Liga Portugal: Sporting Braga tops Santa Clara 4-0 after a incredible match
PONTA DELGADA. Sporting Braga overcomes Santa Clara 4-0 after a incredible match.
PONTA DELGADA. Sporting Braga tops Santa Clara 4-0 after a incredible match. Ricardo Horta (15′), Iuri Medeiros (16′), André Horta (53′) and Ricardo Horta (80′). Sporting Braga was vastly superior ball possession (66%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estádio de São Miguel stadium in Ponta Delgada on Thursday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Miguel Bertolo Nogueira with the support of Rui Cidade and Nuno Filipe Figueiredo Pires. The 4th official was Pedro Miguel Torres Ramalho. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 14.4 degrees Celsius or 57.92 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 77%.
Match Statistics
Sporting Braga was in firm control of the ball 66% while Santa Clara was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Sporting Braga was more aggressive with 37 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 10 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Sporting Braga won the match.
Santa Clara shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sporting Braga shot 23 times, 10 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Santa Clara received 1 yellow card (Victor Bobsin). Talking about the opposition, Sporting Braga received 1 yellow card (Vitinha).
After playing this match, Santa Clara will stay with 13 points to stay in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Sporting Braga will have 31 points to stay in the 3rd place.
Match Events
-
15'15'
Ricardo Horta
-
16'16'
Iuri Medeiros
-
46'46'
Rildo
Ricardo António
-
46'46'
Matheus Babi
Kyosuke Tagawa
-
53'53'
André Horta
-
60'60'
Víctor Gómez (Penalty Disallowed)
-
62'62'
Tomás Castro
Pierre Sagna
-
62'62'
MT
Bruno Messi
-
68'68'
Vitinha
André Horta
-
73'73'
Victor Bobsin
Adriano
-
80'80'
Ricardo Horta
-
82'82'
Vitinha
-
83'83'
Cristián Borja
Iuri Medeiros
-
83'83'
Rodrigo Gomes
Iuri Medeiros
-
83'83'
Simon Banza
Abel Ruiz
-
87'87'
Victor Bobsin
-
88'88'
André Castro
Uroš Račić
Next match
In the upcoming Liga Portugal match, Santa Clara will play away with Portimonense on the 13th of January with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Santa Clara (4 draws).
Sporting Braga will host Boavista on the 14th of January with a 9-4 head to head stats in favor of Sporting Braga (9 draws).
Santa Clara: Formation and Lineups
Santa Clara adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Mário Fernando Magalhães da Silva chose to play with the following team: Gabriel Batista , Pierre Sagna , Kennedy Boateng , Cristian Tassano , Xavier Quintilla , Adriano Firmino , Costinha , Gabriel Silva , Bruno Almeida , Ricardinho and Kyosuke Tagawa .
Substitutes
Santa Clara made 5 changes: Ricardo António for Rildo (46′), Kyosuke Tagawa for Matheus Babi (46′), Pierre Sagna for Tomás Castro (62′), Bruno Messi for MT (62′) and Adriano for Victor Bobsin (73′).
Best player: Gabriel Batista
The player that probably impressed the most for Santa Clara was the goalkeeper: Gabriel Batista. His rating is 7.85. He performed 9 saves.
Sporting Braga: Formation and Lineups
Also Sporting Braga adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Talking about the opposition, Artur Jorge Torres Gomes Araújo Amorim played with: Matheus , Victor Gómez , Paulo Oliveira , Sikou Niakaté , Nuno Sequeira , Uroš Račić , Mutassim Al Musrati , Iuri Medeiros , André Horta , Ricardo Horta and Abel Ruíz .
Substitutes
Sporting Braga made 5 changes: André Horta for Vitinha (68′), Iuri Medeiros for Cristián Borja (83′), Iuri Medeiros for Rodrigo Gomes (83′), Abel Ruiz for Simon Banza (83′) and Uroš Račić for André Castro (88′).
Top player: Ricardo Horta
The player who no doubt impressed Sporting Braga the most was Ricardo Horta.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 43 passes (90% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jordan Ranan
In August of 2022, I joined LOOTRS. An editor and feature writer who focuses on London clubs in particular. Sixth largest fan in Gosport Borough.