSporting Braga II
29Goals conceded (season)19
São João VerSporting Braga II
2.05Average goals in match1.86
São João VerSporting Braga II
4Goals scored (last 5)6
São João VerSporting Braga II
5Goals conceded (last 5)4
São João VerSporting Braga II

How often they score at least...

52%1 goal67%
São João VerSporting Braga II
14%2 goals29%
São João VerSporting Braga II
0%3 goals0%
São João VerSporting Braga II
0%4 goals0%
São João VerSporting Braga II

How often they concede at least...

71%1 goal52%
São João VerSporting Braga II
48%2 goals33%
São João VerSporting Braga II
10%3 goals5%
São João VerSporting Braga II
10%4 goals0%
São João VerSporting Braga II

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

33%
Sporting Braga II - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.7 of 21 matches
47%
League average

Goal patterns

19%BTTS at half-time10%
São João VerSporting Braga II
0%BTTS in both halves0%
São João VerSporting Braga II
0%Scored in both halves19%
São João VerSporting Braga II

BTTS and goal count

29%Min. 3 goals and BTTS29%
São João VerSporting Braga II
10%Min. 3 goals without BTTS0%
São João VerSporting Braga II
60%BTTS - last 540%
São João VerSporting Braga II

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

57%Min. 1 goal before half-time57%
São João VerSporting Braga II
29%Min. 2 goals before half-time24%
São João VerSporting Braga II
14%Min. 3 goals before half-time5%
São João VerSporting Braga II

2nd half

62%Min. 1 goal after half-time76%
São João VerSporting Braga II
29%Min. 2 goals after half-time19%
São João VerSporting Braga II
10%Min. 3 goals after half-time5%
São João VerSporting Braga II

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Sporting Braga II is 30% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

0.81 pts / match - São João Ver · 1.05 pts / match - Sporting Braga II

São João Ver - half-time state
10% leading52% draw38% trailing
Sporting Braga II - half-time state
19% leading48% draw33% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

0.81Points per match (1st half)1.05
São João VerSporting Braga II
0.29Goals scored (1st half)0.29
São João VerSporting Braga II
0.71Goals conceded (1st half)0.57
São João VerSporting Braga II
1Average goals (1st half)0.86
São João VerSporting Braga II
48%Clean sheet before half-time62%
São João VerSporting Braga II
76%No goal before half-time71%
São João VerSporting Braga II

After half-time (2nd half)

0.95Points per match (2nd half)1.86
São João VerSporting Braga II
0.38Goals scored (2nd half)0.67
São João VerSporting Braga II
0.67Goals conceded (2nd half)0.33
São João VerSporting Braga II
1.05Average goals (2nd half)1
São João VerSporting Braga II
48%Clean sheet after half-time71%
São João VerSporting Braga II
71%No goal after half-time43%
São João VerSporting Braga II

São João Ver - second-half results

14% W52% R33% P
17
Half-time points
6
Half-time goals
-9
Goal difference (1st half)
20
Second-half points
-6
Goal difference (2nd half)
0.81
PPG before half-time
Lead holding140%

Leads at half-time in 10% of matches and wins 14%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time-0.0

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Sporting Braga II - second-half results

52% W29% R19% P
22
Half-time points
6
Half-time goals
-6
Goal difference (1st half)
39
Second-half points
+7
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.05
PPG before half-time
Lead holding200%

Leads at half-time in 19% of matches and wins 38%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time-0.2

Defence stays stable across the full match.

São João Ver - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match0.801.20
Goals scored / match0.60.2
Goals conceded / match0.80.2
Average goals in match1.40.4
1 goal60%40%
2 goals60%0%
3 goals20%0%
Clean sheet40%80%
No goal40%80%
Goal difference-10
Half-time: 0% leading - 80% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 60% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 60% - Half-time goals total: 3
Sporting Braga II - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.602.00
Goals scored / match0.40.8
Goals conceded / match0.20.6
Average goals in match0.61.4
1 goal60%80%
2 goals0%40%
3 goals0%20%
Clean sheet80%60%
No goal60%40%
Goal difference+1+1
Half-time: 40% leading - 40% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 60% won - 20% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 2

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

São João Ver
ScoredConceded
4
4
0-15
1
4
16-30
1
7
31-45
3
2
46-60
2
6
61-75
3
6
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 0-15 (4 goals). Concedes most in 31-45 (7). Late-goal balance (76-90): -3 - late phases are a weakness.

