Sporting Braga vs Benfica Prediction and Betting Tips | December 28th 2025

Sporting Braga will host Benfica at the Estadio Municipal de Braga on Sunday in another round of the 2025-26 Primeira Liga campaign. The home side have performed well in recent games and have narrowed the gap to fourth-placed Gil Vicente to just one point.

Braga suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Estoril Praia in their last league outing and perhaps deserved more from the game, but were guilty of wasteful finishing, particularly in the first half.

However, they bounced back strongly, cruising to a 3-0 victory over third-tier Caldas in the fifth round of the Taca de Portugal earlier in the week, and will look to draw inspiration from that as they welcome one of the nation’s powerhouses this weekend.

Benfica are in excellent form at the moment, but will need to raise their level even further if they are to mount a serious title challenge in the second half of the season. Like their weekend opponents, they also secured a win in the Taca de Portugal fifth round, defeating Farense 2-0 before following that up with a 1-0 league victory over Famalicao last weekend.

The visitors sit third in the table with 35 points and face a tough challenge this weekend as they aim to close the eight-point gap on a near-impeccable Porto side at the top of the pile.

Sporting Braga vs Benfica Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two teams have faced each other 162 times. Braga have won just 24 of those encounters while Benfica have claimed 105 victories.
• There have been 33 draws between the two teams, including their most recent matchup, which ended 1-1.
• The hosts are without a clean sheet in their last nine games in this fixture.
• Benfica have the third-best offensive and joint-second-best defensive record in the Primeira Liga this season, with 31 goals scored and eight conceded in 15 matches.

Sporting Braga vs Benfica Prediction

Os Arcebispos have won four of their last five games and lost only one of their last nine. They have also been solid at the Estádio Municipal de Braga recently and will lean heavily on their home advantage this weekend.

Benfica head into the weekend clash on an impressive nine-game unbeaten run, with seven wins in that period. Coupled with their strong recent away form and historical dominance in this fixture, they should channel these factors into a victory on Sunday.

Prediction: Sporting Braga 0-1 Benfica

Sporting Braga vs Benfica Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Benfica to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Four of the visitors' last five matches have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: No

Edited by Peter P