Sporting Braga 1-1 Crvena Zvezda: Draw on Thursday

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BRAGA. Sporting Braga and Crvena Zvezda draw 1-1. Galeno scored the first goal (52') for Sporting Braga. A. Katai settled the score 1-1 (70') with a penalty kick.

BRAGA. Sporting Braga and Crvena Zvezda draw 1-1. Galeno scored the first goal (52′) for Sporting Braga. A. Katai settled the score 1-1 (70′) with a penalty. Sporting Braga was far superior when it came to possession ball (67%)​

The match was played at the Estádio Municipal de Braga stadium in Braga on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Marco Guida who had the assistance of Ciro Carbone and Giorgio Peretti. The 4th official was Luca Pairetto. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 11.3 degrees Celsius or 52.25 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 94%.​

Match Statistics

Sporting Braga was in firm control of the ball 67% while Crvena Zvezda was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Sporting Braga was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 1 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Sporting Braga to win the match​.

Sporting Braga shot 20 times, 1 on target, 19 off target. On the other side, Crvena Zvezda shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Sporting Braga received 1 yellow card (D. Leite). On the opposite side, Crvena Zvezda received 3 yellow cards (A. Katai, A. Dragovic and M. Degenek).

After this contest, Sporting Braga will have 9 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the other side, Crvena Zvezda will have 10 points to stay in the 1st place.

Match Events

  • 36'
    36'

    D. Leite

  • 45'
    45'

    A. Katai

  • 52'
    52'

    Galeno (Penalty)

  • 63'
    63'

    M. Gajic

    M. Gobeljic

  • 63'
    63'

    M. Pavkov

    R. Zivkovic

  • 62'
    62'

    El Fardou Ben

    S. Srnic

  • 66'
    66'

    F. Moura

    Galeno

  • 70'
    70'

    A. Katai (Penalty)

  • 71'
    71'

    Lucas Mineiro

    I. Medeiros

  • 71'
    71'

    A. Ruiz

    R. Horta

  • 77'
    77'

    M. Degenek

    M. Pavkov

  • 77'
    77'

    N. Krsticic

    A. Katai

  • 81'
    81'

    A. Dragovic

  • 83'
    83'

    M. Gonzalez

    V. Oliveira

  • 83'
    83'

    L. Piazon

    D. Leite

  • 90'
    90'

    M. Degenek

Next match

Sporting Braga: Formation and Lineups

Sporting Braga adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager João Mario Ferreira Oliveira chose to play with the following team: Matheus (6.8), Paulo Oliveira (6.5), Raúl Silva (6.7), Diogo Leite (6.4), Yan Couto (7.4), Mutassim Al Musrati (7.3), André Horta (7.1), Wenderson Galeno (7.1), Iuri Medeiros (7.3), Ricardo Horta (7.6) and Vítor Oliveira (6.5).

Substitutes

Sporting Braga made 5 changes: Galeno for F. Moura (66′), I. Medeiros for Lucas Mineiro (71′), R. Horta for A. Ruiz (71′), V. Oliveira for M. Gonzalez (83′) and D. Leite for L. Piazon (83′).

Top player: Ricardo Horta

The player who no doubt impressed Sporting Braga the most was Ricardo Horta.

His rating is (7.6) with 26 passes (84% accurate) and 4 key passes. He performed 8 crosses.

Crvena Zvezda: Formation and Lineups

Also Crvena Zvezda adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

On the opposite side, Dejan Stankovic played with: Milan Borjan (7.4), Strahinja Eraković (6.8), Aleksandar Dragović (6.5), Radovan Pankov (7.0), Marko Gobeljić (6.8), Guélor Kanga (6.8), Njegoš Petrović, Slavoljub Srnić (6.7), Milan Rodić (6.1), Mirko Ivanić (7.2) and Aleksandar Katai (7.1), Richairo Živković (6.6).

Substitutes

Crvena Zvezda made 5 changes: M. Gobeljic for M. Gajic (63′), R. Zivkovic for M. Pavkov (63′), S. Srnic for El Fardou Ben (62′), M. Pavkov for M. Degenek (77′) and A. Katai for N. Krsticic (77′).

Best player: Milan Borjan

The player that probably impressed the most for Crvena Zvezda was the goalkeeper: Milan Borjan. His rating is 7.43. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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