SC Braga vs Famalicao 3-0

SC Braga beat Famalicao 3-0 at Estádio Municipal de Braga. The game opened up after the interval, and Braga finished it off late on. Famalicao were reduced to 10 men in the 70th minute.

The first half finished goalless. Marcos Vinicios Lopes Moura was booked in the 21st minute, before Vitor Carvalho for Braga and Mathias De Amorim for the visitors were both shown yellow cards in the 40th minute. Carvalho was replaced at the break, and the half-time score was SC Braga 0-0 Famalicao.

Ricardo Horta opened the scoring in the 53rd minute, turning in Adrian Barisic’s assist to make it 1-0. Braga then lost Vitor Carvalho to a 45th-minute change and made two more double substitutions. Famalicao levelled in the 67th minute through Víctor Rofino Gordo’s own goal, which made it 1-1. Rodrigo Pinheiro was booked and sent off in the 70th minute, and the away side had to defend with 10 men. Braga went back in front in the 88th minute when Pau Victor, who had come on in the 84th minute, scored from Victor Gómez’s assist to make it 2-1.

The numbers backed Braga’s advantage. They had 59% of the ball, 515 passes to Famalicao’s 373, 15 shots to 4, and 7 corners to 1. Braga also had 4 shots on target to 1 and an xG of 1.15 to 0.19, while Famalicao finished with 2 saves to Braga’s 1.

There were five yellow cards for Braga and three for Famalicao. Vitor Carvalho, Gabriel Martínez Aguilera, Fra Navarro, Sergio Barcia and Jean-Baptiste Gorby were booked for the home side, while Marcos Vinicios Lopes Moura, Mathias De Amorim and Óscar Aranda Subiela were booked for the visitors. Rodrigo Pinheiro was shown a yellow card and then a red card in the 70th minute.