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Modelling · Portugal

Primeira Liga

Friday, October 9 · 09:15 PM · 8th matchday

Sporting Braga – Sporting CP

Sporting Braga

6th · attack 1.52 · defence 0.84

hosts

Sporting CP

3rd · attack 2.12 · defence 0.69

Our model makes Sporting CP favourites for Sporting Braga – Sporting CP, at 50%. Kick-off October 9, 2026, 09:15 PM.

Across the full score distribution, Sporting Braga win 28% of the time, the draw comes up 22% and Sporting CP win 50%. The single most likely scoreline is 1–1, in 10.3% of simulations.

We expect 1.28 goals for Sporting Braga and 1.78 for Sporting CP, which puts the game above 2.5 goals 59% of the time and both teams scoring 60%.

Every figure on this page is read off the same score matrix, so they cannot contradict one another. They come from a Dixon-Coles model recalculated nightly, and they take no account of announced line-ups.

28%Sporting Braga win
22%Draw
50%Sporting CP win

Expected goals: 1.28 for Sporting Braga, 1.78 for Sporting CP.

Other markets

Over 1.5 goals80.5%
Under 1.519.5%
Over 2.5 goals58.9%
Under 2.541.1%
Over 3.5 goals36.5%
Under 3.563.5%
Both teams to score59.5%
Not both40.5%

Most likely scorelines

1–110.3%
1–29.5%
0–18.8%
0–27.5%
2–16.8%

All scorelines

Probability of each exact scoreline. The diagonal is draws; below it, Sporting Braga wins; above it, Sporting CP wins.

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0497421
161010631
2476421
323321
4111
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Sporting Braga goals in rows, Sporting CP goals in columns. Values are percentages; cells below 0.5% are left blank.

Frequently asked questions

Who are the favourites in Sporting Braga v Sporting CP?

Sporting CP, at 50%. The full split is Sporting Braga 28%, draw 22%, Sporting CP 50%.

What is the most likely score in Sporting Braga v Sporting CP?

1–1, which comes up in 10.3% of simulations. No single scoreline is ever very likely: the distribution is spread across many results, which is why the full matrix matters more than the top line.

Will there be over 2.5 goals in Sporting Braga v Sporting CP?

The model puts the game above 2.5 goals 59% of the time, and above 1.5 goals 81% of the time. Expected goals are 1.28 for Sporting Braga and 1.78 for Sporting CP.

Will both teams score in Sporting Braga v Sporting CP?

Both teams score in 60% of simulations. Sporting Braga keep a clean sheet or Sporting CP fail to score in the remaining 40%.

How are these probabilities calculated?

A Dixon-Coles model estimates an attacking and a defensive strength for every club from past results, with time decay so recent matches weigh more. Those strengths give the expected goals for each side, from which the full score matrix and every market on this page are derived. It is recalculated nightly and does not read line-ups, injuries or transfers.

All these figures come from a single scoreline matrix, computed on Sunday, September 27. They therefore cannot contradict one another: “over 2.5 goals” and “exact score” are two readings of the same object.