FC Porto vs Braga, 2024-25 Portuguese Primeira Liga

· Portuguese Primeira Liga

FC Porto

45'+1': Galeno (P)
59': Pepê

FT
2 - 1

Braga

54': Roger Fernandes

About

FC Porto are hosting Braga at Estádio do Dragão, Porto, 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': Delay in match because of an injury Nico González (FC Porto).
1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
3': Foul by Samu Omorodion (FC Porto).
3': João Ferreira (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Samu Omorodion (FC Porto) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
4': VAR Decision: No Goal FC Porto 0-0 Sporting Braga.
8': Foul by Nehuén Pérez (FC Porto).
8': Roberto Fernández (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Foul by Roberto Fernández (Sporting Braga).
9': Nehuén Pérez (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Foul by Nico González (FC Porto).
11': Roger Fernandes (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the right wing.
12': Attempt missed. Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
14': Delay in match because of an injury Galeno (FC Porto).
14': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
17': Corner, FC Porto. Conceded by Víctor Gómez.
19': Foul by João Mário (FC Porto).
19': Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': João Mário (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
20': Attempt missed. Nico González (FC Porto) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Galeno.
21': Foul by Galeno (FC Porto).
21': Vitor Carvalho (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Attempt missed. Galeno (FC Porto) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by João Mário with a cross.
30': Attempt saved. Vitor Carvalho (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gabri Martínez with a through ball.
31': Foul by João Mário (FC Porto).
31': Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Foul by Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga).
34': Pepê (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Attempt missed. Galeno (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Alan Varela.
36': Attempt blocked. Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vitor Carvalho with a headed pass.
38': Offside, Sporting Braga. Roger Fernandes is caught offside.
39': Attempt missed. Roger Fernandes (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Roberto Fernández.
44': Penalty FC Porto. Galeno draws a foul in the penalty area.
44': Penalty conceded by João Ferreira (Sporting Braga) after a foul in the penalty area.
44': João Ferreira (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+1': Goal! FC Porto 1, Sporting Braga 0. Galeno (FC Porto) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
45'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
45'+3': Adrián Marín (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the left wing.
45'+3': Foul by João Mário (FC Porto).
45'+3': Foul by Sikou Niakaté (Sporting Braga).
45'+3': Nehuén Pérez (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+4': First Half ends, FC Porto 1, Sporting Braga 0.
45': Second Half begins FC Porto 1, Sporting Braga 0.
45': Substitution, FC Porto. Martim Fernandes replaces João Mário.
46': Offside, Sporting Braga. Roberto Fernández is caught offside.
46': Attempt saved. Galeno (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nico González.
47': Foul by Pepê (FC Porto).
47': Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
47': Pepê (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
48': Offside, FC Porto. Galeno is caught offside.
49': Foul by Nico González (FC Porto).
49': João Ferreira (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Francisco Moura (FC Porto).
51': Vitor Carvalho (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
53': Attempt missed. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Víctor Gómez with a cross.
54': Foul by Nico González (FC Porto).
54': Vitor Carvalho (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
54': Goal! FC Porto 1, Sporting Braga 1. Roger Fernandes (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
57': Dangerous play by Jean-Baptiste Gorby (Sporting Braga).
57': Galeno (FC Porto) wins a free kick on the left wing.
59': Goal! FC Porto 2, Sporting Braga 1. Pepê (FC Porto) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nico González.
61': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Zé Pedro.
62': Attempt missed. Roberto Fernández (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ricardo Horta with a cross following a corner.
63': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Yuri Ribeiro replaces Adrián Marín.
63': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Bruma replaces Gabri Martínez.
68': Foul by Samu Omorodion (FC Porto).
68': Yuri Ribeiro (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69': Substitution, FC Porto. Fábio Vieira replaces Stephen Eustaquio.
69': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Nico González.
70': Attempt missed. João Ferreira (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jean-Baptiste Gorby with a cross following a corner.
71': Delay in match because of an injury Alan Varela (FC Porto).
73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
74': Attempt missed. Roberto Fernández (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
75': Attempt missed. Bruma (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Víctor Gómez.
75': Foul by Vitor Carvalho (Sporting Braga).
75': Samu Omorodion (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Vitor Carvalho (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76': Delay in match because of an injury Nico González (FC Porto).
77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
78': Attempt missed. Vitor Carvalho (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Roger Fernandes.
80': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Pepê.
80': Attempt missed. Vitor Carvalho (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Ricardo Horta with a cross following a corner.
81': Substitution, FC Porto. Danny Namaso replaces Pepê.
81': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Amine El Ouazzani replaces Roberto Fernández.
81': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Ismaël Gharbi replaces Vitor Carvalho.
81': Substitution, FC Porto. Vasco Sousa replaces Galeno.
81': Foul by Samu Omorodion (FC Porto).
81': João Ferreira (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Attempt missed. Jean-Baptiste Gorby (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Bruma.
83': Foul by Nico González (FC Porto).
83': Roger Fernandes (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Attempt blocked. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ismaël Gharbi.
84': Attempt blocked. Ismaël Gharbi (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruma.
84': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Zé Pedro.
85': Attempt blocked. Yuri Ribeiro (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ismaël Gharbi with a cross.
85': Attempt missed. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Sikou Niakaté following a corner.
88': Foul by Ismaël Gharbi (Sporting Braga).
88': Vasco Sousa (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Rafik Guitane replaces Roger Fernandes.
89': Attempt blocked. Danny Namaso (FC Porto) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Francisco Moura.
90'+1': Attempt saved. Amine El Ouazzani (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
90'+1': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Diogo Costa.
90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Diogo Costa (FC Porto).
90'+2': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
90'+3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+4': Substitution, FC Porto. Deniz Gül replaces Samu Omorodion.
90'+5': Foul by Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga).
90'+5': Vasco Sousa (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+7': Offside, FC Porto. Deniz Gül is caught offside.
90'+8': Danny Namaso (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+8': Foul by Ismaël Gharbi (Sporting Braga).
90'+9': Second Half ends, FC Porto 2, Sporting Braga 1.
0': Match ends, FC Porto 2, Sporting Braga 1.

