SC Braga vs Sporting CP 1-3

Sporting CP won 3-1 at Estádio Municipal de Braga after an own goal put them ahead and two second-half goals stretched the lead. SC Braga chased the game twice and found no way back after the break.

The opening goal came in the 41st minute when Rui Silva turned the ball into his own net for Sporting CP, leaving SC Braga 1-0 down. That was the only goal before half-time, with Sporting CP ahead 1-0 at the interval.

Sporting CP made two changes on 58 minutes and a third on 59, and the move paid off in the 66th minute when Luis Suárez, who had come on in the 59th minute, scored from Nestory Irankunda’s assist to make it 2-0. SC Braga responded with changes of their own, making two substitutions on 74 minutes, before getting back into it in the 71st minute through an own goal by Bernardo Caltabiano Parise Fontes to make it 2-1. The away side settled it in the 82nd minute when Rodrigo Zalazar, who had come on in the 58th minute, scored from Geny Catamo’s assist for 3-1.

SC Braga had 49% of possession to Sporting CP’s 51%, but they had more shots, 14 to 9, and more on target, 4 to 3. They also finished with 438 passes to Sporting CP’s 458, 5 corners to 2, and xG of 1.02 to 0.97. Sporting CP had 3 saves to SC Braga’s 1, while both sides were caught offside on no more than 2 occasions and finished with 11 and 10 fouls respectively.

Sergio Barcia was booked for SC Braga in the 89th minute, and Flávio Gonçalves was booked for Sporting CP in the same minute. There were no red cards.