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Sporting Braga v CD Santa Clara : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 3rd May, 18:00 BST, Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal and António Jorge Rocha Simão meet in the Liga NOS on Saturday evening, as Sporting Braga face CD Santa Clara at the Estádio Municipal de Braga. For each and every Liga NOS match preview, KickOff explores the stats for seventeen major betting markets. Important stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then brought forward alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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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

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Braga
49%
--
Draw
25%
--
Santa Clara
26%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Braga 1-0
11%
--
Braga 2-1
9%
--
Braga 2-0
9%
--
Santa Clara 1-0
8%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Santa Clara 2-1
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Braga 3-1
5%
--
Braga 3-0
5%
--
Santa Clara 2-0
4%
--
Braga 3-2
3%
--
Santa Clara 3-1
2%
--
Braga 4-1
2%
--
Santa Clara 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
43%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
52%
--
BTTS - No
48%
--
BTTS - Home Win
22%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
12%
--
Home/draw
74%
--
Away/draw
52%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
66%
--
Away DNB
44%
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Braga win to nil
27%
--
Santa Clara win to nil
14%
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Braga have played 30 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Liga NOS league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 27 games against teams below in the table, having won 18, drawn 5 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 15 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Braga have outscored their opponents by 51 goals to 29 goals.

Home League Performance

Braga have played 15 games at home winning 9, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 31 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 17 goals at home.

Santa Clara are in 6th position in the Liga NOS on 47 points having played 30 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 15 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 1 and won 2. Santa Clara have conceded 13 goals, scored 4, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Braga
Santa Clara
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
S. Lisbon3022625372 
l
 
2-4F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
2
Benfica3023344972 
May 17
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-1F
3
Braga Home3019652663 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
May 3
4
Porto3019563162 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
5
V. Guimaraes3012126948 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
6
Santa Clara A3014511047 
May 3
w
 
0-2F
-
-
7
Famalicao3011109643 
d
 
3-3A
Apr 25
May 10
w
 
1-2F
8
Casa Pia3011811-341 
l
 
1-2A
May 10
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
9
Estoril3010911-1039 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
2-3A
w
 
1-4A
10
Moreirense309813-935 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
11
Rio Ave308913-1533 
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
12
Arouca308913-1533 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
Apr 26
l
 
1-0A
13
Nacional309516-1432 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-3F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
14
Gil Vicente307815-1329 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
15
Estrela Amadora306816-2126 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
16
AVS3041214-2624 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
17
Sporting Farense304917-2121 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
May 17
18
Boavista305619-2721 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
Win / draw / win form
6
Braga have won 6 consecutive home league games
6
Braga have not lost in 6 consecutive home league games
Braga 3RD
20 league games
Home
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Braga2 - 1Gil Vicente
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
HBraga2 - 2Estoril
ABraga1 - 0AVS
HBraga2 - 4S. Lisbon
Santa Clara 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rio Ave1 - 1Santa Clara
V. Guimaraes2 - 0Santa Clara
Gil Vicente0 - 1Santa Clara
Boavista1 - 0Santa Clara
Estrela Amadora0 - 0Santa Clara
AVS1 - 2Santa Clara
Porto1 - 1Santa Clara
Famalicao1 - 2Santa Clara
Arouca1 - 0Santa Clara
S. Lisbon0 - 1Santa Clara
Nacional2 - 0Santa Clara
Moreirense1 - 0Santa Clara
Benfica4 - 1Santa Clara
Casa Pia0 - 2Santa Clara
Estoril1 - 4Santa Clara
Benfica3 - 0Santa Clara
Braga5 - 3Santa Clara
Estoril3 - 0Santa Clara
Porto2 - 1Santa Clara
S. Lisbon3 - 0Santa Clara
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASanta Clara1 - 1Rio Ave
HSanta Clara0 - 1S. Lisbon
ASanta Clara0 - 2V. Guimaraes
HSanta Clara1 - 0Nacional
ASanta Clara1 - 0Gil Vicente
HSanta Clara1 - 1Moreirense
ASanta Clara0 - 1Boavista
ASanta Clara0 - 0Estrela Amadora
HSanta Clara0 - 1Benfica
ASanta Clara2 - 1AVS
HSanta Clara2 - 1Casa Pia
ASanta Clara1 - 1Porto
HSanta Clara2 - 3Estoril
HSanta Clara0 - 0Sporting Farense
ASanta Clara2 - 1Famalicao
HSanta Clara0 - 2Braga
ASanta Clara0 - 1Arouca
HSanta Clara1 - 0Rio Ave
ASanta Clara1 - 0S. Lisbon
HSanta Clara1 - 0V. Guimaraes
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Braga have beaten Santa Clara in 3 consecutive league meetings
6
Braga have not lost to Santa Clara in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Braga since 2019
Braga
Santa Clara
Goals: Scored
8
4
Games: Scored
3 / 5
2 / 5
Clean sheets
3 / 5
2 / 5
BRG
3
D
1
SCL
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Braga
Braga5 - 3
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Santa Clara
Braga2 - 0
Braga1 - 0
League games at Santa Clara since 2018
Santa Clara
Braga
Goals: Scored
7
13
Games: Scored
3 / 6
6 / 6
Clean sheets
0 / 6
3 / 6
BRG
3
D
2
SCL
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Santa Clara
0 - 2Braga
0 - 4Braga
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Braga
Santa Clara3 - 2
Draw3 - 3Draw
Goal Statistics

