The two best attacks in Portugal clash as Benfica face Braga

Benfica and Braga meet in a clash which pits top and third in the league against each other, with the side just six points apart and both aiming to win the title.

The outcome is always uncertain - that's the beauty of football - but there is one thing that seems guaranteed to the fans who will fill Benfica's ground: goals.

With 71 goals, Benfica are the team that have scored most often in the 30 rounds of the championship. SC Braga have five fewer and are second in that regard, finding the back of the net three more times than Porto and five more times than Sporting,

Strong attacks aren't everything, but more often than not, the team with the strongest does go on to become champions.

If we look at the last 10 editions of the championship, only twice has the highest-scoring team not won the title. In 2020/21, Sporting (65 goals) were champions with fewer goals than Porto (74) and Benfica (69); In 2012/13, Porto (70) lifted the trophy with a less effective attack than Benfica (77).

A record to match

The current level of effectiveness going forward has been evident in the encounters between the two sides.

Over the last decade, Benfica and SC Braga have met 31 times, with only one of those encounters ending in a 0-0 draw and only three others ending with a single goal.

In the other 27 duels, there were always a minimum of two goals between the two teams, and in the last five duels, the average was 3.8 goals per match. A sign that the order, tonight at Estadio da Luz, will be to score, score and score.