Sporting Braga conquers Santa Clara 5-3 after playing a incredible match. HIGHLIGHTS

BRAGA. Sporting Braga prevails over Santa Clara 5-3 after playing a incredible match.

May 15, 2023

BRAGA. Sporting Braga tops Santa Clara 5-3 after playing a incredible match. Sporting Braga was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (66%) 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 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Vitor Jorge Fernandes Ferreira assisted by Luís Carlos Lopes da Costa and Nélson Cunha. The 4th official was João Pedro Costa Teixeira Afonso. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.6 degrees Celsius or 69.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.

Match Statistics

Sporting Braga

5 - 3

Santa Clara

! 66 Ball Possession 34

Shots

17 Total 15
10 On Target 9
2 Off Target 5
5 Shots blocked 1

107 Attack 83
53 Dangerous attack 38
83 Ball safe 67

0 Penalties 2
11 Corners 6

Fouls

15 Total 16
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sporting Braga was in firm control of the ball 66% while Santa Clara was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting Braga was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting Braga won the match.

Sporting Braga shot 17 times, 10 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Santa Clara shot 15 times, 9 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Sporting Braga received 3 yellow cards (Paulo Oliveira, Sikou Niakaté and Bruma ). On the other side, Santa Clara received 4 yellow cards (Gabriel Silva, Ygor Nogueira, Ricardinho and Rildo).

Match Timeline

Ricardo Horta (goal)Iuri Medeiros

10'

Paulo Oliveira- Yellow

15'

Ricardinho(var)

17'

21'

Gabriel Silva- Yellow

Sikou Niakaté(goal)

35'

43'

Abel Ruiz(goal)

45'

60'

Andrézinho- sub ->Pierre Sagna

60'

65'

Ricardinho- Yellow

66'

Pizzi- sub ->André Horta

66'

70'

78'

Sikou Niakaté- Yellow

79'

Simon Banza- sub ->Abel Ruiz

84'

85'

Paulo Henrique- sub ->MT

85'

Bruma(goal)Iuri Medeiros

87'

88'

Bruma- Yellow

88'

90'

Pizzi(goal)Ricardo Horta

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Sporting Braga will have 74 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, Santa Clara will stay with 19 points to sit in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Sporting Braga will play away against Boavista on the 20th of May with a 10-4 head to head in favor of Sporting Braga (9 draws).

Santa Clara will host Portimonense on the 20th of May with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Santa Clara (5 draws).

Sporting Braga – Formation

Sporting Braga

Matheus 1.Brazil

7.2

Paulo Oliveira 15.Portugal

5.4

15'

Nuno Sequeira 6.Portugal

6.5

Víctor Gómez 2.Spain

6.8

Sikou Niakaté 4.Mali

6.8

79'

35'

André Horta 10.Portugal

6.8

66'

Uroš Račić 19.Serbia

6.7

66'

Bruma 27.Portugal

8.4

88'

87'

Iuri Medeiros 45.Portugal

9.1

88'

Ricardo Horta 21.Portugal

7.8

10'

Abel Ruiz 9.Spain

7.4

84'

45'

Substitutes

Tiago Sá 12.Portugal

J. Mendes 17.Sweden

Serdar Saatçı 5.Turkey

Pizzi 22.Portugal

6.2

66'

90'

Gorby 29.France

6.5

66'

Pedro Santos 89.Portugal

88'

Simon Banza 23.France

84'

Roger Fernandes 11.Portugal

Rodrigo Gomes 7.Portugal

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

The manager Artur Jorge Torres Gomes Araújo Amorim decided to play with the following team: Matheus (7.2), Victor Gómez (6.8), Paulo Oliveira (5.4), Sikou Niakaté (6.8), Nuno Sequeira (6.5), Uroš Račić (6.7), Iuri Medeiros (9.1), André Horta (6.8), Bruma (8.4), Abel Ruíz (7.4) and Ricardo Horta (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Tiago Sá, Josafat Mendes, Simon Banza, Pizzi (6.2), Serdar Saatçı, Roger Fernandes, Rodrigo Gomes, Jean-Baptiste Gorby (6.5), Pedro Santos and Jean-Baptiste Gorby.

Substitutions

Sporting Braga made 4 changes: Uroš Račić for Gorby Jean Baptiste (66′), André Horta for Pizzi (66′), Abel Ruiz for Simon Banza (84′) and Iuri Medeiros for Pedro Carvalho Santos (88′).

Best player: Iuri Medeiros

The most impressive player for Sporting Braga was Iuri Medeiros even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (9.1) with 36 passes (69% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 8 crosses.

Santa Clara – Formation

Santa Clara

Gabriel Batista 12.Brazil

6.8

Pierre Sagna 95.Senegal

6.0

60'

Ygor Nogueira 2.Brazil

6.6

43'

Kennedy Boateng 4.Togo

7.2

85'

MT 32.Brazil

6.4

85'

Bruno Jordão 6.Portugal

6.1

78'

Bruno Almeida 19.Portugal

6.2

60'

Adriano Firmino 20.Brazil

6.5

Ricardinho 10.Portugal

6.4

85'

65'

Gabriel Silva 49.Brazil

7.1

21'

Matheus Babi 39.Brazil

8.1

17', 70'

Substitutes

Ricardo Fernandes 1.Portugal

Paulo Henrique 16.Portugal

85'

Nanu 31.Guinea-Bissau

6.2

60'

Ítalo 44.Brazil

Victor Bobsin 80.Brazil

Kento Misao 40.Japan

6.6

78'

Rildo 37.Brazil

85'

90'

Kyosuke Tagawa 9.Japan

Andrézinho 21.Portugal

7.3

60'

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

Danildo Jose Sao Pedro Accioly Filho played with: Gabriel Batista (6.8), Pierre Sagna (6.0), Ygor Nogueira (6.6), Kennedy Boateng (7.2), Matheus Araújo (6.4), Bruno Jordão (6.1), Adriano Firmino (6.5), Gabriel Silva (7.1), Bruno Almeida (6.2), Ricardinho (6.4) and Matheus Babi (8.1).

These were the players on the bench: Paulo Henrique, Nanú (6.2), Victor Bobsin, Kento Misao (6.6), Rildo, Kyosuke Tagawa, Ricardo Fernandes, Andrézinho (7.3) and Ítalo.

Santa Clara could not rely on the presence of Paulo Henrique (injured).

Substitutions

Santa Clara made 5 changes: Pierre Sagna for Andrezinho (60′), Bruno Almeida for Nanu (60′), Bruno Jordão for Kento Misao (78′), MT for Paulo Henrique (85′) and Ricardinho for Rildo Gonçalves de Amorim Filho (85′).