Sporting Braga 1-3 Manchester United: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 7 November 2012
Result
Sporting Braga 1-3 Manchester United
Champions League · Wednesday 7 November 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Sporting Braga 1-3 Manchester United: match report
Sporting Braga lost to Manchester United 1-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday 7 November 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
Alan opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Sporting Braga's goal came from Alan (49', penalty). Manchester United scored through Robin van Persie (80'), Wayne Rooney (84', penalty) and Javier Hernández (90+2').
Discipline: Sporting Braga received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sporting Braga were 37th on 5 points from 5 and Manchester United 16th on 9 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Sporting Braga lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sporting Braga wins, 0 draws and 1 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Sporting Braga's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Manchester United's W-W-W.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Chris Smalling
- 49'Penalty goal · Alan
- 66'Yellow card · Éder
- 70'Yellow card · Custodio
- 80'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 84'Penalty goal · Wayne Rooney
- 90+2'Goal · Javier Hernández
Head-to-head
Team news
Sporting Braga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nuno André Coelho, Elderson Echiejile, Douglão, Rúben Micael, Custódio Miguel Dias de Castro, Hugo Viana, Éder, Alan, Ruben Amorim, Leandro Salino, Beto
Manchester United line-up (4-3-1-2)
David de Gea, Ryan Giggs, Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Wayne Mark Rooney, Chris Smalling, Anderson, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Nani, Danny Welbeck