FC Union Berlin 2-3 Sporting Braga: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 3 October 2023

Result

FC Union Berlin 2-3 Sporting Braga

Champions League · Tuesday 3 October 2023, 16:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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FC Union Berlin 2-3 Sporting Braga: match report

FC Union Berlin lost to Sporting Braga 2-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 3 October 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.

Sheraldo Becker opened the scoring in the 30th minute. FC Union Berlin's goals came from Sheraldo Becker (30') and Sheraldo Becker (37'). Sporting Braga scored through Sikou Niakaté (41'), Bruma (51') and André Castro (90+4').

Discipline: FC Union Berlin received 3 yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 3 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

FC Union Berlin lined up in a 5-3-2 and Sporting Braga in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sheraldo Becker of FC Union Berlin (8.4), ahead of Bruma (8.2).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

13'Yellow card · Leonardo BonucciFC Union Berlin
13'Yellow card · Ricardo HortaSporting Braga
30'Goal · Sheraldo BeckerFC Union Berlin · 1-0
37'Goal · Sheraldo BeckerFC Union Berlin · 2-0
41'Goal · Sikou NiakatéSporting Braga · 2-1
46'Yellow card · Simon BanzaSporting Braga
51'Goal · BrumaSporting Braga · 2-2
54'Yellow card · Diogo LeiteFC Union Berlin
72'Yellow card · Rodrigo ZalazarSporting Braga
90+4'Goal · André CastroSporting Braga · 2-3
90+5'Yellow card · Josip JuranovićFC Union Berlin

Head-to-head

2 meetings: FC Union Berlin 1, draws 0, Sporting Braga 1.

FC Union Berlin 1-0 Sporting BragaEuropa League · 27 Oct 2022
Sporting Braga 1-0 FC Union BerlinEuropa League · 15 Sep 2022

Team news

Unavailable

András SchäferFC Union Berlin · injury (Foot surgery)
Rani KhediraFC Union Berlin · injury (Calf Injury)
Laurenz DehlFC Union Berlin · injury (Unknown Injury)
Robin KnocheFC Union Berlin · injury (Muscular problems)
Víctor GómezSporting Braga · injury (Muscle Injury)

FC Union Berlin line-up (5-3-2)

Frederik Rönnow, Josip Juranovic, Danilho Doekhi, Leonardo Bonucci, Diogo Leite, Robin Gosens, Lucas Tousart, Alex Král, Janik Haberer, Sheraldo Becker, Kevin Behrens

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

Matheus, Joe Mendes, Serdar Saatçı, Sikou Niakaté, Cristián Borja, Rodrigo Zalazar, Moatasem Al-Musrati, Álvaro Djaló, Ricardo Horta, Bruma, Simon Banza