Birmingham City 1-3 Sporting Braga: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 15 September 2011

Result

Birmingham City 1-3 Sporting Braga

Europa League · Thursday 15 September 2011, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Birmingham City 1-3 Sporting Braga: match report

Birmingham City were beaten by Sporting Braga 1-3 in the Europa League on Thursday 15 September 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Hélder Barbosa opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Marlon King (71'). Sporting Braga scored through Hélder Barbosa (7'), Lima (59') and Hélder Barbosa (88').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 70th on 4 points from 2 and Sporting Braga 113th on 2 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sporting Braga in a 4-2-3-1.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Hélder BarbosaSporting Braga · 0-1
  • 17'Yellow card · LimaSporting Braga
  • 36'Yellow card · A. RooneyBirmingham City
  • 59'Goal · LimaSporting Braga · 0-2
  • 71'Goal · Marlon KingBirmingham City · 1-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellBirmingham City
  • 88'Goal · Hélder BarbosaSporting Braga · 1-3

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Boaz Myhill, Stephen Carr, David Murphy, Pablo Ibáñez, Liam Ridgewell, Jonathan Spector, Guirane N'Daw, Wade Elliott, Marlon King, Adam Rooney, Nathan Redmond

Sporting Braga line-up (4-2-3-1)

Quim, Ewerton, Baiano, Elderson Echiejile, Hélder Barbosa, Djamal Mahamat, Hugo Viana, Nuno Gomes, Alan, Lima, Paulo Vinícius