Portuguese Primeira Liga

Sporting vs Braga 2021-22 Portuguese Liga

  • 24': Pedro Gonçalves
FT
1 - 2
  • 52': Galeno (P)
  • 90'+7': Jean-Baptiste Gorby

Introduction

Sporting CP are hosting Braga at Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal, starting on . The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 24': Goal! Sporting Lisbon 1, Sporting Braga 0. Pote (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matheus Nunes with a through ball.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  • 45': Pablo Sarabia (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Abel Ruiz replaces Vítor Oliveira.
  • 51': Sebastián Coates (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card.
  • 52': Goal! Sporting Lisbon 1, Sporting Braga 1. Galeno (Sporting Braga) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 57': Castro (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card.
  • 64': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Bruno Tabata replaces Zouhair Feddal.
  • 70': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Rodrigo Gomes replaces Galeno.
  • 75': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Manuel Ugarte replaces João Palhinha.
  • 75': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Jovane Cabral replaces Pablo Sarabia.
  • 81': Substitution, Sporting Braga. André Horta replaces Castro.
  • 88': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Jean-Baptiste Gorby replaces Ricardo Horta.
  • 90'+1': Matheus Nunes (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+2': Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+7': Goal! Sporting Lisbon 1, Sporting Braga 2. Jean-Baptiste Gorby (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by André Horta.
  • 90'+7': Lukas Hornicek (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 90'+9': Matheus (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio José Alvalade
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 26,989

Portuguese Primeira Liga Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+11 Sporting CP 3 9 0
+9 FC Porto 3 9 0
+4 Moreirense 3 9 0
+6 Braga 3 7 0
Full Table

Statistics

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11 Fouls 20
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 5
4 Corner Kicks 3
3 Saves 1
38.6 Possession 61.4
9 SHOTS 13
3 ON GOAL 4
0.3 On Target % 0.3
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
267 Accurate Passes 470
357 Passes 564
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 6
8 Crosses 24
0.1 Cross % 0.3
60 Long Balls 48
22 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 3
7 Effective Tackles 7
15 Tackles 12
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 8
25 Effective Clearances 7
25 Clearances 7

Line-Ups

SCP Sporting CP (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Antonio Adán (GK)
4 Sebastián Coates Yellow Card
3 Zouhair Feddal
25 Gonçalo Inacio
6 João Palhinha
8 Matheus Nunes
2 Matheus Reis
47 Ricardo Esgaio
21 Paulinho
17 Pablo Sarabia Yellow Card
28 Pedro Gonçalves

BRAG Braga (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Matheus (GK) Yellow Card
86 Bruno Rodrigues
4 Diogo Leite
3 Vitor Tormena
88 André Castro Yellow Card
8 Al-Musrati
74 Moura
70 Fabiano
99 Vitinha
90 Galeno
21 Ricardo Horta

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