Nacional 1-2 Sporting Braga: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 28 February 2026
Result
Nacional 1-2 Sporting Braga
Liga Portugal · Saturday 28 February 2026, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Nacional 1-2 Sporting Braga: match report
Nacional lost to Sporting Braga 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 28 February 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.
Rodrigo Zalazar opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Nacional's goal came from Paulinho Bóia (59'). Sporting Braga scored through Rodrigo Zalazar (11') and Rodrigo Zalazar (90+6', penalty).
Discipline: Nacional received 2 yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nacional were 14th on 21 points from 23 and Sporting Braga 4th on 42 points from 23. Nacional went on to finish that season 14th with 34 points, and Sporting Braga 4th with 59.
Nacional lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sporting Braga in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Rodrigo Zalazar of Sporting Braga (8.9), ahead of Paulinho Bóia (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nacional win, 0 draws and 2 for Sporting Braga.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Rodrigo Zalazar
- 13'Yellow card · Florian Grillitsch
- 26'Yellow card · Matheus Dias
- 28'Yellow card · Ricardo Horta
- 59'Goal · Paulinho Bóia
- 72'Yellow card · Diego Rodrigues
- 77'Yellow card · Lenny Vallier
- 90+6'Penalty goal · Rodrigo Zalazar
Head-to-head
Team news
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Nacional line-up (4-3-3)
Kaique Pereira, Alan Nuñez, Léo Santos, Francisco Gonçalves, Lenny Vallier, André Sousa, Matheus Dias, Liziero, Gabriel Veron, Jesús Ramírez, Paulinho Bóia
Sporting Braga line-up (3-4-3)
Lukas Hornicek, Adrian Barisic, Gustaf Lagerbielke, Bright Arrey-Mbi, Víctor Gómez, Florian Grillitsch, Diego Rodrigues, Gabri Martínez, Rodrigo Zalazar, Pau Víctor, Ricardo Horta