BRAGA. Sporting Braga was after all too good for Paços de Ferreira with the goal of Álvaro Djaló (8′), Ricardo Horta (29′) and Simon Banza (51′).

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Braga stadium in Braga on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Manuel Mota who had the assistance of Jorge António Alves Fernandes and Nuno Eiras. The 4th official was Pedro Alexandre Duarte Ferreira. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.3 degrees Celsius or 63.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Sporting Braga was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Paços de Ferreira that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sporting Braga was more pushing with 59 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting Braga won the match​.

Sporting Braga shot 21 times, 5 on target, 16 off target. On the other side, Paços de Ferreira shot 12 times, 0 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Sporting Braga didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Paços de Ferreira received 1 yellow card (Tiago Ribeiro).

Standings

After playing this match, Sporting Braga will have 78 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, Paços de Ferreira will stay with 23 points to hold in the 17th place.

Next matches

Sporting Braga – Formation

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

The manager Artur Jorge Torres Gomes Araújo Amorim decided to play with the following team: Tiago Sá (6.8), Victor Gómez (7.6), Paulo Oliveira (7.3), Sikou Niakaté (7.4), Josafat Mendes (7.1), Mutassim Al Musrati (7.1), Pizzi (7.6), Álvaro Djaló (6.9), Ricardo Horta (7.9), Bruma (7.1) and Abel Ruíz (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Serdar Saatçı, Iuri Medeiros, André Horta, Simon Banza (7.1), Rodrigo Gomes (6.3), Lukáš Horníček (6.3), Uroš Račić (6.3), André Castro (6.3) and Dinis Pinto.

Sporting Braga could not rely on the presence of Rodrigo Gomes (injured).

Substitutions

Sporting Braga made 5 changes: Abel Ruiz for Simon Banza (46′), Ricardo Horta for Uroš Račić (62′), Al Musrati for André Castro (62′), Bruma  for Rodrigo Gomes (72′) and Tiago Sá for Lukáš Horníček (73′).

Best player: Ricardo Horta​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting Braga was Ricardo Horta.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 24 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He performed 1 cross.

Paços de Ferreira – Formation

Paços de Ferreira started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Paulo César da Silva Peixoto played with: Ze Oliveira (6.3), Juan Delgado (6.1), Nuno Lima (6.7), Rui Pires (7.4), Vitorino Antunes, Maracás (6.1), Luís Bastos (6.3), Mauro Couto (6.5), Paulo Bernardo (6.5), Tiago Ribeiro (6.8) and Nigel Thomas (7.0), Nicolás Gaitán (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Luiz Carlos (6.9), Rodrigo Silva, Adrián Butzke (6.2), João Vigário (6.7), Erick Ferigra, Jorge Silva (6.9), Marafona and Pedro Ganchas (6.6).

Paços de Ferreira could not rely on the presence of Adrián Butzke (injured) and Pedro Ganchas (injured).

Substitutions

Paços de Ferreira made 5 changes: Mauro Couto for Jorge Silva (46′), Nicolás Gaitán for Luiz Carlos (64′), Paulo Bernardo for Adrián Butzke (65′), Maracás for Pedro Ganchas (69′) and Luís Bastos for João Vigário (74′).

Best player: Rui Pires​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Paços de Ferreira was Rui Pires.

His rating is (7.4) with 51 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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

• Sporting Braga – Paços de Ferreira – 3-0
• Gil Vicente – Casa Pia – 1-0
• Porto – Vitória SC – 3-0
• Benfica – Santa Clara – 3-0
• Portimonense – Arouca – 0-2
• Chaves – Boavista – 1-4
• Estoril – Marítimo – 3-1