Boavista 1-3 Sporting Braga: result and report
Liga Portugal · Wednesday 3 January 2018
Result
Boavista 1-3 Sporting Braga
Liga Portugal · Wednesday 3 January 2018, 18:15 UTC · half-time 0-1
Boavista 1-3 Sporting Braga: match report
Boavista were beaten by Sporting Braga 1-3 in Liga Portugal on Wednesday 3 January 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Danilo Barbosa opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Boavista's goal came from Kuca (50'). Sporting Braga scored through Danilo Barbosa (14'), Paulinho (79') and André Horta (88').
Discipline: Boavista received 4 yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Boavista were 8th on 20 points from 15 and Sporting Braga 4th on 31 points from 15. Boavista went on to finish that season 8th with 45 points, and Sporting Braga 4th with 75.
Boavista lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Sporting Braga in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Danilo Barbosa of Sporting Braga (8.0), ahead of André Horta (7.7).
Going into the match Boavista's last five read W-L-D-W-L and Sporting Braga's W-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Danilo Barbosa
- 26'Yellow card · Fábio Espinho
- 27'Yellow card · Raúl Silva
- 41'Yellow card · Robson
- 50'Goal · Kuca
- 62'Yellow card · Jefferson
- 65'Yellow card · Matheus Magalhães
- 65'Yellow card · Nikola Vukcevic
- 66'Missed penalty · Fábio Espinho
- 66'Yellow card · Rochinha
- 68'Yellow card · Ricardo Esgaio
- 79'Goal · Paulinho
- 79'Yellow card · Vagner
- 88'Goal · André Horta
Team news
Boavista line-up (4-1-4-1)
Vagner, Raphael Rossi, João Carlos Araújo Fonseca Silva, Róbson, Carraça, Fábio Espinho, Kuca, Stéphane Sparagna, Bruno Pinto, Vítor Bruno, Rochinha
Sporting Braga line-up (4-4-2)
Matheus, Jefferson, Ricardo Ferreira, Bruno Viana, Marcelo Goiano, Danilo Barbosa, Fábio Martins, Nikola Vukčević, Ricardo Esgaio, Ahmed Hassan, Ricardo Horta