Portugal - Liga NOSEstádio Municipal de BragaData current as of 30 August 2026

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Sporting Braga vs Vitória Guimarães: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Sporting Braga play Vitória Guimarães in Liga NOS (Portugal). The match date is 31 August 2026. Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga.

Current form

Sporting Braga: 0-1-0, 1.00 points/match. Vitória Guimarães: 1-0-2, 1.00 points/match.

Goal statistics

Sporting Braga scores 2.00 and concedes 2.00 goals per match. Vitória Guimarães scores 1.00 and concedes 1.33. League average: 2.82 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Sporting Braga 100%, Vitória Guimarães 33%. Over 2.5: Sporting Braga 100%, Vitória Guimarães 33%. League level: BTTS 43%, Over 2.5 50%.

xG, shots and style

Vitória Guimarães has higher xG: 1.90 vs 1.47. Sporting Braga: 13.0 shots per match, Vitória Guimarães: 19.7.

Match halves

Sporting Braga: half-time lead 0%, second-half goals 1.00. Vitória Guimarães: half-time lead 33%, second-half goals 0.67.

Goals by minute

Sporting Braga: 0-15 (1 goals). Vitória Guimarães: 61-75 (2 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Liga Portugal: 2.82 goals per match, BTTS 43%, Over 2.5 50%.

Head-to-head

Before this fixture, 2 previous H2H matches were available: 1-1-0. Average goals 3.50, BTTS 100%.

Before the match

1X2 odds

(1.65)
(3.65)
(5.00)

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.

Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
2Goals scored / match1
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
2Goals conceded / match1.33
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
64%Average possession50%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
4Shots on target / match3.67
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães

Team statswho is more efficient?

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

13Shots per match19.67
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
4Shots on target3.67
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
15.4%Shot conversion5.1%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
64%Possession50%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
1.47xG for1.9
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
0.81xG against0.64
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães

Shooting quality

Sporting Braga: Efficient finishingVitória Guimarães: Attacking
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
Accuracy (shots on target)31%19%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.110.10
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.500.27

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
D
Unbeaten in the last 5 matches
Season result split
0% W100% R0% P
Season (W-D-L)
0-1-0
1.00 pts / match · goal difference 0
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-1-0
1.00 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
0-0-0
Last 5 at home
0-0-0
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.0Goals conceded: 2.0xG: 1.47Opponent xG: 0.81BTTS: 100%Over 2.5: 100%
Vitória Guimarães
LLW
Season result split
33% W0% R67% P
Season (W-D-L)
1-0-2
1.00 pts / match · goal difference -1
Last 5 (W-D-L)
1-0-2
1.00 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
0-0-1
Last 5 away
0-0-1
L
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.0Goals conceded: 1.3xG: 1.90Opponent xG: 0.64BTTS: 33%Over 2.5: 33%

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 is 100% better for: goals scored per match.

2 goals / match - Sporting Braga · 1 goals / match - Vitória Guimarães

Vitória Guimarães is 50% better for: goals conceded per match.

2 goals / match - Sporting Braga · 1.33 goals / match - Vitória Guimarães

Sporting Braga scoring profile: very strong

Sporting Braga scores in 100% of matches (1 of 1 matches), while Vitória Guimarães keeps a clean sheet in 33% (1 of 3 matches).

Vitória Guimarães scoring profile: very strong

Vitória Guimarães scores in 67% of matches (2 of 3 matches), while Sporting Braga keeps a clean sheet in 0% (0 of 1 matches).

2Goals scored (season)3
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
2Goals conceded (season)4
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
4Average goals in match2.33
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
2Goals scored (last 5)3
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
2Goals conceded (last 5)4
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães

How often they score at least...

100%1 goal67%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
100%2 goals33%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
0%3 goals0%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
0%4 goals0%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães

How often they concede at least...

100%1 goal67%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
100%2 goals33%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
0%3 goals33%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
0%4 goals0%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães

* 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%
Vitória Guimarães - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.1 of 3 matches
43%
League average

Goal patterns

100%BTTS at half-time0%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
100%BTTS in both halves0%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
100%Scored in both halves0%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães

BTTS and goal count

100%Min. 3 goals and BTTS33%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
0%Min. 3 goals without BTTS0%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
100%BTTS - last 533%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães

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.

Full match - team comparison (Over)

1st half

100%Min. 1 goal before half-time67%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
100%Min. 2 goals before half-time33%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
0%Min. 3 goals before half-time33%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães

2nd half

100%Min. 1 goal after half-time67%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
100%Min. 2 goals after half-time33%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
0%Min. 3 goals after half-time0%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães

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.

