UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 30, 2026
SC Freiburg WWWLL 1
–
Braga WWDWL 2
1st2ndT
SCF101
SCB112
1st Leg · Estádio Municipal de Braga · 27,161 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

14
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
1
41.5
Possession
58.5
10
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
279
Accurate Passes
425
347
Passes
495
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
4
7
Crosses
9
0.6
Cross %
0.4
46
Long Balls
44
11
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.2
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
8
11
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
12
19
Effective Clearances
15
19
Clearances
15

Lineups

SCB · 4-3-2-1

  1. 1Lukás HornícekG
  2. 15Paulo OliveiraCD-L
  3. 14Gustaf LagerbielkeCD-R
  4. 6Vítor CarvalhoLB
  5. 2Víctor GómezRB
  6. 8João MoutinhoCM
  7. 34Demir Ege TiknazCM-L
  8. 29GorbyCM-R
  9. 18Pau VíctorF
  10. 21Ricardo HortaCF-L
  11. 10Rodrigo ZalazarCF-R

SCF · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Noah AtuboluG
  2. 3Philipp LienhartCD-L
  3. 28Matthias GinterCD-R
  4. 33Jordy MakengoLB
  5. 29Philipp TreuRB
  6. 14Yuito SuzukiAM
  7. 44Johan ManzambiLM
  8. 8Maximilian EggesteinRM
  9. 31Igor MatanovicF
  10. 32Vincenzo GrifoAM-L
  11. 19Niklas BesteAM-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Sporting Braga 1, SC Freiburg 0. Demir Ege Tiknaz (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Víctor Gómez.
  2. 16' Goal! Sporting Braga 1, SC Freiburg 1. Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Niklas Beste following a fast break.
  3. 16' Vítor Carvalho (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 18' Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 26' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Mario Dorgeles replaces Ricardo Horta because of an injury.
  6. 45'+1' Philipp Lienhart (SC Freiburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+2' Penalty saved. Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting Braga) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner by Noah Atubolu (SC Freiburg).
  8. 45'+2' Noah Atubolu (SC Freiburg) Penalty - Saved at 47'
  9. 57' Víctor Gómez (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 72' Jordy Makengo (SC Freiburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 72' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Fran Navarro replaces Rodrigo Zalazar.
  12. 81' Substitution, SC Freiburg. Lucas Höler replaces Yuito Suzuki.
  13. 81' Substitution, SC Freiburg. Derry Scherhant replaces Vincenzo Grifo.
  14. 90'+2' Goal! Sporting Braga 2, SC Freiburg 1. Mario Dorgeles (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.

UEFA Europa League News

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