Match Report
Famalicão (5th, 56 pts) visited Sporting Braga (4th, 59 pts) with 3 points between them. Recent form told a different story for Sporting Braga: only 11th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Sporting Braga ran at 1.88 scored and 1.06 conceded, Famalicão at 1.24 and 0.85.
Famalicão's unbeaten run stood at 7.
13 meetings are on record — 5 won by Sporting Braga, 2 by Famalicão, 6 drawn, at 3.31 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 23% of the wins in this fixture. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 77% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 77%.
Estádio Municipal de Braga staged the fixture, a ground that holds 30,286. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.
Goal scorers
Sporting Braga: Fran Navarro (2'), Ricardo Horta (90') · Famalicão: Rafa Soares (65'), Gil Dias (40')
Key stats
Possession: Sporting Braga 69% · Famalicão 31% · Total shots: 10-6 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 5-2