Belenenses 2-1 Sporting Braga: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 6 December 2020

Result

Belenenses 2-1 Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal · Sunday 6 December 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Belenenses 2-1 Sporting Braga: match report

Belenenses won against Sporting Braga 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 6 December 2020. The half-time score was 2-0.

Miguel Cardoso opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Belenenses's goals came from Miguel Cardoso (33') and Afonso Sousa (45+1'). Sporting Braga scored through Paulinho (70', penalty).

Discipline: Belenenses received 2 yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Belenenses were 13th on 8 points from 8 and Sporting Braga 4th on 18 points from 8. Belenenses went on to finish that season 10th with 40 points, and Sporting Braga 4th with 64.

Belenenses lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sporting Braga in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tiago Esgaio of Belenenses (7.8), ahead of Miguel Cardoso (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Belenenses win, 0 draws and 4 for Sporting Braga.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Miguel CardosoBelenenses · 1-0
  • 45+1'Goal · Afonso SousaBelenenses · 2-0
  • 62'Red card · David CarmoSporting Braga
  • 63'Yellow card · Carlos Soares da Costa Faria CarvalhalSporting Braga
  • 70'Penalty goal · PaulinhoSporting Braga · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Chico TeixeiraBelenenses
  • 90+4'Yellow card · T. PheteBelenenses
  • 90+6'Yellow card · FransérgioSporting Braga

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Belenenses 1, draws 0, Sporting Braga 4.

Team news

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Belenenses line-up (4-4-2)

André Moreira, Tiago Esgaio, Cafú Phete, Tomás Ribeiro, Rúben Lima, Yaya Sithole, Bruno Ramires, Danny Henriques, Afonso Sousa, Silvestre Varela, Miguel Cardoso

Sporting Braga line-up (3-4-3)

Matheus, Bruno Viana, David Carmo, Nuno Sequeira, Ricardo Esgaio, Moatasem Al-Musrati, Castro, Galeno, Iuri Medeiros, Paulinho, Ricardo Horta