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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Danilo BarbosaSporting Braga · 0-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Fábio EspinhoBoavista
  • 27'Yellow card · Raúl SilvaSporting Braga
  • 41'Yellow card · RobsonBoavista
  • 50'Goal · KucaBoavista · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · JeffersonSporting Braga
  • 65'Yellow card · Matheus MagalhãesSporting Braga
  • 65'Yellow card · Nikola VukcevicSporting Braga
  • 66'Missed penalty · Fábio EspinhoBoavista
  • 66'Yellow card · RochinhaBoavista
  • 68'Yellow card · Ricardo EsgaioSporting Braga
  • 79'Goal · PaulinhoSporting Braga · 1-2
  • 79'Yellow card · VagnerBoavista
  • 88'Goal · André HortaSporting Braga · 1-3

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