Portuguese Primeira Liga

Braga vs Arouca, 2025-26 Portuguese Primeira Liga

· Portuguese Primeira Liga
Braga
  • 66': Pau Víctor
  • Red Card 82': Gabriel Martínez
FT
1 - 0
Arouca

    About

    Braga are hosting Arouca at Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga, Portugal, starting on . The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by José Fontán (Arouca).
    • 1': Fran Navarro (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Offside, Arouca. Barbero is caught offside.
    • 5': Foul by Pablo Gozálbez (Arouca).
    • 5': João Moutinho (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Lee Hyun-Ju (Arouca).
    • 7': Gabriel Moscardo (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 8': Offside, Sporting Braga. Leonardo Lelo is caught offside.
    • 13': Espen van Ee (Arouca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 13': Foul by Demir Ege Tiknaz (Sporting Braga).
    • 13': Pablo Gozálbez (Arouca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 13': Foul by Leonardo Lelo (Sporting Braga).
    • 14': Foul by Fran Navarro (Sporting Braga).
    • 14': José Fontán (Arouca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Espen van Ee.
    • 18': Foul by Gabriel Moscardo (Sporting Braga).
    • 18': Tiago Esgaio (Arouca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Attempt missed. Naïs Djouahra (Arouca) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Bas Kuipers.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. João Moutinho (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Demir Ege Tiknaz.
    • 28': Foul by Fran Navarro (Sporting Braga).
    • 28': Tiago Esgaio (Arouca) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 30': Foul by Barbero (Arouca).
    • 30': Vítor Carvalho (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 31': Offside, Sporting Braga. Ricardo Horta is caught offside.
    • 31': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
    • 33': VAR Decision: No Goal Sporting Braga 0-0 Arouca.
    • 36': Handball by Pablo Gozálbez (Arouca).
    • 36': Bright Arrey-Mbi (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Foul by Barbero (Arouca).
    • 43': Delay in match because of an injury Barbero (Arouca).
    • 44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 45': Corner, Arouca. Conceded by Gabriel Moscardo.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Naïs Djouahra.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Sporting Braga 0, Arouca 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Sporting Braga 0, Arouca 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Paulo Oliveira replaces Vítor Carvalho.
    • 46': Foul by José Fontán (Arouca).
    • 46': Fran Navarro (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Attempt missed. Mario Dorgeles (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Leonardo Lelo.
    • 50': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Javi Sánchez.
    • 50': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Taichi Fukui.
    • 51': Foul by Demir Ege Tiknaz (Sporting Braga).
    • 51': Lee Hyun-Ju (Arouca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Víctor Gómez (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 52': Foul by Javi Sánchez (Arouca).
    • 53': Attempt blocked. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 55': Mario Dorgeles (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 55': Foul by Bas Kuipers (Arouca).
    • 55': Bas Kuipers (Arouca) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 55': Handball by Barbero (Arouca).
    • 58': Leonardo Lelo (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 58': Foul by Espen van Ee (Arouca).
    • 59': Demir Ege Tiknaz (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 59': Foul by Espen van Ee (Arouca).
    • 59': Attempt saved. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Jakub Vinarcík (Arouca). Assisted by Mario Dorgeles.
    • 61': Attempt saved. Barbero (Arouca) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Lukás Hornícek (Sporting Braga). Assisted by Pablo Gozálbez.
    • 61': Offside, Sporting Braga. Fran Navarro is caught offside.
    • 62': Offside, Sporting Braga. Mario Dorgeles is caught offside.
    • 63': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Gabri Martínez replaces Leonardo Lelo.
    • 63': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Pau Víctor replaces Ricardo Horta.
    • 63': Delay in match because of an injury Mario Dorgeles (Sporting Braga).
    • 64': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 65': Substitution, Arouca. Amadou Dante replaces Bas Kuipers.
    • 65': Substitution, Arouca. Alfonso Trezza replaces Pablo Gozálbez.
    • 66': Goal! Sporting Braga 1, Arouca 0. Pau Víctor (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fran Navarro.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Javi Sánchez (Arouca) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 70': Corner, Arouca. Conceded by Víctor Gómez.
    • 72': Foul by Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga).
    • 72': Tiago Esgaio (Arouca) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 72': Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Tiago Esgaio (Arouca) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Naïs Djouahra with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 75': Attempt blocked. Alfonso Trezza (Arouca) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Barbero.
    • 76': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Jean-Baptiste Gorby replaces João Moutinho.
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Alfonso Trezza (Arouca) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 78': Corner, Arouca. Conceded by Paulo Oliveira.
    • 79': Penalty Arouca. Lee Hyun-Ju draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 79': Penalty conceded by Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 80': VAR Decision: Penalty Arouca.
    • 82': Second yellow card to Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga) for a bad foul.
    • 83': Penalty missed! Still Sporting Braga 1, Arouca 0. Barbero (Arouca) hits the bar with a right footed shot.
    • 84': Attempt blocked. Alfonso Trezza (Arouca) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Espen van Ee.
    • 85': Taichi Fukui (Arouca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 85': Foul by Fran Navarro (Sporting Braga).
    • 85': Substitution, Arouca. Mateo Flores replaces Lee Hyun-Ju.
    • 85': Substitution, Arouca. Pedro Santos replaces Taichi Fukui.
    • 86': Delay in match because of an injury Lukás Hornícek (Sporting Braga).
    • 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 89': Delay in match because of an injury Mario Dorgeles (Sporting Braga).
    • 89': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Yanis da Rocha replaces Fran Navarro.
    • 89': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 90': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Javi Sánchez.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Substitution, Arouca. Fally Mayulu replaces Tiago Esgaio.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Arouca. Conceded by Gabriel Moscardo.
    • 90'+4': Corner, Arouca. Conceded by Gabriel Moscardo.
    • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Fally Mayulu (Arouca) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alfonso Trezza with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Mario Dorgeles (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Demir Ege Tiknaz.
    • 90'+5': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Javi Sánchez.
    • 90'+5': José Fontán (Arouca) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+8': Offside, Sporting Braga. Pau Víctor is caught offside.
    • 90'+9': Second Half ends, Sporting Braga 1, Arouca 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Sporting Braga 1, Arouca 0.

