Moreirense 2-3 Sporting Braga: result and report

Liga Portugal · Friday 20 August 2021

Result

Moreirense 2-3 Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal · Friday 20 August 2021, 20:15 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Moreirense 2-3 Sporting Braga: match report

Moreirense lost to Sporting Braga 2-3 in Liga Portugal on Friday 20 August 2021. The half-time score was 0-2.

Fábio Martins opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Moreirense's goals came from Steven Vitória (80', penalty) and Paulinho (83'). Sporting Braga scored through Fábio Martins (39'), Iuri Medeiros (41') and Ricardo Horta (90+5').

Discipline: Moreirense received 5 yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Moreirense were 14th on 1 point from 2 and Sporting Braga 7th on 3 points from 2. Moreirense went on to finish that season 16th with 29 points, and Sporting Braga 4th with 65.

Moreirense lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Sporting Braga in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Galeno of Sporting Braga (8.0), ahead of Iuri Medeiros (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Moreirense win, 0 draws and 4 for Sporting Braga.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

16'Yellow card · IsmaelMoreirense
17'Yellow card · João Oliveira Nunes HenriquesMoreirense
39'Goal · Fábio MartinsSporting Braga · 0-1
41'Goal · Iuri MedeirosSporting Braga · 0-2
53'Yellow card · Artur JorgeMoreirense
55'Yellow card · Paulo OliveiraSporting Braga
80'Penalty goal · Steven VitóriaMoreirense · 1-2
83'Goal · PaulinhoMoreirense · 2-2
90+5'Yellow card · L. RosićMoreirense
90+5'Goal · Ricardo HortaSporting Braga · 2-3
90+7'Yellow card · Derik LacerdaMoreirense
90+9'Yellow card · Ricardo HortaSporting Braga

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Moreirense 1, draws 0, Sporting Braga 4.

Sporting Braga 2-1 MoreirenseLiga Portugal · 14 May 2021
Moreirense 0-4 Sporting BragaLiga Portugal · 1 Feb 2021
Sporting Braga 3-1 MoreirenseLiga Portugal · 11 Aug 2019
Moreirense 1-0 Sporting BragaLiga Portugal · 6 Apr 2019
Sporting Braga 2-0 MoreirenseLiga Portugal · 1 Dec 2018

Team news

Unavailable

David CarmoSporting Braga · injury (Ankle Fracture)
Francisco MouraSporting Braga · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
CastroSporting Braga · injury (Unknown Injury)
Pedro AmadorMoreirense · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Nikola JamborMoreirense · injury (Unknown Injury)
Walterson SilvaMoreirense · injury (Unknown Injury)
GalegoMoreirense · injury (Unknown Injury)
Nuno SequeiraSporting Braga · injury (Unknown Injury)
Leonardo ButaSporting Braga · injury (Leg Injury)

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

Mateus Pasinato, Artur Jorge, Steven Vitória, Lazar Rosic, Rúben Ismael, Fábio Pacheco, Filipe Soares, Abdu Conté, Yan Matheus, Felipe Pires, Rafael Martins

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

Matheus, Vítor Tormena, Paulo Oliveira, Raúl Silva, Fabiano Josué de Souza Silva, Moatasem Al-Musrati, André Horta, Galeno, Iuri Medeiros, Mario González, Fábio Martins