SC Braga vs Benfica match stats & report

1–1 Full time

Primeira Liga · Portugal · Regular Season - 34 · Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga · Ref Miguel Nogueira

SC Braga stats & fixtures · Benfica stats & fixtures

SC Braga drew with Benfica 1–1 in the Primeira Liga on 17 May 2025. Expected goals finished 1.89–1.34. Benfica had 59% of the ball.

SC Braga vs Benfica match statistics

SC BragaBenfica

41% Ball possession 59%
1.89 Expected goals (xG) 1.34
17 Total shots 13
7 Shots on target 2
6 Shots off target 6
4 Blocked shots 5
11 Shots inside the box 9
6 Corners 6
15 Fouls 8
1 Offsides 3
4 Yellow cards 2
1 Red cards 0
340 Passes 491
77% Pass accuracy 82%
1 Goalkeeper saves 6

Goals and cards

24' Penalty scored R. Zalazar SC Braga
33' Yellow card O. Kökçü Benfica
45+3' Yellow card N. Otamendi Benfica
52' Yellow card Francisco Chissumba SC Braga
55' Yellow card João Moutinho SC Braga
57' Yellow card U. Račić SC Braga
63' Goal V. Pavlidis (assist Á. Di María) Benfica
66' Yellow card João Moutinho SC Braga
66' Red card João Moutinho SC Braga

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

SC Braga

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Carlos Carvalhal

91 L. Horníček

55 Francisco Chissumba 4 Sikou Niakaté 15 P. Oliveira 2 Victor Gómez

10 U. Račić 8 João Moutinho

21 Ricardo Horta 16 R. Zalazar 11 Roger

67 Afonso Patrão

Bench Vítor Carvalho , Jean-Baptiste Gorby , A. El Ouazzani , Robson Bambu , João Ferreira , Ismaël Gharbi , A. Marin , Gabri Martínez , Tiago Sá

Benfica

Confirmed 4-3-3 Bruno Lage

1 A. Trubin

3 Álvaro Fernández 30 N. Otamendi 4 António Silva 44 Tomás Araújo

10 O. Kökçü 61 Florentino 18 L. Barreiro

21 A. Schjelderup 14 V. Pavlidis 17 K. Akturkoglu

Bench Bruma , Á. Di María , A. Belotti , Tiago Gouveia , Arthur Cabral , Adrian Bajrami , Samuel Soares , S. Dahl , Nuno Félix

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
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

Only 5 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

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