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Liga Portugal: Sporting Braga tops Santa Clara 4-0 after a incredible match

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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 (7.9), Pierre Sagna (6.3), Kennedy Boateng (6.7), Cristian Tassano (6.3), Xavier Quintilla (5.6), Adriano Firmino (6.6), Costinha (6.2), Gabriel Silva (6.6), Bruno Almeida (6.6), Ricardinho (6.4) and Kyosuke Tagawa (6.6).

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 (6.8), Victor Gómez (6.9), Paulo Oliveira (7.3), Sikou Niakaté (6.6), Nuno Sequeira (6.6), Uroš Račić (7.4), Mutassim Al Musrati (7.8), Iuri Medeiros (8.2), André Horta (7.7), Ricardo Horta (9.1) and Abel Ruíz (6.2).

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 (9.1) 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.