Braga 1-3 Sporting CP: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction
Our picks against the result
5 of 12 right
- Result Sporting CP win47% 1-3
- Double chance Sporting CP or draw (X2)74% 1-3
- Goals over/under 2.5 Under 2.550% 4 goals
- More corners Sporting CP50% Braga (5-2)
- Yellow cards Above average 2 yellow cards · league 4.1
- Yellow cards 2 yellow cards 3.5 Over69% 4.5 Over51% 5.5 Under66%
- Corners Around average 7 corners · league 8.6
- Corners 7 corners 7.5 Over60% 8.5 Under52% 9.5 Under63%
Match stats
Braga Sporting CP
- 1 Goals 3
- 1 Yellow cards 1
- 0 Red cards 0
- 5 Corners 2
Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.
Before kick-off
What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.
Match summary
For Matchday 8 in Liga Portugal, Braga vs Sporting CP meet at the Estádio Municipal de Braga on Friday 9 October 2026. Our pick is a Sporting CP win, and the double chance goes the same way: Sporting CP win or draw.
Why this pick?
Our model's verdict is a Sporting CP win, and the chief reason is that it places the visitors above Braga on our strength rating, with both clubs sitting clearly above the Liga Portugal average. Braga make that harder: they give up fewer big chances than most teams and playing at the Estádio Municipal de Braga is an advantage. Sporting's recent play covers it, since they create big chances at a rate well beyond the norm, concede very little, and have won 24 of the 41 meetings between the two. The call is moderate.
Form guide
Braga
- D 0-0 at Santa Clara (A) Liga Portugal · 20 Sep
- W 1-0 vs Estoril (H) Liga Portugal · 14 Sep
- L 1-2 at Estrela da Amadora (A) Liga Portugal · 10 Sep
- W 2-1 at Alverca (A) Liga Portugal · 5 Sep
- W 1-0 vs Vitória de Guimarães (H) Liga Portugal · 31 Aug
Sporting CP
- D 2-2 vs Arouca (H) Liga Portugal · 19 Sep
- D 1-1 at Famalicão (A) Liga Portugal · 13 Sep
- W 3-1 vs Galatasaray (H) Champions League · 9 Sep
- W 2-0 vs Nacional (H) Liga Portugal · 5 Sep
- W 4-0 at Rio Ave (A) Liga Portugal · 28 Aug
Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.
Attack and defence ratings
0 to 100 against this season's Liga Portugal clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.
Head-to-head
41 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.
- 7 Mar 2026 · Liga Portugal Braga 2-2 Sporting CP
- 5 Oct 2025 · Liga Portugal Sporting CP 1-1 Braga
- 7 Apr 2025 · Liga Portugal Sporting CP 1-1 Braga
- 10 Nov 2024 · Liga Portugal Braga 2-4 Sporting CP
- 11 Feb 2024 · Liga Portugal Sporting CP 5-0 Braga
Liga Portugal so far
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Sporting CP | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17:8 | +9 | 15 |
| 6 | Braga | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7:5 | +2 | 11 |
Positions in our table of 18 clubs, before kick-off. Full table
Match facts
- Competition
- Liga Portugal, Matchday 8
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga
Questions and answers
What was the score of Braga vs Sporting CP?
Braga 1-3 Sporting CP in the Liga Portugal (Matchday 8) on Friday 9 October 2026.
Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Braga vs Sporting CP right?
Yes: our result pick was Sporting CP win, and the score after 90 minutes was 1-3. 5 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.
How many cards and corners were there in Braga vs Sporting CP?
2 yellow cards (Braga 1, Sporting CP 1), no red cards and 7 corners (Braga 5, Sporting CP 2).
Other Liga Portugal results that day
All results
Times are UTC.