Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 Sporting Braga: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 23 January 2025

Result

Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 Sporting Braga

Europa League · Thursday 23 January 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Union Saint-Gilloise · Sporting Braga · Europa League predictions

Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 Sporting Braga: match report

Union Saint-Gilloise beat Sporting Braga 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 23 January 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Amine El Ouazzani opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Union Saint-Gilloise's goals came from Franjo Ivanović (50') and Franjo Ivanović (74'). Sporting Braga scored through Amine El Ouazzani (16').

Discipline: Union Saint-Gilloise received 5 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Sporting Braga received 5 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Union Saint-Gilloise were 31st on 8 points from 6 and Sporting Braga 4th on 21 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Union Saint-Gilloise lined up in a 3-5-2 and Sporting Braga in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Franjo Ivanović of Union Saint-Gilloise (8.4), ahead of Ousseynou Niang (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Union Saint-Gilloise win, 1 draw and 0 for Sporting Braga.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

16'Goal · Amine El OuazzaniSporting Braga · 0-1
45'Yellow card · Christian BurgessUnion Saint-Gilloise
50'Goal · Franjo IvanovićUnion Saint-Gilloise · 1-1
66'Yellow card · Koki MachidaUnion Saint-Gilloise
73'Yellow card · Kevin RodríguezUnion Saint-Gilloise
73'Yellow card · Vítor CarvalhoSporting Braga
74'Goal · Franjo IvanovićUnion Saint-Gilloise · 2-1
79'Second yellow · Vítor CarvalhoSporting Braga
80'Yellow card · Ricardo HortaSporting Braga
81'Yellow card · Sikou NiakatéSporting Braga
82'Second yellow · Koki MachidaUnion Saint-Gilloise
90'Yellow card · Ismaël GharbiSporting Braga
90'Yellow card · Noah SadikiUnion Saint-Gilloise
90+5'Yellow card · Kamiel Van De PerreUnion Saint-Gilloise
90+6'Red card · BrumaSporting Braga
90+6'Second yellow · Christian BurgessUnion Saint-Gilloise
90+6'Yellow card · BrumaSporting Braga

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Union Saint-Gilloise 1, draws 1, Sporting Braga 0.

Union Saint-Gilloise 3-3 Sporting BragaEuropa League · 13 Oct 2022
Sporting Braga 1-2 Union Saint-GilloiseEuropa League · 6 Oct 2022

Team news

Unavailable

Henok TeklabUnion Saint-Gilloise · injury (Fracture Of Fibula Shaft)
Promise DavidUnion Saint-Gilloise · suspension (No Eligibility)
Guillaume FrançoisUnion Saint-Gilloise · suspension (No Eligibility)
Lazare AmaniUnion Saint-Gilloise · suspension (No Eligibility)
Loïc LapoussinUnion Saint-Gilloise · suspension (No Eligibility)
Alessio Castro-MontesUnion Saint-Gilloise · injury (Injury)
Sofiane BoufalUnion Saint-Gilloise · injury (Torn Muscle Bundle)

Union Saint-Gilloise line-up (3-5-2)

Anthony Moris, Ross Sykes, Christian Burgess, Fedde Leysen, Ousseynou Niang, Anouar Ait El Hadj, Kamiel Van De Perre, Noah Sadiki, Koki Machida, Franjo Ivanović, Mohammed Fuseini

Sporting Braga line-up (3-4-2-1)

Lukas Hornicek, Robson Bambu, Paulo Oliveira, Sikou Niakaté, Roger Fernandes, João Moutinho, Gorby, Gabri Martínez, Ricardo Horta, Bruma, Amine El Ouazzani