Vitória Guimarães is 33% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1 pts / match - Sporting Braga · 1.33 pts / match - Vitória Guimarães

Sporting Braga - half-time state
0% leading100% draw0% trailing
Vitória Guimarães - half-time state
33% leading33% draw33% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1Points per match (1st half)1.33
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
1Goals scored (1st half)0.33
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
1Goals conceded (1st half)1
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
2Average goals (1st half)1.33
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
0%Clean sheet before half-time67%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
0%No goal before half-time67%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães

After half-time (2nd half)

1Points per match (2nd half)1.33
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
1Goals scored (2nd half)0.67
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
1Goals conceded (2nd half)0.33
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
2Average goals (2nd half)1
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
0%Clean sheet after half-time67%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães
0%No goal after half-time67%
Sporting BragaVitória Guimarães

Sporting Braga - second-half results

0% W100% R0% P
1
Half-time points
1
Half-time goals
0
Goal difference (1st half)
1
Second-half points
0
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.00
PPG before half-time
Defence after half-time0.0

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Vitória Guimarães - second-half results

33% W33% R33% P
4
Half-time points
1
Half-time goals
-2
Goal difference (1st half)
4
Second-half points
+1
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.33
PPG before half-time
Lead holding100%

Leads at half-time in 33% of matches and wins 33%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time-0.7

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Sporting Braga - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.001.00
Goals scored / match1.01.0
Goals conceded / match1.01.0
Average goals in match2.02.0
1 goal100%100%
2 goals100%100%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet0%0%
No goal0%0%
Goal difference00
Half-time: 0% leading - 100% draw - 0% trailing
2nd half: 0% won - 100% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 100% - Half-time goals total: 1
Vitória Guimarães - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.331.33
Goals scored / match0.30.7
Goals conceded / match1.00.3
Average goals in match1.31.0
1 goal67%67%
2 goals33%33%
3 goals33%0%
Clean sheet67%67%
No goal67%67%
Goal difference-2+1
Half-time: 33% leading - 33% draw - 33% trailing
2nd half: 33% won - 33% draw - 33% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 1

* 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.

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

Most dangerous in minutes 0-15 (1 goal). Concedes most in 0-15 (1). Late-goal balance (76-90): -1 - late phases are a weakness.

Vitória Guimarães
ScoredConceded
1
1
0-15
0
1
16-30
0
1
31-45
0
1
46-60
2
0
61-75
0
0
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 61-75 (2 goals). Concedes most in 0-15 (1). 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

3.17
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.7 : 1.5
Estimated goal split
home : away
112%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
67%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
+11%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
67%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
0%
0:0 risk
practically zero
2-3
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Sporting Braga

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.66
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.66
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-0.5 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.53
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-1.19
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
144%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
140%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
0.00
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
0.0
Late goals
0% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 50% come in the first quarter-hour.
0%

Vitória Guimarães

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+1.26
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-1.59
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-0.2 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.90
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.69
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
70%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
96%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
0.00
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.3
Late goals
0% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 33% come in the first quarter-hour.
0%

* 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 Portugal).

Teams vs league

Sporting BragaLigaVitória Guimarães
Average goals in match 4.002.82 2.33
Both teams scored 100%43% 33%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 100%50% 33%
Clean sheets 0%29% 33%
Goal before half-time 100%71% 67%
Goal after half-time 100%71% 67%

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

2.82
Average goals per match
43%
Both teams scored
50%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
29%
Clean sheets
1.39
Home goals / match
1.43
Away goals / match
+-3%
Home attack advantage
+-3%
Home defence advantage
+14%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
71%
1 goal
43%
2 goals
18%
3 goals
7%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
71%
1 goal
39%
2 goals
18%
3 goals
11%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Recent meetings (2): Sporting Braga 1 - 1 - 0 Vitória Guimarães. Average goals 3.50, both teams scored in 100% matches.

Sporting Braga
3 : 2
Vitória Guimarães SC
Vitória Guimarães SC
1 : 1
Sporting Braga

FAQ

When do Sporting Braga and Vitória Guimarães play?

Sporting Braga face Vitória Guimarães on 31 August 2026 in Liga NOS at Estádio Municipal de Braga. The exact kick-off time in your timezone is shown at the top of the match page.

What is the head-to-head record between Sporting Braga and Vitória Guimarães?

In the last 2 head-to-head matches Sporting Braga won 1, Vitória Guimarães won 0 and 1 ended level. These games averaged 3.50 goals, with both teams scoring in 100% of them.

What do the goal statistics show before Sporting Braga vs Vitória Guimarães?

Sporting Braga score 2.00 goals per game on average and Vitória Guimarães 1.00. The Liga NOS average is 2.82 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 50% of games. Both teams score in 100% of Sporting Braga's matches and 33% of Vitória Guimarães's.

What form are Sporting Braga and Vitória Guimarães in?

Over the last 5 games Sporting Braga have a 0-1-0 record (1.00 points per game) and Vitória Guimarães 1-0-2 (1.00 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Sporting Braga vs Vitória Guimarães?

The statistical background for Sporting Braga vs Vitória Guimarães — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under — is on this page. The tip with full reasoning and a value assessment is in the NoFluffPicks app.