Santa Clara vs Sporting Braga betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on December 22nd, 2024

Santa Clara and Sporting Braga will on Sunday, December 22nd, 2024 at 17:00h (UTC), play in a Liga Portugal football game in Portugal, check the Santa Clara vs Sporting Braga betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Santa Clara vs Sporting Braga will occur

The game will be played in the small Estádio de São Miguel stadium, in the city of Ponta Delgada, with a capacity for 13277 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the Santa Clara vs Sporting Braga betting tip 2024/2025

The Liga Portugal has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.87 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.53 goals per match played.

Santa Clara last match

Santa Clara come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Sporting CP, valid for the Taça De Portugal, ended with a 1-0. The team coached by D. Filho lined up in the last match with a 3-5-2 formation.

The game had to be decided in overtime, after a 1-1 draw at the end of 90 minutes.

The odds for them to win, of 11.00 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

Sporting Braga last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Sporting Braga, who used a 3-4-3 formation, faced the Famalicão team with a final score of 3-3.

A win in this match had high probabilities, that is why the draw (odd 3.90) can be considered as a bad result.

Santa Clara vs Sporting Braga h2h

The last time Santa Clara faced Sporting Braga it was in Liga Portugal. Santa Clara, then in 18th place opened with a play using the 4-2-3-1 formation, while Sporting Braga, who was in 3rd place, played using a 4-1-3-2 tactic.

The last time these two teams clashed was on 14-05-2023, in a match of the 2022/2023 season of the Liga Portugal, and the match ended with a 5-3 win for Sporting Braga.

The Santa Clara team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Sporting Braga team, which won only 2 games.

Santa Clara

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

The Santa Clara team with 27 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Qualifiers, with a campaign of 9 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses.

This means that in the 15th round, the Sporting Braga team is closing in at 5th place, with 2 points separating them.

Santa Clara analysis

The ratio of goals scored to goals conceded for Santa Clara is positive: after 14 rounds the team has scored 16 goals, conceding only 13.

Santa Clara has a ball possession average of 45.29% in the league. Therefore, they are not the team that proposes the game, which can be a problem for this match. Therefore, fans hope the team to have more possession in this Santa Clara vs Sporting Braga 2024/2025 match and, especially, to convert it into goals.

While having won 3 games playing away from home, this team knows how to take advantage of their home court with 6 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws.

Best goalscorer from Santa Clara

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Vinicius. Santa Clara owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 7 goals in this season.

Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Sporting Braga arrives in this game with 25 points, and in 5th place in the Liga Portugal, having won 7 games in total and lost 3 times, making a total of 4 draws.

In the 15th round, Santa Clara, that is in the 4th place, has a small advantage of 2 points.

Sporting Braga analysis

After round 14 of Liga Portugal we count 25 goals scored by Sporting Braga and 16 conceded.

As we approach the Regular Season, Sporting Braga is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 4.86 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Liga Portugal.

Usually, it is with an 55.21% average ball possession that the Sporting Braga team tries to control the game. This is because typically, teams with ball possession above 50% have some control over their opponents.

Opponents usually do not have much of a chance against away team Sporting Braga, with a balance of 4 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw in the Liga Portugal.

Sporting Braga is a more offensive team than Santa Clara, having 1610 attacks vs. 1130 from Santa Clara, having scored 25 times, in comparison, Santa Clara converted into goal 16 times.

Best goalscorer from Sporting Braga

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Bruma. The Attacker has scored 5 times in this competition and helped Sporting Braga avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Santa Clara is Vinicius, who has already scored 7 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Sporting Braga is Bruma, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Santa Clara 1.14 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Sporting Braga 1.33 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.65.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The number of corners of both teams when combine gives an average of 5.11 corners per game, something to explore to gain good betting results.

Sporting Braga is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.36 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Sporting Braga in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 5.36 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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