Sporting Braga 2-1 Académica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Monday 26 March 2012

Result

Sporting Braga 2-1 Académica

Liga Portugal · Monday 26 March 2012, 19:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Sporting Braga 2-1 Académica: match report

Sporting Braga beat Académica 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Monday 26 March 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

Marcio Mossoró opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Sporting Braga's goals came from Marcio Mossoró (36') and Lima (45'). Académica scored through Bruno Pinto (62').

Discipline: Sporting Braga received 1 yellow card; Académica received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting Braga were 3rd on 55 points from 23 and Académica 13th on 23 points from 23. Sporting Braga went on to finish that season 3rd with 62 points, and Académica 12th with 29.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sporting Braga wins, 5 draws and 0 for Académica.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Marcio MossoróSporting Braga · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · LimaSporting Braga · 2-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Cédric SoaresAcadémica
  • 57'Yellow card · MarinhoAcadémica
  • 62'Goal · Bruno PintoAcadémica · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow card · NivaldoAcadémica
  • 83'Yellow card · Djamal MahamatSporting Braga
  • 87'Yellow card · Reiner FerreiraAcadémica
  • 90+2'Yellow card · SauloAcadémica

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sporting Braga 5, draws 5, Académica 0.

Team news

Sporting Braga line-up

Quim, Nuno André Coelho, Miguel Lopes, Elderson Echiejile, Douglão, Marcio Mossoró, Hélder Barbosa, Custódio Miguel Dias de Castro, Hugo Viana, Paulo César, Lima

Académica line-up

Romuald Peiser, Flávio, Nivaldo, Reiner Ferreira, Cédric Soares, Pape Sow, Adrien Silva, Diogo Melo, Marinho, Diogo Valente, Edinho