Sporting Braga vs Gent: Prediction, Stats and Preview
Europa Conference League · Thursday 22 October 2026 · 19:00 UTC · Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga · updated 2026-10-09
Sporting Braga host Gent in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 22 October 2026 at Estádio Municipal de Braga. On this season's numbers, Moneyball's model makes Sporting Braga slight favourites at 42%, in a match close to a coin toss, puts the draw at 44% and expects about 1.1 goals.
Moneyball's estimate
- Expected goals: Sporting Braga 0.76, Gent 0.32.
- Over 2.5 goals: 10% · both teams to score: 15%.
- Most likely score: 0–0 (34%).
From each side's goals and expected goals this season (Sportmonks), pulled toward the league average while a side has played few matches (6 and 6 so far), through a Dixon-Coles score model. No bookmaker prices are in it; once the odds are out, the full model in the app reads them too.
Season statistics
| Sporting Braga | Per match this season | Gent |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Matches | 6 |
| 1.3 | Goals scored | 0.8 |
| 0.0 | Goals conceded | 0.5 |
| 0.59 | Expected goals (xG) | 0.36 |
| 6.5 | Shots | 10.3 |
| 3.2 | On target | 4.0 |
| 53.3 | Possession % | 52.5 |
| 100% | Clean sheets % | 67% |
| 0% | Both teams scored % | 33% |
| 4.8 | Corners | 6.8 |
| 1.5 | Yellow cards | 1.7 |
| 6.65 | Average rating | 6.56 |
Averages per match from Sportmonks.
The full analysis
Moneyball Odds prices every line of the match once bookmakers do: win, draw and loss, Asian handicaps and goals lines, with fair odds and the expected value of each.
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