SC Braga 1–3 Sporting CP
Primeira Liga · Regular Season - 8 · 9 October 2026 · Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga.
Status: full time. Half time 1–0. Referee: Joao Pedro Pinheiro, Portugal.
Match forecast
Win probability implied by the betting market: SC Braga 31%, draw 29%, Sporting CP 40%. Pre-match odds (William Hill): 2.90 / 3.10 / 2.30.
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Goals
- 41' Rui Silva (SC Braga) · Own Goal
- 66' Luis Suárez (Sporting CP) — assist Nestory Irankunda
- 71' Bernardo Caltabiano Parise Fontes (Sporting CP) · Own Goal
- 82' Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting CP) — assist Geny Catamo
Cards
- 89' Sergio Barcia (SC Braga) — Yellow Card
- 89' Flávio Gonçalves (Sporting CP) — Yellow Card
Match stats
| Stat | SC Braga | Sporting CP |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 49% | 51% |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.54 | 0.97 |
| Total shots | 15 | 9 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 3 |
| Shots off target | 5 | 6 |
| Shots blocked | 6 | 0 |
| Passes | 438 | 461 |
| Accurate passes | 366 | 394 |
| Corners | 5 | 2 |
| Offsides | 0 | 2 |
| Fouls | 11 | 10 |
| Saves | 1 | 3 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
SC Braga lineup (3-4-2-1)
Coach: Carlos Vicens.
- Vítor Carvalho — Midfield
- Jonas Wind — Attack
- João Moutinho — Midfield
- Gabriel Martínez
- Pau Víctor — Attack
- Ricardo Horta — Attack
- Fran Navarro — Attack
- Denis Huseinbasic — Midfield
- J. Gorby — Midfielder
- Adrian Bajrami — Defender
- Tomás Marqués — Midfielder
- Sergio Barcia — Defender
- Víctor Gómez — Defender
- Mario Dorgeles — Midfield
- Gabriel Silva
- Bernardo Fontes
- Demir Ege Tıknaz — Midfield
- Diego Rodrigues — Midfield
- Joao Carvalho — Goalkeeper
- Jovan Milosevic — Attack
- Bright Arrey-Mbi — Defender
- Diogo Travassos — Defender
- Gustaf Lagerbielke — Defender
Sporting CP lineup (4-2-3-1)
Coach: Rui Borges.
- Luis Javier Suárez — Attacker, 1 goal
- Rodrigo Zalazar — Midfield, 1 goal
- Eduardo Quaresma — Defender
- Nestory Irankunda — Attack
- Geny Catamo — Attack
- Georgios Vagiannidis — Defender
- Iván Fresneda — Defender
- Gonçalo Inácio — Defender
- Fotis Ioannidis — Attack
- Sergi Altimira — Midfield
- Maximiliano Araújo — Midfielder
- Flavio Goncalves — Attacker
- I. Doumbia — Midfielder
- Rui Silva — Goalkeeper
- João Simões — Midfield
- Silas Andersen — Midfield
- Ibrahima Ba — Defender
- Pedro Lima — Midfield
- Rafael Nel — Attack
- Luís Guilherme — Attack
- J. Derry — Midfielder
- Kaique
- Eduardo Felicíssimo — Midfield
Head to head
| Date | Match | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-07 | SC Braga v Sporting CP | 2–2 | Primeira Liga |
| 2025-10-05 | Sporting CP v SC Braga | 1–1 | Primeira Liga |
| 2025-04-07 | Sporting CP v SC Braga | 1–1 | Primeira Liga |
| 2024-11-10 | SC Braga v Sporting CP | 2–4 | Primeira Liga |
| 2024-02-11 | Sporting CP v SC Braga | 5–0 | Primeira Liga |
| 2024-01-23 | SC Braga v Sporting CP | 1–0 | Taça da Liga |
| 2023-09-03 | SC Braga v Sporting CP | 1–1 | Primeira Liga |
| 2023-02-01 | Sporting CP v SC Braga | 5–0 | Primeira Liga |
| 2022-12-19 | Sporting CP v SC Braga | 5–0 | Taça da Liga |
| 2022-08-07 | SC Braga v Sporting CP | 3–3 | Primeira Liga |
SC Braga — recent form
- Santa Clara 0–0 SC Braga · 2026-09-20
- SC Braga 1–0 Estoril · 2026-09-14
- Estrela 2–1 SC Braga · 2026-09-10
- Alverca 1–2 SC Braga · 2026-09-05
- SC Braga 1–0 Guimaraes · 2026-08-31
- Austria Vienna 0–0 SC Braga · 2026-08-27
- SC Braga 2–0 Austria Vienna · 2026-08-20
- Dinamo Minsk 0–0 SC Braga · 2026-08-13
Sporting CP — recent form
- Sporting CP 2–2 Arouca · 2026-09-19
- Famalicao 1–1 Sporting CP · 2026-09-13
- Sporting CP 3–1 Galatasaray · 2026-09-09
- Sporting CP 2–0 Nacional · 2026-09-05
- Rio Ave Futebol Clube 0–4 Sporting CP · 2026-08-28
- Sporting CP 3–1 Alverca · 2026-08-22
- Sporting CP 3–2 Guimaraes · 2026-08-14
- Estrela 2–2 Sporting CP · 2026-08-08
League standing
| Team | # | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Braga | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
| Sporting CP | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 18 |