PORTIMãO. Sporting Braga defeats Portimonense 5-3 after playing a incredible match. Sporting Braga was truly better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Portimão stadium in Portimão on Monday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. The referee was Cláudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira who had the assistance of Tiago José Pereira Costa and André Cabral Almeida. The 4th official was Gonçalo Neves. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.45 degrees Celsius or 61.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sporting Braga had a superior ball possession 62% while Portimonense was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting Braga had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting Braga won the encounter.​

Portimonense shot 16 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sporting Braga shot 18 times, 9 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Portimonense didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Sporting Braga received 1 yellow card (Víctor Gómez).

Standings

After playing this match, Portimonense stays with 23 points to sit in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Sporting Braga will has 56 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Portimonense will play away against Chaves on the 7th of April with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Chaves (0 draws).

Sporting Braga will host Arouca on the 7th of April with a 11-1 head to head stats in favor of Sporting Braga (4 draws).

Portimonense – Formation

Portimonense started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Paulo Sérgio Bento Brito decided to play with the following team: Kosuke Nakamura (7.0), Pedrão (7.3), Alemão (6.6), Filipe Relvas (5.8), Guga (6.8), Dener (6.3), Lucas Ventura (6.4), Paulo Estrela (6.7), Moustapha Seck (7.0), Midana Cassama (7.0) and Hélio Varela (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Ronie Carrillo, Igor Formiga, Thiago Dombroski, Steve Mvoué (6.7), T. Fukui (8.5), Hildeberto (7.5), Vinícius, Gonçalo Costa (6.8) and Rodrigo Martins (7.0).

Substitutions

Portimonense made 5 changes: Paulo Estrela for Steve Mvoué (79′), Filipe Relvas for Rodrigo Martins (62′), Midana Cassama for Hildeberto (62′), Dener for T. Fukui (62′) and Moustapha Seck for Gonçalo Costa (85′).

Player of the match: T. Fukui​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Portimonense was T. Fukui.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 5 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 3.

His performance was amazing also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 62′.

Sporting Braga – Formation

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

Artur Jorge Torres Gomes Araújo Amorim played with: Paulo Oliveira, Cristián Borja, Matheus (6.4), Víctor Gómez (6.6), Serdar Saatçı  (6.3), Sikou Niakaté (6.4), J. Mendes (6.7), Roger Fernandes (8.5), Rodrigo Zalazar (7.5), João Moutinho (7.3) and Bruma (8.1), Simon Banza (8.7), Abel Ruiz (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: José Fonte, C. Ndour (6.8), Tiago Sá, Álvaro Djaló (7.1), Vitor Carvalho, Rony Lopes (6.8), Pizzi (6.7), Nuno Matos (6.3) and L. Horníček.

Substitutions

Sporting Braga made 4 changes: Abel Ruiz for Pizzi (78′), Rodrigo Zalazar for C. Ndour (70′), Roger Fernandes for Álvaro Djaló (70′) and Bruma for Rony Lopes (89′).

Player of the match: Simon Banza​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting Braga was Simon Banza.

His rating is 8.7 with 2 goals, 20 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 15.

Results of the day

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

• Portimonense – Sporting Braga – 3-5