Nacional 0-3 Sporting Braga: result and report

Liga Portugal · Friday 18 January 2019

Result

Nacional 0-3 Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal · Friday 18 January 2019, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Nacional 0-3 Sporting Braga: match report

Nacional lost to Sporting Braga 0-3 in Liga Portugal on Friday 18 January 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.

Ricardo Horta opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Nacional did not score. Sporting Braga scored through Ricardo Horta (61'), Murilo de Souza (73') and Paulinho (86').

Discipline: Nacional received 2 yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nacional were 12th on 19 points from 17 and Sporting Braga 2nd on 37 points from 17. Nacional went on to finish that season 17th with 28 points, and Sporting Braga 4th with 64.

Nacional lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting Braga in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Murilo de Souza Costa of Sporting Braga (8.1), ahead of Paulinho (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nacional wins, 2 draws and 6 for Sporting Braga.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Pablo SantosSporting Braga
  • 10'Yellow card · Brayan RiascosNacional
  • 14'Yellow card · Dyego SousaSporting Braga
  • 61'Goal · Ricardo HortaSporting Braga · 0-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Filipe FerreiraNacional
  • 73'Goal · Murilo de SouzaSporting Braga · 0-2
  • 86'Goal · PaulinhoSporting Braga · 0-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nacional 2, draws 2, Sporting Braga 6.

Team news

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

Lucas França, Nuno Campos, Júlio César, Diogo Coelho, Filipe Ferreira, Vítor Gonçalves, Fernando Tissone, João Camacho, Jota, Kenji Gorré, Bryan Rochez

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

Tiago Sá, Ricardo Esgaio, Raúl Silva, Pablo Santos, Aílton, Murilo de Souza Costa, João Palhinha, Ricardo Ryller, João Novais, Ricardo Horta, Dyego Sousa