Match Report
23 points for Sporting Braga U23 (4th), 26 for Academico Viseu U23 (1st): a 3-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Sporting Braga U23: only 25th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Against a league average of 1.42 goals per team per game, Sporting Braga U23 ran at 1.71 scored and 1.57 conceded, Academico Viseu U23 at 2.07 and 1.14.
Academico Viseu U23 arrived on a run of five straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Sporting Braga U23 against 15/15 for Academico Viseu U23.
The head-to-head ledger counts 11 games: 0 Sporting Braga U23 wins, 6 for Academico Viseu U23, 5 draws, at 3.27 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 36% of those meetings. History points to goals: 64% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 64%.
Estádio Municipal de Braga, capacity 30,286, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Academico Viseu U23 led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.
Goal scorers
Academico Viseu U23: Krystian (41'), Bruno Henrique (72')
Key stats
Possession: Sporting Braga U23 53% · Academico Viseu U23 47% · Total shots: 8-9 · On target: 1-8 · Corners: 5-6