Sporting Braga liquidates Famalicão 4-1 after playing a great match. HIGHLIGHTS

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Sporting Braga liquidates Famalicão 4-1 after playing a great match. HIGHLIGHTS

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BRAGA. Sporting Braga crushes Famalicão 4-1 with goals of Enea Mihaj (22′ own), Simon Banza (79′), Bruma  (90′) and Bruma  (90′). Talking about the opposition, Famalicão scored with ​Leandro Sanca (71′). Sporting Braga was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Braga stadium in Braga on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Ricardo Baixinho with the support of Pedro Mota and Hugo Marques. The 4th official was Pedro Miguel Torres Ramalho. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.1 degrees Celsius or 59.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Sporting Braga

4 - 1

Team 1

Famalicão

  • ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
  • 17 Total 9
  • 4 On Target 1
  • 12 Off Target 7
  • 5 Shots blocked 3
  • 121 Attack 98
  • 56 Dangerous attack 19
  • 88 Ball safe 82
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 2
  • 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 16 Total 9
  • 3 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sporting Braga had a strong ball possession 61% while Famalicão was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting Braga was more pushing with 56 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting Braga won the match​.

Sporting Braga shot 17 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Famalicão shot 9 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Sporting Braga received 3 yellow cards (Al Musrati, Iuri Medeiros and Paulo Oliveira). Talking about the opposition, Famalicão received 3 yellow cards (Z. Youssouf, Gustavo Assunção and Ivo Rodrigues).

Match Timeline

22'
Enea Mihaj(own-goal)
45'
Z. Youssouf- Yellow
53'
Bruma- sub ->Abel Ruiz
59'
60'
Pizzi- sub ->Iuri Medeiros
60'
69'
69'
Gustavo Assunção- sub ->Iván Jaime
69'
Pablo Felipe- sub ->A. Dobre
71'
Álvaro Djaló- sub ->Uroš Račić
77'
Simon Banza(goal)
79'
81'
Gustavo Assunção- Yellow
Paulo Oliveira- Yellow
82'
83'
88'
88'
Gustavo Sá- sub ->S. Colombatto
89'
Bruma(goal)Pizzi
90'
Bruma(goal)
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Benfica
87
34
Porto
85
34
Sporting Braga
78
34
Sporting CP
74
34
Arouca
54
34
Vitória SC
53
34
Chaves
46
34
Famalicão
44
34
Boavista
44
34
Casa Pia
41
34
Vizela
40
34
Rio Ave
40
34
Gil Vicente
37
34
Estoril
35
34
Portimonense
34
34
Marítimo
26
34
Paços de Ferreira
23
34
Santa Clara
22
34

After this match, Sporting Braga will have 43 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Famalicão will stay with 21 points like Rio Ave to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Sporting Braga will play away against Marítimo on the 12th of February with a 20-10 head to head stats in favor of Sporting Braga (6 draws).

Famalicão will host Gil Vicente on the 12th of February with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Famalicão (2 draws).

Sporting Braga – Formation

Sporting Braga
G
Matheus 1.Brazil
6.3
D
Paulo Oliveira 15.Portugal
7.1
82'
D
Nuno Sequeira 6.Portugal
7.3
D
Vítor Tormena 3.Brazil
7.1
D
Víctor Gómez 2.Spain
8.0
M
Al-Musrati  8.Libya
7.7
53'
M
André Horta 10.Portugal
7.0
89'
M
Uroš Račić 19.Serbia
6.9
77'
M
Iuri Medeiros 45.Portugal
6.9
60' 60'
F
Simon Banza 23.France
7.0
Goals79'
F
Abel Ruiz 9.Spain
6.4
59'
Substitutes
G
Tiago Sá 12.Portugal
D
Serdar Saatçı  5.Turkey
D
J. Mendes 17.Sweden
D
Cristián Borja 26.Colombia
M
Pizzi 22.Portugal
6.5
60'
M
Castro 88.Portugal
89'
F
Rodrigo Gomes 7.Portugal
F
Álvaro Djaló 14.Spain
6.6
77'
F
Bruma 27.Portugal
6.5
59' Goals90', 90'

Sporting Braga started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Artur Jorge Torres Gomes Araújo Amorim decided to play with the following team: Matheus (6.3), Victor Gómez (8.0), Paulo Oliveira (7.1), Vítor Tormena (7.1), Nuno Sequeira (7.3), Iuri Medeiros (6.9), Mutassim Al Musrati (7.7), Uroš Račić (6.9), André Horta (7.0), Simon Banza (7.0) and Abel Ruíz (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Serdar Saatçı, Pizzi (6.5), Josafat Mendes, Rodrigo Gomes, André Castro, Tiago Sá, Álvaro Djaló (6.6), Bruma (6.5) and Cristián Borja.

Substitutions

Sporting Braga made 4 changes: Abel Ruiz for Bruma (59′), Iuri Medeiros for Pizzi (60′), Uroš Račić for Álvaro Dias Fernandes (77′) and André Horta for André Castro (89′).

Best player: Victor Gómez​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting Braga was Victor Gómez even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 55 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.

Famalicão – Formation

Famalicão
G
Luíz Júnior 31.Brazil
6.3
D
Riccieli 15.Brazil
7.3
D
Enea Mihaj 4.Albania
6.4
D
Alexandre Penetra 6.Portugal
7.4
D
Rúben Lima 5.Portugal
6.4
M
Santiago Colombatto 97.Argentina
7.1
88'
M
Iván Jaime 10.Spain
6.6
69'
M
Z. Youssouf 28.France
7.1
69' 45'
M
Ivo Rodrigues 7.Portugal
6.0
88' 83'
M
A. Dobre 23.Romania
6.8
69'
F
J. Cádiz 29.Venezuela
7.0
Substitutes
G
I. Zlobin 1.Russia
D
Diogo Queirós 2.Portugal
D
Martín Aguirregabiria 32.Spain
M
David Tavares 18.Cape Verde
M
Gustavo Assunção 12.Brazil
6.4
69' 81'
M
Gustavo Sá 20.Portugal
88'
M
Pablo Felipe 77.Portugal
6.5
69'
F
Leandro Sanca 9.Guinea-Bissau
7.2
69' Goals71'
F
Rui Fonte 17.Portugal
88'

Famalicão started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

João Pedro Borges de Sousa played with: Luiz Júnior (6.3), Alexandre Penetra (7.4), Riccieli (7.3), Enea Mihaj (6.4), Rúben Lima (6.4), Zaydou Youssouf (7.1), Santiago Colombatto (7.1), Mihai Alexandru Dobre (6.8), Ivo Rodrigues (6.0), Iván Jaime (6.6) and Jhonder Cádiz (7.0).

They had on the bench: David Tavares, Leandro Sanca (7.2), Rui Fonte, Gustavo Assunção (6.4), Gustavo Sá, Diogo Queirós, Martín Aguirregabiria, Pablo Felipe (6.5) and Ivan Zlobin.

Substitutions

Famalicão made 5 changes: Iván Jaime for Gustavo Assunção (69′), Z. Youssouf for L. Baldé Sanca (69′), A. Dobre for Pablo Felipe Pereira de Jesus (69′), Ivo Rodrigues for Rui Fonte (88′) and S. Colombatto for Gustavo Filipe Alves Freitas Azevedo Sá (88′).

Best player: Alexandre Penetra​

The player that probably impressed the most for Famalicão was Alexandre Penetra.

His rating is (7.4) with 41 passes (70% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.​