Primeira Liga Gameweek 18 Sun, Jan 17 · 16:00 Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga
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Away travel20 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d1 · 1
Real contextStrength only
SC Braga—%
Draw—%
Moreirense—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Braga)

Forecast from 2 Jan

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for SC Braga and Moreirense. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

SC BragaMoreirense
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
56 Current StrengthIn forecast 25
42 AttackIn forecast 17
59 DefenceIn forecast 27
19 Form indexContext 23
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

SC Braga

Attack—
Defense risk—

Moreirense

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

SC BragaMoreirense
1.13 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
1.25 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.88
1.06 xGVia Att/Def 0.51
0.74 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.46
+0.07 Goals minus xGContext +0.49
88% Scored inContext 63%
38% Clean sheetsContext 13%
13.00 ShotsContext 7.88
4.38 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 2.75
34% On target shareContext 35%
8.13 Shots in the boxContext 4.25
63% Box shareContext 55%
9% ConversionContext 13%
2.57 OffsidesContext —
8.63 Shots allowedContext 15.13
2.63 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.00
2.43 BlocksContext 3.88
1.63 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.88
62% Save rateContext 58%
59% PossessionIn forecast 36%
572 PassesContext 324
491 Accurate passesContext 244
86% Pass accuracyContext 75%
6.66 Team ratingContext 6.48
13.25 FoulsContext 13.63
12.38 Fouls sufferedContext 13.00
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 2.63
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.13
This league season, per match · 8 and 8 games
1.30 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.80
1.40 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.70
1.14 xGVia Att/Def 0.53
1.06 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.38
+0.16 Goals minus xGContext +0.27
90% Scored inContext 50%
30% Clean sheetsContext 20%
12.30 ShotsContext 8.50
4.10 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 2.80
33% On target shareContext 33%
7.40 Shots in the boxContext 4.50
59% Box shareContext 54%
11% ConversionContext 9%
2.22 OffsidesContext 1.00
9.90 Shots allowedContext 14.20
3.30 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.40
3.13 BlocksContext 4.00
2.10 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.67
64% Save rateContext 56%
59% PossessionIn forecast 41%
569 PassesContext 364
490 Accurate passesContext 286
86% Pass accuracyContext 79%
6.68 Team ratingContext 6.54
13.00 FoulsContext 12.70
11.40 Fouls sufferedContext 12.90
2.10 Yellow cardsContext 2.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

SC Braga
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 19 · 4 pts vs 8.1 for an average club · -4.5 vs expected
  • L19 OctH · GIL Vicente1–21.9 xPts
  • L9 OctH · Sporting CP1–31.2 xPts
  • D20 SepA · Santa Clara0–01.5 xPts
  • W14 SepH · Estoril1–02.1 xPts
  • L10 SepA · Estrela1–21.8 xPts
Moreirense
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel20 km68 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 23 · 4 pts vs 7.4 for an average club · -0.8 vs expected
  • L9 OctH · GIL Vicente0–11.4 xPts
  • D20 SepA · Guimaraes1–10.9 xPts
  • W14 SepH · Maritimo3–11.7 xPts
  • L9 SepH · Benfica0–40.5 xPts
  • L4 SepA · FC Porto1–20.4 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
SC Braga Moreirense
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Primeira Liga 2026-2027, 10 Jan7Primeira Liga 2026-2027, 10 Jan
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km20 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km68 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 1 / 31 / 1 / 3
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

SC Braga Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs GIL Vicente (H) 1–2, 19 Oct
31Bernardo Fontes(G)
44A. Bajrami 6Vitor Carvalho 14G. Lagerbielke
10Pau Víctor 29J. Gorby 8João Moutinho 7Diogo Travassos
50D. Rodrigues 21Ricardo Horta
19J. Wind
Moreirense Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs GIL Vicente (H) 0–1, 9 Oct
13André Ferreira(G)
27Kiko 26Maracás 66G. Dambi Batista 76Dinis Pinto
65Guilherme Liberato 23N. John
19Tiago Andrade 7Manuel Mendonça 10Kiko Bondoso
79L. Vonić

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
SC Braga Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Moreirense Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

SC Braga · Home 1.50points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
2-0-2
Scored
1.00
Conceded
1.25
Moreirense · Away 1.00points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
1-1-2
Scored
0.75
Conceded
1.75

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 7 of 7 meetings

6 SC Braga wins1 draws0 Moreirense wins
Goals per game2.00 – 1.00 Over 2.571% Both scored71% Clean sheets29% · 0%
  • 9 Aug 2026Moreirense2–2SC Braga
  • 4 Apr 2026Moreirense0–1SC Braga
  • 9 Nov 2025SC Braga2–1Moreirense
  • 3 Feb 2025Moreirense1–2SC Braga
  • 25 Aug 2024SC Braga3–1Moreirense
  • 4 Feb 2024SC Braga1–0Moreirense

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

SC Braga7 games · scored 8 · conceded 10
2 1 0-15
1 16-30
2 1 31-45
2 2 46-60
1 3 61-75
1 2 76-90
Moreirense8 games · scored 8 · conceded 15
1 1 0-15
4 2 16-30
3 31-45
1 3 46-60
2 61-75
2 4 76-90
SC Braga9 games · scored 12 · conceded 14
3 2 0-15
1 16-30
2 1 31-45
3 3 46-60
1 3 61-75
3 4 76-90
Moreirense10 games · scored 8 · conceded 17
1 1 0-15
4 3 16-30
3 31-45
1 4 46-60
2 61-75
2 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.