Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Sporting Braga (4th, 66 pts) held a 39-point advantage over Farense (16th, 27 pts). Recent form flatters Farense's table spot — 8th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 16th. Per game in the league, Farense were scoring 0.74 and conceding 1.35, Sporting Braga 1.62 and 0.88, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Farense had gone 10 games without a win.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Farense 1, draws 1, Sporting Braga 4, at 2.17 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings.
Estádio de São Lúis, capacity 12,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sporting Braga: Gabriel Martínez (70')
Key stats
Possession: Farense 44% · Sporting Braga 56% · Total shots: 12-10 · On target: 3-4 · Corners: 12-4