Paços de Ferreira 1-0 Sporting Braga: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 23 April 2016

Result

Paços de Ferreira 1-0 Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal · Saturday 23 April 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Paços de Ferreira · Sporting Braga · Liga Portugal predictions

Paços de Ferreira 1-0 Sporting Braga: match report

Paços de Ferreira defeated Sporting Braga 1-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 23 April 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Diogo Jota of Paços de Ferreira in the 39th minute.

Discipline: Paços de Ferreira received 3 yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Paços de Ferreira were 8th on 41 points from 30 and Sporting Braga 4th on 54 points from 30. Paços de Ferreira went on to finish that season 7th with 48 points, and Sporting Braga 4th with 58.

Paços de Ferreira 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 Ricardo of Paços de Ferreira (7.3), ahead of Fábio Cardoso (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Paços de Ferreira win, 2 draws and 2 for Sporting Braga.

Going into the match Paços de Ferreira's last five read W-W-L-D-W and Sporting Braga's W-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Luíz CarlosSporting Braga
  • 39'Goal · Diogo JotaPaços de Ferreira · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Fábio CardosoPaços de Ferreira
  • 46'Yellow card · Wilson EduardoSporting Braga
  • 69'Yellow card · Edson FariasPaços de Ferreira
  • 83'Yellow card · Bruno SantosPaços de Ferreira
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Willy BolySporting Braga
  • 90+5'Yellow card · CrislanSporting Braga

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Paços de Ferreira 1, draws 2, Sporting Braga 2.

Team news

Paços de Ferreira line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rafael Defendi, Bruno Araújo dos Santos, Fábio Cardoso, Ricardo, Hélder Lopes, Pelé, Rodrigo Antonio, Edson Farias, Minhoca, Diogo Jota, Bruno Moreira

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

Marcelo Goiano, Ricardo Ferreira, Baiano, Rafa Silva, Nikola Vukčević, Josué, Mauro, Nikola Stojiljkovic, Ahmed Hassan