SC Braga vs Benfica match stats & report

2–2 Full time

Primeira Liga · Portugal · Regular Season - 16 · Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga · Ref Joao Antonio Ferreira Goncalves, Portugal

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SC Braga drew with Benfica 2–2 in the Primeira Liga on 28 December 2025. Expected goals finished 1.76–1.17. Benfica had 51% of the ball.

SC Braga vs Benfica match statistics

SC BragaBenfica

49% Ball possession 51%
1.76 Expected goals (xG) 1.17
11 Total shots 14
3 Shots on target 6
4 Shots off target 7
4 Blocked shots 1
6 Shots inside the box 10
1 Corners 5
14 Fouls 9
1 Offsides 1
4 Yellow cards 2
1 Red cards 0
487 Passes 503
84% Pass accuracy 82%
4 Goalkeeper saves 1

Goals and cards

15' Yellow card Tomás Araújo Benfica
29' Goal N. Otamendi Benfica
30' Yellow card João Moutinho SC Braga
38' Penalty scored R. Zalazar SC Braga
45' Goal Pau Víctor SC Braga
53' Goal F. Aursnes (assist V. Pavlidis) Benfica
65' Yellow card Ricardo Horta SC Braga
74' Yellow card R. Rios Benfica
88' Yellow card Gabriel Moscardo SC Braga
90+3' Yellow card Ricardo Horta SC Braga
90+3' Red card Ricardo Horta SC Braga

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

SC Braga

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Carlos Vicens

1 L. Horníček

26 Bright Arrey-Mbi 6 Vítor Carvalho 2 Victor Gómez

5 Leonardo Lelo 8 João Moutinho 29 Jean-Baptiste Gorby 20 Mario Dorgeles

21 Ricardo Horta 10 R. Zalazar

18 Pau Víctor

Bench Tiago Sá , P. Oliveira , Gabriel Moscardo , F. Grillitsch , Fran Navarro , Yanis da Rocha , Diego Rodrigues , Nuno Matos , Gabri Martínez

Benfica

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Jose Mourinho

1 A. Trubin

26 S. Dahl 30 N. Otamendi 44 Tomás Araújo 17 A. Dedic

5 E. Barrenechea 20 R. Rios

10 H. Sudakov 18 L. Barreiro 8 F. Aursnes

14 V. Pavlidis

Bench Diogo Ferreira , António Silva , F. Ivanović , Manu , A. Schjelderup , G. Prestianni , G. Oliveira , Rodrigo Miguel Ferreira Rêgo , João Pedro Seno Luís Rêgo

Form guide

SC Braga at home

6–3–1 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.6 per game
Conceded: 0.8 per game
Clean sheets: 6 / 10
Corners: 5.3 per game
Shots on target: 4.3 per game

31% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Benfica away

6–2–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.7 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 4.6 per game
Shots on target: 6.1 per game

7% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

SC Braga vs Benfica head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
17 May 25	SC Braga v Benfica	1–1
4 Jan 25	Benfica v SC Braga	1–2
27 Apr 24	Benfica v SC Braga	3–1
17 Dec 23	SC Braga v Benfica	0–1
6 May 23	Benfica v SC Braga	1–0
30 Dec 22	SC Braga v Benfica	3–0

The full SC Braga vs Benfica head-to-head record