Portuguese Primeira Liga

Braga vs Sporting 2022-23 Portuguese Primeira Liga

  • 14': Simon Banza
  • 45'+1': Sikou Niakate
  • 88': Abel Ruiz
FT
3 - 3
  • 9': Pedro Gonçalves
  • 18': Nuno Santos
  • 83': Marcus Edwards

Introduction

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

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 9': Goal! Sporting Braga 0, Sporting Lisbon 1. Pote (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Pedro Porro.
  • 14': Goal! Sporting Braga 1, Sporting Lisbon 1. Simon Banza (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ricardo Horta.
  • 18': Goal! Sporting Braga 1, Sporting Lisbon 2. Nuno Santos (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matheus Nunes.
  • 22': Sikou Niakaté (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 24': Al Musrati (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 44': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Fabiano replaces Víctor Gómez because of an injury.
  • 45'+1': Goal! Sporting Braga 2, Sporting Lisbon 2. Sikou Niakaté (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nuno Sequeira with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 45'+7': First Half ends, Sporting Braga 2, Sporting Lisbon 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Rodrigo Gomes replaces Iuri Medeiros.
  • 60': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Manuel Ugarte replaces Hidemasa Morita.
  • 60': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Marcus Edwards replaces Nuno Santos.
  • 60': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Jeremiah St. Juste replaces Paulinho.
  • 67': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Castro replaces André Horta.
  • 68': Matheus Nunes (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 74': Pote (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card.
  • 78': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Rochinha replaces Pedro Porro.
  • 83': Goal! Sporting Braga 2, Sporting Lisbon 3. Marcus Edwards (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rochinha.
  • 84': Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Ricardo Esgaio replaces Trincão.
  • 85': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Álvaro Djaló replaces Sikou Niakaté.
  • 85': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Abel Ruiz replaces Simon Banza.
  • 88': Goal! Sporting Braga 3, Sporting Lisbon 3. Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Álvaro Djaló.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Sporting Braga 3, Sporting Lisbon 3.

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Location: Braga, Portugal
Attendance: 17,714

Portuguese Primeira Liga Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+50 Sporting CP 25 65 2
+39 Benfica 26 64 2
+32 FC Porto 26 58 4
+21 Braga 26 53 5
Full Table

Statistics

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17 Fouls 14
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 3
3 Saves 1
55.4 Possession 44.6
11 SHOTS 15
4 ON GOAL 7
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
350 Accurate Passes 262
438 Passes 348
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
0 Accurate Crosses 3
13 Crosses 15
0.0 Cross % 0.2
52 Long Balls 59
23 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 1
9 Effective Tackles 9
14 Tackles 14
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
14 Interceptions 7
19 Effective Clearances 19
19 Clearances 19

Line-Ups

BRAG Braga (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Matheus (GK)
4 Sikou Niakate Yellow Card
3 Vitor Tormena
6 Nuno Sequeira
2 Víctor Perea
10 André Horta
8 Al-Musrati Yellow Card
21 Ricardo Horta
45 Iuri Medeiros
99 Vitinha
23 Simon Banza

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

No. Name
1 Antonio Adán (GK)
4 Sebastián Coates
2 Matheus Reis
25 Gonçalo Inacio
8 Matheus Nunes
5 Hidemasa Morita
11 Nuno Santos
24 Pedro Porro
20 Paulinho
28 Pedro Gonçalves
17 Francisco Trincão

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