SC Braga vs Benfica

2 - 2

🕒 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 18:00 Europe/London 📍 Estádio Municipal de Braga 🧑‍⚖️ Joao Antonio Ferreira Goncalves 🔁 Regular Season - 16 🏁 match finished

Season

2025-2026 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 16

Regular Season Table

SC Braga 4 · Benfica 3

Referee Stats

Joao Antonio Ferreira Goncalves

17 matches · 4.06 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	4.06
Reds avg	0.59
Penalties avg	0.29
Over 4.5 cards	41%
Home wins	35%
Draws	18%
Away wins	47%

How the match was played

Match ended level at 2-2.
Physical contest: 6 yellows, 1 reds.

Team Overview

SC Braga (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 8-6-3

Goals For / Against

34 / 18

Avg: 2.00 / 1.06

Points

Avg: 1.76

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Benfica (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 12-5-0

Goals For / Against

33 / 12

Avg: 1.94 / 0.71

Points

Avg: 2.41

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Liga Portugal fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.76

PPG

2.41

2.00

1.94

1.06

0.71

71%

O2.5

71%

53%

BTTS

59%

Score 1st

59%

League-position context

SC Braga rank4th

Benfica rank3rd

SC Braga points59

Benfica points80

SC Braga: #4 · 59 pts · GD +28

23 pts off the top 2. 17 pts above the play-off edge. 29 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Benfica: #3 · 80 pts · GD +49

2 pts off the top 2. 38 pts above the play-off edge. 50 pts clear of the relegation zone.

21-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

SC Braga last 5 home

D D D W L

Points6/15

Weighted index40

Goals7-7

Record1-3-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Unbeaten, but draw-heavy in the recent venue-specific run.

Benfica last 5 away

W D W D W

Points11/15

Weighted index73

Goals10-6

Record3-2-0

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

SC Braga trend breakdown

Over 2.571%

BTTS53%

BTTS + O2.547%

1H Over 0.588%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 76% · Over 3.5 47% · 1H BTTS 29%

Benfica trend breakdown

Over 2.571%

BTTS59%

BTTS + O2.553%

1H Over 0.547%

Also: Over 0.5 88% · Over 1.5 82% · Over 3.5 24% · 1H BTTS 0%

Scoring reliability

SC Braga score at home88%

SC Braga clean sheet at home35%

Benfica score away88%

Benfica clean sheet away41%

First-goal patterns

SC Braga score first59%

SC Braga win after scoring first60%

Benfica score first59%

Benfica win after scoring first60%

Comeback rate after conceding first: SC Braga 60% · Benfica 100%

Avg first goal minute: SC Braga 22.0' · Benfica 36.1'

Vs league average

SC Braga score at home2.00 vs 1.50

SC Braga concede at home1.06 vs 1.19

Benfica score away1.94 vs 1.19

Benfica concede away0.71 vs 1.50

SC Braga score 34% above league average, while Benfica score 64% above league average.

Defensive side: SC Braga are 11% below league average at home, and Benfica are 53% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals3.40

BTTS100%

Over 2.580%

At this venue setup: 3.00 goals on average across the last 5.

SC Braga goal timing (home)

1H scored: 65% 2H scored: 35% Danger: 16-30 Vulnerable: 31-45

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

16-30 8

31-45 7

76-90+ 6

0-15 5

46-60 4

61-75 1

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

31-45 4

76-90+ 4

16-30 3

46-60 3

0-15 2

61-75 2

Benfica goal timing (away)

1H scored: 48% 2H scored: 52% Danger: 16-30 Vulnerable: 76-90+

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

16-30 5

46-60 5

76-90+ 5

0-15 4

31-45 4

61-75 4

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 3

16-30 2

31-45 2

61-75 2

46-60 1

0-15 0

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

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Total Shots

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Shots off Goal

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Blocked Shots

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Shots Inside Box

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Shots Outside Box

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Ball Possession

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Corner Kicks

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Fouls

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Offsides

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Yellow Cards

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Red Cards

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Goalkeeper Saves

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Total Passes

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Passes Accurate

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Passes %

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Events

Yellow Cards

Home

Away

Red Cards

Home

Away

Substitutions

Home

Away

15'

15' Tomás Araújo

29' ⚽

⚽

29' ⚽ Goal · 0-1

N. Otamendi

Normal Goal

30'

30' João Moutinho

38' ⚽

⚽

38' ⚽ Goal · 1-1

R. Zalazar

Penalty

45' ⚽

⚽

45' ⚽ Goal · 2-1

Pau Victor

Normal Goal

53' ⚽

⚽

53' ⚽ Goal · 2-2

F. Aursnes

Normal Goal · Assist: V. Pavlidis

65'

65' Ricardo Horta

74'

74' R. Rios

77' ↑↓

↑↓

77' ⇄ Pau Victor

1st substitution · For: Fran Navarro

77' ↑↓

↑↓

77' ⇄ M. Dorgeles

2nd substitution · For: Gabri Martínez

77' ↑↓

↑↓

77' ⇄ João Moutinho

3rd substitution · For: F. Grillitsch

80' ↑↓

↑↓

80' ⇄ L. Barreiro

1st substitution · For: F. Ivanović

80' ↑↓

↑↓

80' ⇄ H. Sudakov

2nd substitution · For: G. Prestianni

86' ↑↓

↑↓

86' ⇄ R. Zalazar

4th substitution · For: Gabriel Moscardo

88'

88' Gabriel Moscardo

90+3'

90+3' Ricardo Horta

90+3'

90+3' Ricardo Horta

90+6' ↑↓

↑↓

90+6' ⇄ Víctor Gómez

5th substitution · For: Paulo Oliveira

SC Braga vs Benfica 2-2: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

SC Braga drew 2-2 with Benfica on Sunday, 28 December 2025 in Liga Portugal. The match was refereed by Joao Antonio Ferreira Goncalves. It was played at Estádio Municipal de Braga.

First half: Tomás Araújo received a yellow card for Benfica at 15'. Benfica took the lead at 29' when N. Otamendi scored, making the score 0-1. João Moutinho received a yellow card for SC Braga at 30'. SC Braga leveled the score at 38' when R. Zalazar scored (Penalty), making the score 1-1. SC Braga took the lead at 45' when Pau Victor scored, making the score 2-1.

Second half: Benfica leveled the score at 53' when F. Aursnes scored, with the assist credited to V. Pavlidis, making the score 2-2. Ricardo Horta received a yellow card for SC Braga at 65'. R. Rios received a yellow card for Benfica at 74'. SC Braga made their 1st substitution at 77', with Pau Victor replacing Fran Navarro. SC Braga made their 2nd substitution at 77', with M. Dorgeles replacing Gabri Martínez. SC Braga made their 3rd substitution at 77', with João Moutinho replacing F. Grillitsch. Benfica made their 1st substitution at 80', with L. Barreiro replacing F. Ivanović. Benfica made their 2nd substitution at 80', with H. Sudakov replacing G. Prestianni. SC Braga made their 4th substitution at 86', with R. Zalazar replacing Gabriel Moscardo. Gabriel Moscardo received a yellow card for SC Braga at 88'. Ricardo Horta received a yellow card for SC Braga at 90+3'. Ricardo Horta received a red card for SC Braga at 90+3'. SC Braga made their 5th substitution at 90+6', with Víctor Gómez replacing Paulo Oliveira.

SC Braga used 5 substitutions while Benfica used 2 substitutions. SC Braga got 4 yellow cards and 1 red card, while Benfica got 2 yellow cards.