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Benfica vs Sporting Braga betting tip 2024/2025

<p><strong>Benfica</strong> and <strong>Sporting Braga</strong> will play on Saturday, January 04th, 2025, at 18:00h (UTC), in a Liga Portugal game to be held in Portugal, check the Benfica vs Sporting Braga betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.</p><h4>Stadium and City where Benfica vs Sporting Braga will occur</h4><p>The game takes place in the mythical <strong>Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica</strong> stadium, in the city of <strong>Lisbon</strong>, with a capacity for 64642 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.</p><h4>Where to follow the live game</h4><p>You can follow the <a href="https://scores.betarena.com">match live</a> with access to all the information to help with your <strong>sports betting</strong> at Betarena, including <strong>statistics</strong>, <strong>events</strong> and <strong>odds</strong>.</p><h2>Introduction to the Benfica vs Sporting Braga betting tip 2024/2025</h2><p>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.</p><h4>Benfica last match</h4><p><strong>Benfica</strong> is coming off a <strong>loss</strong>. In its last outing they faced <strong>Sporting CP</strong> in a match valid for Liga Portugal, and the match ended <strong>1-0</strong>. The eleven coached by <strong>B. Nascimento</strong> played in a 4-3-3 formation.</p><p>Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 2.50, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.</p><p>The team's defensive line was far from their best in the contest. Alexander Bah had a terrible performance, failed at crucial moments, and became one of the leading players responsible for the negative result.</p><h4>Sporting Braga last match</h4><p>On the other hand, the <strong>visiting team</strong> arrives at this match after a <strong>defeat</strong> in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Sporting Braga, who used a 3-4-3 formation, faced the Casa Pia team with a final score of <strong>1-2</strong>.</p><p>They were defeated despite having all the favoritism before the match. A lost match that was not in anyone's plans, a result that counted with odds of 6.50.</p><h4>Benfica vs Sporting Braga h2h</h4><p>Benfica was in 2nd place <strong>when they last went head-to-head</strong> in Liga Portugal against Sporting Braga, who was in 4th place. Benfica formed a 4-2-3-1 arrangement while Sporting Braga took to the pitch with a 4-3-3 formation.</p><p>The last time these teams met was for a <strong>Liga Portugal</strong> match, on 27-04-2024, referring to the 2023/2024 season, which ended with a 3-1 win for Benfica.</p><h2>Benfica</h2><h4>Liga Portugal leaderboard now</h4><p>The <strong>Benfica</strong> team with <strong>38 points</strong> currently occupies the <strong>3rd place</strong> of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Europa League, with a campaign of <strong>12 wins</strong>, <strong>2 draws</strong> and <strong>2 losses</strong>.</p><p>The team, has a slight disadvantage of 2 points against Porto team who occupies position 2 in the 17th round.</p><h4>Benfica analysis</h4><p>At the end of round 16 of Liga Portugal, Benfica collected 37 goals scored and 9 goals conceded.</p><p>The Benfica team comes from a defeat in the Liga Portugal, and its coach Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.</p><p>The Benfica team usually tries to control the game with an average ball possession of 59.75%. Teams with ball possession above 50% typically have some control over the opponents.</p><p>While they’ve won 4 games as the visiting team, this team proves that there is such a thing as a home-court advantage with their record of 8 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.</p><p>Benfica has proven to be a formidable attacking force, with 1949 attacks resulting in 37 goals. Sporting Braga, on the other hand, has only scored 28 times with 1848 attacks.</p><h4>Best goalscorer from Benfica</h4><p>At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Ángel Di María. The Attacker has already scored 6 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Benfica, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.</p><p>It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.</p><h2>Sporting Braga</h2><h4>Liga Portugal leaderboard now</h4><p>Sporting Braga arrives in this game with 28 points, and in 5th place in the Liga Portugal, having won 8 games in total and lost 4 times, making a total of 4 draws.</p><p>The team has a slight disadvantage of 2 points against Santa Clara who occupies the position 4 in the 17th round.</p><h4>Sporting Braga analysis</h4><p>Sporting Braga counted 28 goals scored and 18 conceded at the end of Liga Portugal day number 16.</p><p>A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Liga Portugal.</p><p>The chances of an opposing team beating Sporting Braga are low, with the latter having a balance of 5 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw when playing away in the Liga Portugal.</p><h4>Best goalscorer from Sporting Braga</h4><p>Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Bruma. The Attacker has scored 7 times in this competition and helped Sporting Braga avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.</p><p>It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.</p><h2>Bet suggestions for this game:</h2><h4>Goals Top Betting Tips</h4><p>It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Benfica is Ángel Di María, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Sporting Braga is Bruma, he has scored in 7 opportunities.</p><p>75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.</p><h4>Corners Top Betting Tips</h4><p>By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 6.78 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.</p><p>Benfica 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 7.25 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Benfica in this match.</p><h4>Cards Top Betting Tips</h4><p>Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.12 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.</p><p>Take advantage of the best betting markets and start winning!</p><p>Check other great betting tips <a href="https://scores.betarena.com/a/tag/forecasts">here</a>.</p>

Start winning with the Benfica vs Sporting Braga betting tip 2024/2025, game on January 04th, 2025 for the Liga Portugal