Match Report
The table gap was wide: 55 points between Sporting Braga (3rd, 78 pts) and Paços de Ferreira (17th, 23 pts). Paços de Ferreira ranked 9th in the league on five-round form, well above their 17th table position. In league terms the two rates read 2.21/0.88 for Sporting Braga and 0.76/1.82 for Paços de Ferreira (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.25.
26 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Sporting Braga 11, draws 8, Paços de Ferreira 7, at 2.77 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 38% of those meetings. The fixture has tightened lately: 1.6 goals per game over the last five meetings, down from 2.77 all-time.
Estádio Municipal de Braga in Braga staged the fixture, a ground that holds 30,286. Sporting Braga led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 3-0 full-time score.