Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Sporting Braga (4th, 59 pts) held a 29-point advantage over Casa Pia (16th, 30 pts). Sporting Braga's recent output lagged their position: 11th on form over five rounds while 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Casa Pia were scoring 0.91 and conceding 1.68, Sporting Braga 1.88 and 1.06, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Casa Pia had gone 7 games without a win. Sporting Braga carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 3/15 points for Casa Pia, 11/15 for Sporting Braga.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Casa Pia 3, draws 1, Sporting Braga 4, at 3.13 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 38% of the wins in this fixture. 63% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 63%. The last five meetings averaged 4.2 goals, well above the all-time 3.13.
Estádio Pina Manique, capacity 7,000, hosted the game. Sporting Braga led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Sporting Braga: Pau Víctor (37')
Key stats
Possession: Casa Pia 31% · Sporting Braga 69% · Total shots: 7-8 · On target: 1-2 · Corners: 4-5