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BRAGA. Sporting Braga destroys Marítimo 5-0 with goals of Vítor Oliveira (9′), Iuri Medeiros (42′), S. Banza (57′), Abel Ruiz (65′) and Rodrigo Gomes (88′). Sporting Braga took advantage of its better ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Braga stadium in Braga on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was António Emanuel Carvalho Nobre with the support of Pedro Ribeiro and Nélson Filipe Vila Pereira. The 4th official was Flávio Dinis Lima. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27.2 degrees Celsius or 80.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sporting Braga had a strong ball possession 60% while Marítimo was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting Braga had a more offensive attitude with 67 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting Braga won the match​.

Sporting Braga shot 21 times, 10 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Marítimo shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Sporting Braga received 3 yellow cards (Iuri Medeiros, Fabiano and Diego Lainez). On the opposite side, Marítimo received 1 yellow card (S. Beltrame).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Sporting Braga has 7 points to occupy the 2nd place in the table. On the other side, Marítimo stays with 0 points (18th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Primeira Liga, Sporting Braga will play away with Arouca on the 28th of August with a 8-1 head to head record in favor of Sporting Braga (4 draws).

Marítimo will host Portimonense on the 27th of August with a 6-4 head to head stats in favor of Portimonense (3 draws).

Sporting Braga – Formation

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

The manager Artur Jorge Torres Gomes Araújo Amorim decided to play with the following team: Matheus (7.1), Fabiano Silva (7.0), Vítor Tormena (7.0), Sikou Niakaté (7.1), Nuno Sequeira (7.2), Iuri Medeiros (8.0), André Horta (6.9), Mutassim Al Musrati (7.3), Ricardo Horta (6.5), Simon Banza (7.2) and Vítor Oliveira (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Álvaro Djaló (7.8), André Castro (6.8), Paulo Oliveira, Rodrigo Gomes (7.6), Abel Ruíz (7.1), Diego Lainez (7.3), Dinis Pinto, Tiago Sá and Jean-Baptiste Gorby.

Substitutions

Sporting Braga made 5 changes: Vítor Oliveira for Abel Ruiz (59′), Iuri Medeiros for Álvaro Djaló (59′), Ricardo Horta for Diego Lainez (67′), André Horta for Castro (79′) and S. Banza for Rodrigo Gomes (79′).

Best player: Iuri Medeiros​

The most impressive player for Sporting Braga was Iuri Medeiros.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 16 passes (93% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 10.

Marítimo – Formation

Also Marítimo adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Vasco César Freire De Seabra played with: Miguel Silva (5.9), Cláudio Winck (5.9), Matheus Costa (6.1), Léo (6.2), Vitor Costa (7.1), Miguel Sousa (6.6), Diogo Mendes (6.3), Stefano Beltrame (6.3), André Vidigal (6.1), Joel Tagueu (6.4) and Edgar Costa (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Pablo Moreno (6.4), Andre Teles, Jesús Ramírez (6.7), Matouš Trmal, Bruno Xadas, Zainadine Júnior (6.4), Luciano Gaston Vega (6.5), Antonio Zarzana (6.5) and Fábio China.

Substitutions

Marítimo made 5 changes: Miguel Sousa for Antonio Zarzana (46′), Vitor Costa for Zainadine Júnior (46′), Edgar Costa for Pablo Moreno (61′), Diogo Mendes for L. Albornoz (71′) and J. Tagueu for J. Ramírez (76′).

Best player: Vitor Costa​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Marítimo was Vitor Costa.

His rating is (7.1) with 12 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Sporting Braga – Marítimo – 5-0
• Portimonense – Vitória SC – 2-1
• Casa Pia – Boavista – 2-0