Sporting Braga and Crvena Zvezda draw 1-1 on Thursday

BRAGA. Sporting Braga and Crvena Zvezda draw 1-1. G. scored the first goal (52') for Sporting Braga. A. Katai equalized (70') with a penalty kick.

Sporting Braga and Crvena Zvezda draw 1-1 on Thursday

BRAGA. Sporting Braga and Crvena Zvezda draw 1-1. G. scored the first goal (52′) for Sporting Braga. A. Katai settled the score (70′) with a penalty. Sporting Braga was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (67%)​

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Braga stadium in Braga on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Marco Guida with the collaboration of Ciro Carbone and Giorgio Peretti. The 4th official was Luca Pairetto. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.3 degrees Celsius or 52.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

  • ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
  • 20 Total 5
  • 1 On Target 3
  • 19 Off Target 2
  • 1 Shots blocked 1
  • 133 Attack 73
  • 58 Dangerous attack 27
  • 91 Ball safe 77
  • 1 Penalties 1
  • 14 Corners 5
  • 1 Off Sides 7
Fouls
  • 11 Total 11
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sporting Braga was in firm control of the ball 67% while Crvena Zvezda was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting Braga had a more offensive attitude with 58 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 1 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Sporting Braga to win the match​.

Sporting Braga shot 20 times, 1 on target, 19 off target. On the other side, Crvena Zvezda shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Sporting Braga received 1 yellow card (D. Leite). Regarding the opposition, Crvena Zvezda received 3 yellow cards (A. Katai, A. Dragovic and M. Degenek).

Match Timeline

36'
45'
Aleksandar Katai- Yellow
52'
62'
62'
62'
65'
70'
Aleksandar Katai(penalty)
71'
Abel Ruiz- sub ->A. Horta
71'
77'
Milos Degenek - sub ->M. Pavkov
77'
81'
Aleksandar Dragović- Yellow
83'
Lucas Piazón- sub ->D. Leite
83'
90'
Milos Degenek - Yellow

Standings

Standings

Group A

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5

Group B

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
12
6
8
6

Group C

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
10
6

Group D

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5

Group E

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
9
6

Group F

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5

Group G

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5

Group H

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
5
6

After this match, Sporting Braga will have 10 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Crvena Zvezda will have 11 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

Sporting Braga – Formation

Sporting Braga
G
Matheus 1.Brazil
6.8
D
Raúl Silva 34.Brazil
7.1
D
Paulo Oliveira 15.Portugal
6.7
D
Diogo Leite 4.Portugal
6.2
83' 36'
M
Yan Couto 2.Brazil
7.4
M
Al-Musrati  8.Libya
7.4
M
André Horta 10.Portugal
6.8
71'
M
Wenderson Galeno 90.Brazil
7.3
65' Goals52'
F
Iuri Medeiros 45.Portugal
7.2
71'
F
Ricardo Horta 21.Portugal
7.2
F
Vitinha 99.Portugal
6.5
83'
Substitutes
G
Tiago Sá 12.Portugal
D
Bruno Rodrigues 86.Portugal
D
Fabiano Silva 70.Brazil
D
Tormena 3.Brazil
D
Francisco Moura 74.Portugal
6.8
65'
M
Lucas Piazón 11.Brazil
6.4
83'
M
Lucas Mineiro 25.Brazil
6.5
71'
M
Chiquinho 22.Portugal
M
Gorby 67.France
F
Roger 78.Portugal
F
Mario González 19.Spain
6.7
83'
F
Abel Ruiz 9.Spain
6.4
71'

Sporting Braga adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager João Mario Ferreira Oliveira decided to play with the following team: Matheus (6.8), Paulo Oliveira (6.7), Raúl Silva (7.1), Diogo Leite (6.2), Yan Couto (7.4), Mutassim Al Musrati (7.4), André Horta (6.8), Wenderson Galeno (7.3), Iuri Medeiros (7.2), Ricardo Horta (7.2) and Vítor Oliveira (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Bruno Rodrigues, Roger Fernandes, Tiago Sá, Fabiano, Lucas Piazón (6.4), Vítor Tormena, Lucas Mineiro (6.5), Mario González (6.7), Chiquinho, J. Gorby, Abel Ruíz (6.4) and Francisco Moura (6.8).

Substitutions

Sporting Braga made 5 changes: Galeno for F. Moura (65′), I. Medeiros for Lucas Mineiro (71′), A. Horta for A. Ruiz (71′), V. Oliveira for M. Gonzalez (83′) and D. Leite for L. Piazon (83′).

Best player: Yan Couto​

The most impressive player for Sporting Braga was Yan Couto.

His rating is (7.4) with 58 passes (75% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.

Crvena Zvezda – Formation

Crvena Zvezda
G
Milan Borjan 82.Canada
8.0
D
6.7
81'
D
Radovan Pankov 6.Serbia
6.8
D
Strahinja Erakovic 25.Serbia
7.2
M
Milan Rodić 23.Serbia
6.1
M
Marko Gobeljic 77.Serbia
6.8
62'
M
Guélor Kanga 8.Gabon
6.7
M
Njegoš Petrović 18.Serbia
M
Slavoljub Srnić 55.Serbia
6.8
62'
F
Aleksandar Katai 10.Serbia
7.2
77' 45' Goals70'
F
Mirko Ivanić 4.Montenegro
7.1
F
Richairo Živković 30.Curaçao
6.4
62'
Substitutes
G
Miloš Gordić 51.Serbia
G
Zoran Popović 1.Serbia
D
Milan Gajić 2.Serbia
6.5
62'
D
Milos Degenek  5.Australia
6.5
77' 90'
M
Nenad Krstičić 7.Serbia
6.7
77'
M
Marko Lazetic 28.Serbia
M
Petar Stanić 21.Serbia
F
Milan Pavkov 9.Serbia
6.4
62'
F
6.6
62'

Also Crvena Zvezda adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Dejan Stankovic played with: Milan Borjan (8.0), Strahinja Eraković (7.2), Aleksandar Dragović (6.7), Radovan Pankov (6.8), Marko Gobeljić (6.8), Guélor Kanga (6.7), N. Petrović, Slavoljub Srnić (6.8), Milan Rodić (6.1), Mirko Ivanić (7.1) and Aleksandar Katai (7.2), Richairo Živković (6.4).

They had on the bench: Milan Pavkov (6.4), Nenad Krstičić (6.7), M. Lazetić, P. Stanić, El Fardou Ben (6.6), Milan Gajić (6.5), Miloš Degenek (6.5), M. Gordić and Z. Popović.

Substitutions

Crvena Zvezda made 5 changes: M. Gobeljic for M. Gajic (62′), R. Zivkovic for M. Pavkov (62′), S. Srnic for El Fardou Ben (62′), M. Pavkov for M. Degenek (77′) and A. Katai for N. Krsticic (77′).

Best player: Milan Borjan​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Crvena Zvezda was the goalkeeper: Milan Borjan. His rating is 8.02. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Europa League.​