Primeira Liga 25/26

Sporting Braga v Benfica

How the SharpXI model rated this Primeira Liga fixture — every call it made on shots, set against what actually happened on the day.

Sporting Braga2 – 2 Benfica 28 Dec 2025

7/9

of the model's most-confident calls landed. Every one was published before kick-off and priced the same way as every other fixture. A single game is noise, not a verdict — the season-long record is on the track record.

Before Sporting Braga drew with Benfica 2–2, the SharpXI model made 9 confident calls on the player markets and 7 landed — the strongest being Vangelis Pavlidis for 1+ shots total (96%, had 2). Its clearest miss: Leandro Barreiro for 1+ shots total (74%, had 0). Every probability here was published before kick-off, priced the same way as every other fixture — one game is noise, not a verdict.

Match officials

Joao Antonio Ferreira Goncalves refereed this match 5.15cards a gameleague 5.17 66games

Joao Antonio Ferreira Goncalves's card record

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Player markets — the model's calls

Each probability is the model's own number for the headline (1+) line, before any bookmaker margin. The result column is what the player actually recorded.

Player	Market	Line	Model	Actual	Result
Vangelis Pavlidis	shots total	1+	96%	2	✓
Rodrigo Zalazar	shots total	1+	86%	2	✓
Ricardo Horta	shots total	1+	79%	2	✓
Pau Víctor	shots total	1+	78%	1	✓
Leandro Barreiro	shots total	1+	74%	0	✗
Richard Ríos	shots total	1+	74%	5	✓
Vangelis Pavlidis	shots on target	1+	73%	1	✓
Georgiy Sudakov	shots total	1+	63%	0	✗
Fredrik Aursnes	shots total	1+	55%	2	✓
Ricardo Horta	shots on target	1+	48%	0	✗
Jean-Baptiste Gorby	shots total	1+	48%	0	✗
Amar Dedić	shots total	1+	47%	0	✗
Victor Gómez	shots total	1+	47%	0	✗
Vítor Carvalho	shots total	1+	47%	1	✓

How these are modelled: Shots total Shots on target

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Sporting Braga & Benfica player stats→ Sporting Braga players & stats→ Benfica players & stats→ To be carded model→ Guide: bet builder value→

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Sporting Braga v Benfica?

7 of its 9 most-confident calls landed. The board on this page lists every one with the model's pre-kickoff probability next to what actually happened, hits and misses in the same table.

What did the model get wrong on Sporting Braga v Benfica?

The most confident call it got wrong was Leandro Barreiro at 74% for shots total — shown in the same table as the hits, marked with a cross. A record that hides its misses isn't a record, so we don't.

Are these probabilities hindsight?

No. Each one is the number the model produced from data available before kick-off, using the same settings as every other fixture on the site — nothing was refitted after the result. That is the only way a per-match report means anything.

Does one match tell you if the model is any good in the Primeira Liga?

No, and we'd rather say so. A single fixture is a handful of calls and mostly noise; the season-long, market-by-market record — including the markets that fail to beat a naive guess — is on the track record page.

SharpXI models probabilities from public match data; it does not take bets or guarantee outcomes. Prices are entered per leg in the tool. 18+ — please gamble responsibly.

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