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SC Braga vs Guimaraes — Taça de Portugal 2018

SC Braga
SC Bragaadvanced
FT
3 – 2
HT: 0 – 2
Guimaraes
Guimaraes
1/11/2023Taça de PortugalTaça de Portugal · Round of 16Estádio Municipal de Braga

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 12+ matches

SC Braga41%
×Draw23%
Guimaraes36%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.3%
Always home
44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

SC Braga
1.76
Guimaraes
1.63

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 14 home / 12 away

creates per match

SC Braga
2.36
Guimaraes
2.25

allows per match

SC Braga
1.00
Guimaraes
1.17

finishing

SC Braga+0.00on par
Guimaraes+0.00on par

Total goals

66%Over
  • Over66
  • Under34

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

67%Yes
  • Yes67
  • No33

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

SC Braga ↓

Guimaraes →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–03%
0–16%
0–24%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–06%
1–110%
1–28%
1–34%
1–42%
2
2–05%
2–19%
2–27%
2–34%
2–42%
3
3–03%
3–15%
3–24%
3–32%
3–41%
4
4–01%
4–12%
4–22%
4–31%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
97%3%1.5
85%15%2.5
66%34%3.5
44%56%4.5
25%75%

Double chance

SC Braga or draw
64%
SC Braga or Guimaraes
77%
Draw or Guimaraes
59%

Winning margin

SC Braga wins by 2+
22%
Guimaraes wins by 2+
18%

Team goals

SC Braga 1+ goals
83%
SC Braga 2+ goals
52%
SC Braga 3+ goals
26%
Guimaraes 1+ goals
80%
Guimaraes 2+ goals
48%
Guimaraes 3+ goals
22%

Draw no bet

SC Braga (draw refunded)
53%
Guimaraes (draw refunded)
47%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
57%
Both score & under 3
10%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

SC Braga at home — creates 2.36, concedes 1.00 · 14 matches

Guimaraes away — creates 2.25, concedes 1.17 · 12 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

SC Braga attack 2.36 + Guimaraes defence 1.17 → ÷2 → 1.76

Guimaraes attack 2.25 + SC Braga defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.63

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 41%?"

SC Braga scores more
41%
level
23%
Guimaraes scores more
36%

SC Braga at 41% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 41% does not mean "SC Braga will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Taça de Portugal: SC Braga 3–2 Guimaraes

SC Braga beat Guimaraes 3-2 in Taça de Portugal on January 11, 2023.

The match was played at Estádio Municipal de Braga in Braga.