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
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
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 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
, Paulo Oliveira , Raúl Silva , Diogo Leite , Yan Couto , Mutassim Al Musrati , André Horta , Wenderson Galeno , Iuri Medeiros , Ricardo Horta and Vítor Oliveira .The home team had on the bench: Bruno Rodrigues, Roger Fernandes, Tiago Sá, Fabiano, Lucas Piazón
, Vítor Tormena, Lucas Mineiro , Mario González , Chiquinho, J. Gorby, Abel Ruíz and Francisco Moura .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
with 58 passes (75% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.Crvena Zvezda – Formation
Also Crvena Zvezda adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Dejan Stankovic played with: Milan Borjan
, Strahinja Eraković , Aleksandar Dragović , Radovan Pankov , Marko Gobeljić , Guélor Kanga , N. Petrović, Slavoljub Srnić , Milan Rodić , Mirko Ivanić and Aleksandar Katai , Richairo Živković .They had on the bench: Milan Pavkov
, Nenad Krstičić , M. Lazetić, P. Stanić, El Fardou Ben , Milan Gajić , Miloš Degenek , 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.
- West Ham United – Dinamo Zagreb – 0-1
- Genk – Rapid Vienna – 0-1
- Ferencváros – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1-0
- Celtic – Real Betis – 3-2
- Olympique Marseille – Lokomotiv Moskva – 1-0
- Lazio – Galatasaray – 0-0
- Sporting Braga – Crvena Zvezda – 1-1
- Ludogorets – Midtjylland – 0-0
- Fenerbahçe – Eintracht Frankfurt – 1-1
- Antwerp – Olympiakos Piraeus – 1-0
- Napoli – Leicester City – 3-2
- Legia Warszawa – Spartak Moskva – 0-1
- Sturm Graz – Monaco – 1-1
- Real Sociedad – PSV – 3-0
- Olympique Lyonnais – Rangers – 1-1
- Sparta Praha – Brøndby – 2-0