Sporting Braga have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 7 consecutive Liga NOS games. Their PG of 1.6 against CD Santa Clara on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Goals have been a problem for CD Santa Clara of late. It has been 9 Liga NOS matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday evening against Sporting Braga.

Braga 3rd Santa Clara 6th
Kickoff prediction
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1.6
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Braga will score 1 or more goals
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Santa Clara will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+6
Braga’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-1
Santa Clara’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.0
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2024/2025 season
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Braga
PG (predicted goals)
Santa Clara
1.6
1.1
Attack rating
36%
better
BRG
SCL
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Games scored27
19
Failed to score3
11
Scored first21
15
Goals scored51
29
Avg. goals scored1.7
1
Avg. shots per game10
9
Avg. shots per goal6
9
Conversion rate for17
11
Avg. XG for1.5
1.1
KickOff rating
+36%
Defence rating
21%
better
BRG
SCL
view stats
Games conceded15
20
Clean sheets15
10
Conceded first7
13
Goals conceded25
29
Avg. goals conceded0.8
1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
8
Conversion rate against11%
13%
Avg. XG against1
1
KickOff rating
+21%

Braga v Santa Clara Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Braga Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25856
R HortaR HortaR HortaJ Ferreira
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Horta FWD2785
1
-
A Ouazzani FWD2761
1
-
G Martínez FWD2542
4
-
R Fernandes FWD2433
1
-
V Gómez DEF201
1
-
V Carvalho MID20
3
-
J Ferreira DEF181
6
-
S Niakaté DEF1711
3
-
I Gharbi FWD1721
1
-
Gorby MID161
3
-
J Moutinho MID161
4
-
P Oliveira DEF151
2
-
B Arrey-Mbi DEF15
4
1
R Zalazar  MID1224
4
-
L Hornicek GLK10
-
A Marín DEF102
-
R Bambu DEF101
4
-
F. Chissumba Rodrigues DEF81
2
-
U Račić MID711
3
-
D. Oliveira Rodrigues MID7
-
F Navarro FWD74
1
-
T Sá GLK1
1
J. Zamith Oliveira Noro DEF1
-
J. Vasconcelos Faria Gonçalves MID1
-
T. Helguera Merello Volante MID1
-
Santa Clara Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
289510
G BatistaV LopesM PereiraV Lopes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Batista GLK28
2
-
MT DEF2811
2
-
A Firmino MID271
5
1
P Ferreira MID273
9
-
G Silva FWD2742
1
-
V Lopes FWD2791
10
-
S. Pena De Lima DEF2621
7
1
Calila DEF2611
8
-
L Rocha DEF25
7
-
L Soares DEF251
5
1
F Venâncio DEF24
4
-
M Pereira DEF235
7
1
S. Lobo Araújo MID2311
3
-
J. Augusto Mourão Costa FWD183
1
-
Klismahn MID173
1
-
D. Borges da Silva MID13
-
R. Oliveira António FWD94
4
-
G Ramos DEF4
1
-
Matheusinho MID3
-
H Habraão DEF1
-