Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Sporting Braga: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 29 September 2016
Result
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Sporting Braga
Europa League · Thursday 29 September 2016, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Sporting Braga: match report
Shakhtar Donetsk won against Sporting Braga 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 29 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Taras Stepanenko opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Shakhtar Donetsk's goals came from Taras Stepanenko (5') and Viktor Kovalenko (56'). Sporting Braga did not score.
Discipline: Shakhtar Donetsk received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sporting Braga received 4 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Shakhtar Donetsk lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sporting Braga in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Taras Stepanenko of Shakhtar Donetsk (7.8), ahead of Oleksandr Kucher (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Shakhtar Donetsk wins, 1 draw and 0 for Sporting Braga.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Taras Stepanenko
- 25'Yellow card · Fred
- 47'Second yellow · Fred
- 54'Yellow card · Nikola Vukcevic
- 56'Goal · Viktor Kovalenko
- 63'Yellow card · Pedro Santos
- 64'Yellow card · Taras Stepanenko
- 82'Yellow card · Nikola Stojiljković
- 82'Yellow card · O. Kucher
- 82'Yellow card · Nikola Stojiljković
Head-to-head
Team news
Shakhtar Donetsk line-up (4-4-1-1)
Andriy Pyatov, Bogdan Butko, Oleksandr Kucher, Ivan Ordets, Ismaily, Taras Stepanenko, Fred, Bernard, Marlos, Facundo Ferreyra, Viktor Kovalenko
Sporting Braga line-up (4-3-3)
Marafona, Lazar Rosic, Baiano, Artur Jorge, Marcelo Goiano, Pedro Santos, Nikola Vukčević, Mauro, Wilson Eduardo, Ahmed Hassan, Ricardo Horta