Boavista 4-2 Sporting Braga: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 11 May 2019

Result

Boavista 4-2 Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal · Saturday 11 May 2019, 17:00 UTC · half-time 3-2

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Boavista 4-2 Sporting Braga: match report

Boavista beat Sporting Braga 4-2 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 11 May 2019. The half-time score was 3-2.

João Palhinha opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Boavista's goals came from Nwankwo Obiora (22'), Yusupha Njie (40'), Mateus (43') and Alberto Bueno (49'). Sporting Braga scored through João Palhinha (5') and Wilson Eduardo (26', penalty).

Discipline: Boavista received 4 yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Boavista were 12th on 38 points from 32 and Sporting Braga 4th on 64 points from 32. Boavista went on to finish that season 8th with 44 points, and Sporting Braga 4th with 67.

Boavista lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting Braga in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Rafael Bracali of Boavista (8.1), ahead of Nwankwo Obiora (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Boavista wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sporting Braga.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · João PalhinhaSporting Braga · 0-1
  • 22'Goal · Nwankwo ObioraBoavista · 1-1
  • 26'Penalty goal · Wilson EduardoSporting Braga · 1-2
  • 35'Yellow card · Rafael CostaBoavista
  • 40'Goal · Yusupha NjieBoavista · 2-2
  • 43'Goal · MateusBoavista · 3-2
  • 48'Yellow card · Bruno VianaSporting Braga
  • 49'Goal · Alberto BuenoBoavista · 4-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Gonçalo CardosoBoavista
  • 81'Yellow card · Gustavo SauerBoavista
  • 84'Yellow card · Rafael BracaliBoavista

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Boavista 0, draws 1, Sporting Braga 2.

Team news

Boavista line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rafael Bracali, Carraça, Neris, Gonçalo Cardoso, João Carlos Araújo Fonseca Silva, Nwankwo Obiora, Rafael Costa, Gustavo Sauer, Alberto Bueno Calvo, Mateus, Yusupha Njie

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

Tiago Sá, Marcelo Goiano, Bruno Viana, Pablo Santos, Ricardo Esgaio, Ricardo Ryller, João Palhinha, Nuno Sequeira, Ricardo Horta, Paulinho, Wilson Eduardo