Statistics

BRAG		POR
9	Fouls	14
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
5	Corner Kicks	1
1	Saves	2
47.3	Possession	52.7
18	SHOTS	7
3	ON GOAL	3
0.2	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
347	Accurate Passes	395
436	Passes	503
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	1
18	Crosses	7
0.3	Cross %	0.1
43	Long Balls	73
16	Accurate Long Balls	33
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
4	Blocked Shots	1
6	Effective Tackles	13
12	Tackles	16
0.5	Tackle %	0.8
11	Interceptions	14
26	Effective Clearances	19
26	Clearances	19

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio do Dragão
Location: Porto, Portugal
Attendance: 44,813

Liga Portugal Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Sporting CP	11	+34	33
2	FC Porto	11	+20	27
3	Benfica	10	+21	25
4	Santa Clara	11	+2	21

Full Table

Line-Ups

FC Porto (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
99	Diogo Costa (GK)
24	Nehuén Pérez
97	Zé Pedro
74	Moura
23	João Mário
16	Nicolas Gonzalez
6	Stephen Eustáquio
22	Alan Varela
9	Samu Omorodion
13	Galeno
11	Pepê

FC Porto Substitutes:

Cláudio Ramos, Fabio Vieira, Tiago Djaló, André Franco, Danny Namaso, Rodrigo Mora, Martim Fernandes, Deniz Gül, Vasco Sousa.

Braga (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Matheus (GK)
4	Sikou Niakate
13	João Ferreira
19	Adrián Marín
2	Víctor Perea
21	Ricardo Horta
29	Jean-Baptiste Gorby
6	Carvalho
90	Roberto Fernández
77	Gabriel Martínez
11	Roger Fernandes

Braga Substitutes:

João Marques, Thiago Helguera, Lukas Hornicek, Ismaël Gharbi, Rafik Guitane, Yuri Ribeiro, Bright Arrey-Mbi, Amine El Guazzani, Bruma.

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