    Statistics

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    12 Fouls 9
    2 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 1
    1 Offsides 5
    5 Corner Kicks 6
    1 Saves 1
    37.7 Possession 62.3
    9 SHOTS 6
    1 ON GOAL 2
    0.1 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    311 Accurate Passes 574
    374 Passes 649
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    4 Accurate Crosses 0
    19 Crosses 6
    0.2 Cross % 0.0
    44 Long Balls 33
    22 Accurate Long Balls 13
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    3 Blocked Shots 3
    10 Effective Tackles 4
    12 Tackles 6
    0.8 Tackle % 0.7
    7 Interceptions 6
    15 Effective Clearances 36
    15 Clearances 36

    Game Information

    Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

    Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga
    Location: Braga, Portugal
    Attendance: 12,449

    Liga Portugal Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 FC Porto 30 +47 79
    2 Benfica 31 +47 75
    3 Sporting CP 29 +55 71
    4 Braga 30 +29 56
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    SCB Braga (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Lukas Hornicek (GK)
    6 Carvalho
    26 Bright Arrey-Mbi
    17 Gabriel Moscardo
    8 João Moutinho
    34 Demir Ege Tiknaz
    5 Leonardo Lelo
    2 Víctor Gómez
    39 Fran Navarro
    21 Ricardo Horta
    20 Mario Dorgeles
    Braga Substitutes:
    Jean-Baptiste Gorby, Amine El Ouazzani, Yanis Da Rocha, Tiago Sá, Jonatás Noro, Pau Víctor, Paulo Oliveira, Luis Teixeira Pinto, Gabriel Martínez.

    FCA Arouca (5-4-1)

    No. Name
    30 Jakub Vinarcik (GK)
    3 José Fontán Yellow Card
    25 Bas Kuipers Yellow Card
    15 Javi Sánchez
    7 Näis Djouahra
    28 Tiago Esgaio
    21 Taichi Fukui
    22 Espen Van Ee
    14 Lee Hyun-Ju
    10 Pablo Gozálbez
    17 Barbero
    Arouca Substitutes:
    Matías Rocha, Brian Mansilla, Amadou Dante, Alfonso Trezza, Boris Popovic, José Augusto Silva, Mateo Flores, Pedro Santos, Fally Mayulu.

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