Sporting Braga 1-1 Benfica — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Portugal - Premier League, 17 May 2025

📅17/05/2025 · 🕒20:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-2 2nd Score 2-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
29%
4.48
Draw
23%
4.08
Away
48%
1.56
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
45%
2.43
Over 2.5
55%
1.51
Both Teams to Score
Yes
54%
1.6
No
46%
2.19
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
25%
2-3 Goals
38%
4-5 Goals
26%
6+ Goals
11%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
12%
1/2
6%
1/X
6%
X/1
10%
X/2
21%
X/X
10%
2/1
7%
2/2
21%
2/X
7%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Over 2.5 ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
29%
Home Win
19%
+9.8pp
23%
Draw
21%
+2.0pp
48%
Away Win
60%
-11.9pp
45%
Under 2.5
38%
+7.5pp
55%
Over 2.5
62%
-7.5pp
54%
BTTS Yes
58%
-4.0pp
46%
BTTS No
42%
+4.0pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Sporting Braga EU Bookmakers 22%
Head to Head
AWAY Benfica EU Bookmakers 64%
+9% / +18% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -5% / -31%
0.83/1.41 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.79/1.02
+30% / +60% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -3% / -7%
43% Ball Possession 57%
12 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 6
290 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 412 · 82%
17.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 25.7
17.6 Crosses 19.3
2.2 Yellow Cards 2.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Sporting Braga
1W-0D-5L
AWAY Benfica
0.83 Avg Goals (FT) 2.00
0.76 xG 2.05
47% Ball Possession 53%
10 Total Shots 18
4 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 6
349 Passes 400
81% Pass Accuracy 82%
15 Box Touches 32
14 Crosses 15
3 Yellow Cards 2
26.02.2025 Benfica Benfica 1-0 HT 1-0 Sporting Braga Sporting Braga POK
08.01.2025 Benfica Benfica 3-0 HT 3-0 Sporting Braga Sporting Braga PRLK
04.01.2025 Benfica Benfica 1-2 HT 0-2 Sporting Braga Sporting Braga POR
27.04.2024 Benfica Benfica 3-1 HT 0-1 Sporting Braga Sporting Braga POR
10.01.2024 Benfica Benfica 3-2 HT 2-1 Sporting Braga Sporting Braga POK
17.12.2023 Sporting Braga Sporting Braga 0-1 HT 0-1 Benfica Benfica POR
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Sporting Braga
1-1
AWAY Benfica
1.95 xG 1.41
41% Ball Possession 59%
17 Total Shots 13
7 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 6
264 Passes 404
77% Pass Accuracy 82%
25 Box Touches 29
19 Crosses 23
3 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Sporting Braga vs Benfica
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Sporting Braga and Benfica shared the points in a 1-1 draw. It was 1-0 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half.

Our pre-match lean was Benfica at 48%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way. The goals read — over 2.5 goals (55%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Sporting Braga had 41% of the ball to Benfica's 59%, shots finished 17-13, expected goals 1.95 to 1.41.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Benfica led the recent series with 5 wins. Those games averaged 0.83 goals for Sporting Braga and 2.00 for Benfica.

What was the final score of Sporting Braga vs Benfica?

Sporting Braga 1-1 Benfica in the Portugal - Premier League on 17/05/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Sporting Braga vs Benfica?

Before kick-off our model rated an Benfica win the most likely single outcome at about 48%, with the full match-result split Sporting Braga 29%, draw 23%, Benfica 48%. The final score 1-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on BTTS Yes — while Match Result (Benfica), Over 2.5 went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Benfica) ✗ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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