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Primeira Liga Stats 2026/27

In the 2026/27 Primeira Liga, Over 2.5 goals has landed in 45 of 82 league matches (54.9%) — last season 165 of 308.

As of 31 October 2026: Primeira Liga statistics from the matches TACTIX holds — the scorers, expected goals, when the goals come, the referees, the current runs and the season outlook. Each figure names the matches it is counted over.

How often it happens

Home sides have won 36.6% of the 82 league matches in the Primeira Liga this season, against 41.2% of 308 last season.

In the match2026/27 (82 matches)2025/26 (308 matches)
Home win30 (36.6%)127 (41.2%)
Draw18 (22%)84 (27.3%)
Away win34 (41.5%)97 (31.5%)
Over 1.5 goals61 (74.4%)230 (74.7%)
Over 2.5 goals45 (54.9%)165 (53.6%)
Over 3.5 goals29 (35.4%)93 (30.2%)
Both teams scored40 (48.8%)147 (47.7%)

Finished Primeira Liga league matches only: 82 this season, 308 in 2025/26. Cup matches and friendlies never count. Over 2.5 goals means three goals or more in the match.

Goal-market rates by club

The Pro table has BTTS, Over 2.5 and clean-sheet rates for all 18 clubs, from 82 league matches (updated 30 October 2026).

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Top scorers

V. Pavlidis leads the scoring in the Primeira Liga with nine goals in nine appearances, one clear of L. Suárez.

#PlayerClubGoalsApps
1V. PavlidisBenfica99
2L. SuárezSporting CP89
3G. PrestianniBenfica69
4BarberoArouca59
5Gonçalo PaciênciaSanta Clara58
6G. KoutsiasFamalicao59
7Pau VictorSC Braga49
8A. MarcusEstrela49
9L. AntonettiEstrela49
10Borja SainzFC Porto49

The 2026/27 season, the same table as the Primeira Liga top scorers (data to Invalid Date). No shot data for this competition, so no expected goals here.

Expected goals for and against

Benfica have the best expected-goal difference a match in the Primeira Liga (2.29 for, 0.74 against, over nine matches).

Expected goals from the match statistics feed (no shot-level data for this competition, so no set-piece split and no player xG).

ClubMatchesxG for a matchxG against a match
Benfica92.290.74
FC Porto92.110.83
Sporting CP101.980.83
Vitória SC91.660.98
Santa Clara91.330.79
SC Braga91.280.79
GIL Vicente91.230.99
Arouca91.291.27
Estrela91.311.46
Alverca91.471.63
Famalicao91.011.37
Estoril91.041.48
Academico Viseu91.181.70
Maritimo90.811.47
Nacional91.081.86
Moreirense90.801.69
Casa Pia100.791.72
Rio Ave90.691.79

82 of the 82 finished league matches this season carry the feed's expected goals for both sides (100%); a club's figures are over those matches.

When the goals come

Across the 81 matches in the Primeira Liga whose goals we can place to the minute, 21.1% of the 223 goals came after the 75th minute, against 14.8% in the first quarter of an hour.

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MinutesGoalsShare
1-153314.8%
16-303013.5%
31-453515.7%
45+00%
46-604218.8%
61-753616.1%
76-904520.2%
90+20.9%

223 goals in the 81 matches this season whose goal events match the score; 45+ and 90+ are stoppage time.

Cards and referees

No referee has 10 matches with a complete card record in the Primeira Liga this season yet; the league average is 5.23 cards a match over 299 matches.

The 2025/26 season: matches with a complete card record only; a referee is listed from 10 of them. Every referee.

Current runs

Finished league matches only (friendlies, youth and reserve matches never count), read back from each club’s latest; runs of three or more, of the 18 clubs this season.

The season outlook

As of 30 October 2026, the TACTIX simulation (10,000 runs of the rest of the season) gives FC Porto a 64% chance of the title, ahead of Benfica (25%). The full predicted table.

TitleChance
FC Porto64%
Benfica25%
Sporting CP10%
Top 2Chance
FC Porto90%
Benfica70%
Sporting CP39%
Academico Viseu<1%
Arouca<1%
RelegationChance
Rio Ave74%
Casa Pia62%
Estoril48%

Probabilities from 10,000 simulations of the remaining fixtures; a probability, not a certainty.

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