Sporting Braga II
ScoredConceded
0
3
0-15
1
4
16-30
5
5
31-45
5
1
46-60
4
1
61-75
5
5
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (5 goals). Concedes most in 31-45 (5). Late-goal balance (76-90): 0.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

1.95
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
0.8 : 1.2
Estimated goal split
home : away
89%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
38%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-74%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
35%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
16%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 6 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

São João Ver

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.29
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.42
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+6.1 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.42
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
0.00
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
55%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
139%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.14
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.1
Late goals
21% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 29% come in the first quarter-hour.
21%

Sporting Braga II

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.27
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.32
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-2.1 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.12
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.44
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
96%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
74%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.12
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.4
Late goals
25% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 0% come in the first quarter-hour.
25%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Liga 3).

Teams vs league

São João VerLigaSporting Braga II
Average goals in match 2.052.20 1.86
Both teams scored 43%47% 33%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 38%38% 29%
Clean sheets 29%32% 48%
Goal before half-time 57%65% 57%
Goal after half-time 62%73% 76%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.20
Average goals per match
47%
Both teams scored
38%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
32%
Clean sheets
1.22
Home goals / match
0.99
Away goals / match
+23%
Home attack advantage
+19%
Home defence advantage
+14%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
65%
1 goal
27%
2 goals
9%
3 goals
1%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
73%
1 goal
33%
2 goals
11%
3 goals
1%
4 goals

Lineups and player events

Verified starters, substitutes and recorded player events for this match.

Match timeline

Goals, cards and substitutions arranged in chronological order.

  1. São João VerYellow cardJoao Castro
  2. São João VerYellow cardNuno André Sousa Pereira
  3. Sporting Braga IISubstitutionOn: Rúben Alexandre Soares FurtadoOff: Afonso Ferreira Duarte
  4. Sporting Braga IIYellow cardTiago Miguel Bento Ferreira
  5. Sporting Braga IISubstitutionOn: Luís Teixeira PintoOff: Tiago Miguel Bento Ferreira
  6. Sporting Braga IIYellow cardJoão Salvador Pereira Lomba

Referee and managers

Open their season profiles to compare match records, goals and disciplinary trends.

Referee context

See how often this referee shows cards, awards penalties and how their matches tend to finish.

Diogo Torres CoelhoMatches officiated: 9
4Cards per match
0Penalties per match
1 / X / 211%Home wins22%Draws67%Away wins

Head-to-head

Recent meetings (2): São João Ver 1 - 1 - 0 Sporting Braga II. Average goals 0.50, both teams scored in 0% matches.

Sporting Braga II
0 : 0
SC São João de Ver
SC São João de Ver
1 : 0
Sporting Braga II

FAQ

What was the result of São João Ver vs Sporting Braga II?

The Liga 3 match finished São João Ver 1:1 Sporting Braga II. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What is the head-to-head record between São João Ver and Sporting Braga II?

In the last 2 head-to-head matches São João Ver won 1, Sporting Braga II won 0 and 1 ended level. These games averaged 0.50 goals, with both teams scoring in 0% of them.

What do the goal statistics show before São João Ver vs Sporting Braga II?

São João Ver score 0.67 goals per game on average and Sporting Braga II 0.95. The Liga 3 average is 2.20 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 38% of games. Both teams score in 43% of São João Ver's matches and 33% of Sporting Braga II's.

What form are São João Ver and Sporting Braga II in?

Over the last 5 games São João Ver have a 1-2-2 record (1.00 points per game) and Sporting Braga II 2-2-1 (1.60 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for São João Ver vs Sporting Braga II?

This page shows the full statistical context — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under. The tip, value assessment and full reasoning are in the NoFluffPicks app.