BRAGA. Sporting Braga manages to recover against Boavista with a goal on the P. Musa 12′ and a goal on the Y. Njie 89′. It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (68%)
The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Braga stadium in Braga on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Luis Miguel Branco Godinho who was helped by Rui Teixeira and Valter Rufo. The 4th official was João Carlos Casegas Marques Almeida. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.9 degrees Celsius or 55.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- ! 68 Ball Possession 32
Shots
- 15 Total 7
- 9 On Target 3
- 6 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 136 Attack 82
- 58 Dangerous attack 21
- 113 Ball safe 94
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 1
- 5 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 15 Total 13
- 2 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Sporting Braga was in firm control of the ball 68% while Boavista was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Sporting Braga was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 9 were on target. However, that was not enough Sporting Braga to win the match.
Sporting Braga shot 15 times, 9 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Boavista shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Sporting Braga received 2 yellow cards (Al Musrati and Sequeira). On the other side, Boavista received 5 yellow cards (S. Perez, I. Vukotic, J. Porozo, K. Gorre and Y. Njie).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sporting Braga will have 13 points to stay in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Boavista will have 10 points like Vitória SC to stay in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primeira Liga, Sporting Braga will play away with Gil Vicente on the 25th of October with a 8-2 head to head statistic in favor of Sporting Braga (4 draws).
Boavista will host Belenenses on the 25th of October with a 8-6 head to head in favor of Boavista (6 draws).
Sporting Braga – Formation
Sporting Braga
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Sporting Braga started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager João Mario Ferreira Oliveira decided to play with the following team: Matheus , Yan Couto , Vítor Tormena , Diogo Leite , Nuno Sequeira , Iuri Medeiros , André Castro , Mutassim Al Musrati , Wenderson Galeno , Mario González and Ricardo Horta .
The home team had on the bench: Lucas Piazón , Lucas Mineiro , Paulo Oliveira, Tiago Sá, Abel Ruíz , Francisco Moura , Fabiano Silva, André Horta and Chiquinho .
Sporting Braga could not rely on the presence of F. Moura (injured).
Substitutions
Sporting Braga made 5 changes: Sequeira for F. Moura (62′), A. Castro for Chiquinho (70′), M. Gonzalez for A. Ruiz (71′), I. Medeiros for L. Piazon (82′) and R. Horta for Lucas Mineiro (83′).
Best player: Wenderson Galeno
The player that probably impressed the most for Sporting Braga was Wenderson Galeno.
His rating is with 46 passes (80% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 20. He performed 5 crosses.
Boavista – Formation
Boavista
Boavista started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the other side, João Pedro Borges de Sousa played with: Alireza Beiranvand , Tiago Ilori , Jackson Porozo , Marcelo Djaló , Nathan , Gaius Makouta , Ilija Vukotić , Filipe Ferreira , Gustavo Sauer , Petar Musa and Yusupha Njie .
They had on the bench: Yanis Hamache , Manuel Namora, Kenji Gorré , Guito, Tomás Reymão , Rafael Bracali, Sebastián Pérez , Pedro Malheiro and Tiago Morais.
Substitutions
Boavista made 5 changes: F. Ferreira for T. Reymao (55′), M. Djalo for Y. Hamache (55′), I. Vukotic for S. Perez (71′), Nathan for P. Malheiro (82′) and G. Makouta for K. Gorre (83′).
Best player: Alireza Beiranvand
The player that probably impressed the most for Boavista was the goalkeeper: Alireza Beiranvand. His rating is 7.63. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primeira Liga.
- Benfica – Portimonense – 0-1
- Sporting Braga – Boavista – 2-2
- Belenenses – Tondela – 0-2
- Estoril – Gil Vicente – 2-2
