Match Events
- 9′SC Braga, yellow card:Foul
- 11′SC Braga, yellow card:Foul
- 16′Famalicao, goal:0–1assist
- 27′Famalicao, substitution:off
- 35′Famalicao, yellow card:Handling
- 37′SC Braga, penalty goal:1–1Penalty
- 45′Famalicao, penalty goal:1–2Penalty
- 45+5′SC Braga, yellow card:Unsportsmanlike conduct
- Half-time1 – 2
- 46′SC Braga, substitution:off
- 63′SC Braga, substitution:off
- 63′Famalicao, substitution:off
- 63′Famalicao, substitution:off
- 64′SC Braga, substitution:F. Costaoff
- 73′Famalicao, substitution:off
- 73′Famalicao, substitution:off
- 73′SC Braga, substitution:off
- 77′SC Braga, substitution:off
- 85′SC Braga, yellow card:F. CostaFoul
- 87′Famalicao, yellow card:Foul
- 89′SC Braga, penalty goal:2–2Penalty
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Match report
Famalicao beat SC Braga on penalties after 2-2 Taça da Liga draw
Famalicao won a penalty shootout 3-1 against SC Braga to reach the semi-finals of the Taça da Liga, after the quarter-final finished 2-2 following 90 minutes. Ricardo Horta's penalty eight minutes from time dragged Braga level, but the shootout belonged to the visitors.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Georgios Koutsias put Famalicao ahead in the 16th minute, finishing a move created by Marcos Peña. Braga drew level in the 37th minute when Horta converted from the spot, only for Koutsias to restore the visitors' lead from a penalty of his own in the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time (45+4).
Famalicao took a 2-1 advantage into the interval and held it until the 89th minute, when Braga were awarded another penalty and Horta again stepped up to make it 2-2. No further goals came, and the tie went to penalties, where Famalicao converted three to Braga's one.
Braga had lost four of their last five games before the quarter-final, while Famalicao had won two of theirs. Both sides meet again on Sunday in the Primeira Liga, with Braga at home to Famalicao.
SC Braga and Famalicao drew 2–2 (half-time 1–2). Famalicao won the penalty shootout 3–1.
SC Braga met Famalicao in the Taça da Liga (Quarter-finals). Kick-off was Thursday, 29 October 2026, 18:45 UTC. Referee: Joao Antonio Ferreira Goncalves.
Team pages: SC Braga · Famalicao · Taça da Liga
Key moments
- 16' Goal: Georgios Koutsias (assist: Marcos Peña) — 0–1
- 37' Goal (penalty): Ricardo Horta — 1–1
- 45' Goal (penalty): Georgios Koutsias — 1–2
- 89' Goal (penalty): Ricardo Horta — 2–2
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Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave SC Braga 56%, the draw 25%, Famalicao 19%. It finished SC Braga 2–2 Famalicao.
Braga's control of the ball gives them a clear lead — We give SC Braga 56% mainly because they usually control the ball, holding 59% possession to Famalicao's 53% in recent games, and our strength rating also has them 55 points higher. The draw sits at 25%, a little under the usual 27% for a gap this size, as Famalicao's hot finishing streak tends to cool.
Why SC Braga at 56%?
SC Braga sit 55 points higher on our strength rating — 1632 to 1577. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge at home won 50.1% of 11,101 such games. SC Braga hold 6 more possession points (59 to 53 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, home teams with this control edge won 48.3% of 5,606 games, vs 44.0% when styles were level. Famalicao scored +0.55 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Visitors running this hot went on to win 27.6% of 1,647 games, vs 27.8% for visitors finishing normally.
Why only 56%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 56% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 25% and Famalicao at 19%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 26.8%. These teams' recent games average 2.4 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.4% of 30,347. The cool-off factor takes 2.1 points off the draw. The goals environment adds 1.1 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
SC Braga sit -0.42 goals per game under chance-quality. For home sides we could not receipt a bounce-back — the measured cells sit inside each other's noise bands — so this is noted and scores 0. SC Braga have shed 60 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: sliding sides won 34.0% of 10,392 such games vs 33.3% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
About this match
On this page: the SC Braga vs Famalicao final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Taça da Liga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
The full match report above covers the goals, key moments and stats. Explore more on the SC Braga and Famalicao team pages or the Taça da Liga page.