SC Braga - Sporting Lisbon - 23 January 2024 League Cup - (1-0)

Ball goes out of play for a Braga goal kick.

Sporting Lisbon are coming forward and Morten Hjulmand gets in a strike, it misses the target, however.

Braga needs to be cautious. Sporting Lisbon have an attacking throw-in.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida awards Braga a goal kick.

Sporting Lisbon's Pedro Goncalves is on target but unsuccessful.

Braga have a goal kick.

The home team replace Rodrigo Zalazar Martinez with Serdar Saatci.

Sporting Lisbon are pushing forward but Francisco Trincao's finish is wide of the goal.

Free kick Braga.

Ball goes out of play for a Braga goal kick.

Sporting Lisbon have a dangerous throw-in.

Braga have a goal kick.

Joao Moutinho (Braga) gets a yellow card.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida signals a free kick to Sporting Lisbon in their own half.

Roger Fernandes is replacing Alvaro Djalo Dias Fernandes for the home team.

The away team have replaced Marcus Edwards with Daniel Braganca. This is the third substitution made today by Ruben Amorim.

A throw-in for the away team on the opposite half.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida awards Sporting Lisbon a goal kick.

Braga drives forward and Victor Gomez gets in a shot. Without netting, however.

Can Braga capitalize from this throw-in deep inside Sporting Lisbon's half?

Braga have a dangerous throw-in.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida signals a throw-in for Sporting Lisbon, close to Braga's area.

Can Braga capitalize from this dangerous free kick?

Free kick for Sporting Lisbon in the half of Braga.

Sporting Lisbon make their second substitution with Paulinho replacing Ricardo Esgaio.

Matheus Reis is on a sub for Sebastian Coates for Sporting Lisbon.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida signals a Sporting Lisbon throw-in in Braga's half.

Goal! Braga have taken a 1-0 lead courtesy of a header from Abel Ruiz. Rodrigo Zalazar Martinez with an assist there.

Ball goes out of play for a Braga goal kick.

Sporting Lisbon's Nuno Santos gets his shot away but it misses the target.

Braga drive forward at breakneck speed but are pulled up for offside.

Sporting Lisbon are pushing forward but Nuno Santos's finish is wide of the goal.

Sporting Lisbon awarded a throw-in in their own half.

Braga awarded a free kick in their own half.

Ball safe as Braga is awarded a throw-in in their half.

Sporting Lisbon are coming forward and Pedro Goncalves gets in a strike, it misses the target, however.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida signals a free kick to Sporting Lisbon.

Free kick for Braga in their own half.

Throw-in for Braga in the half of Sporting Lisbon.

Free kick for Braga in their own half.

Braga have a goal kick.

Viktor Gyokeres for Sporting Lisbon gets in a strike but fails to hit the target.

Free kick Braga.

Braga awarded a free kick in their own half.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida awards Braga a goal kick.

Throw-in for Braga in their own half.

A throw-in for the home team on the opposite half.

Sporting Lisbon have been awarded a corner by Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida.

Free kick for Sporting Lisbon in the half of Braga.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida awards the home team a throw-in.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida blows to end the first-half.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida signals a free kick to Braga in their own half.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida signals a free kick to Braga in their own half.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida awards Braga a goal kick.

Ball goes out of play for a Braga goal kick.

Sporting Lisbon's Francisco Trincao gets his shot away but it misses the target.

Can Sporting Lisbon get the ball into an attacking position from this throw-in in Braga's half?

Quaresma of Sporting Lisbon gets in a strike, but is off target.

Braga have a goal kick.

Sporting Lisbon have a goal kick.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida signals a free kick to Sporting Lisbon.

Braga awarded a free kick in their own half.

Corner awarded to Sporting Lisbon.

Sebastian Coates of Sporting Lisbon smashes in a shot on target. The keeper saves, though.

Free kick Sporting Lisbon.

Throw-in for Braga close to the penalty box.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida awards Braga a goal kick.

Sporting Lisbon's Nuno Santos misses with an attempt on goal.

Ball goes out of play for a Braga goal kick.

Throw-in Braga.

Throw-in for Sporting Lisbon in the half of Braga.

Free kick for Sporting Lisbon in their own half.

Sporting Lisbon have been awarded a corner by Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida.

Sporting Lisbon pushes forward through Francisco Trincao, whose finish on goal is saved.

Sporting Lisbon are too eager and fall into an offside trap.

Ball safe as Sporting Lisbon is awarded a throw-in in their half.

Corner awarded to Braga.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida signals a Braga throw-in in Sporting Lisbon's half.

Sporting Lisbon awarded a throw-in in their own half.

Quaresma (Sporting Lisbon) has been booked and must now be careful not to get a second yellow card.

Free kick for Braga in their own half.

Sporting Lisbon to take a throw-in in Braga territory.

Braga needs to be cautious. Sporting Lisbon have an attacking throw-in.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida signals a free kick to Sporting Lisbon in their own half.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida signals a free kick to Sporting Lisbon.

Sporting Lisbon drives forward and Francisco Trincao gets in a shot. Without netting, however.

Free kick for Sporting Lisbon in the half of Braga.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida signals a Sporting Lisbon throw-in in Braga's half.

Nuno Miguel Serrano Tavares Almeida awards the away team a throw-in.

Throw-in for Braga in their own half.

Braga awarded a free kick in their own half.

A throw-in for the away team on the opposite half.

Throw-in for Sporting Lisbon in the half of Braga.

Braga's Ricardo Horta is on target but unsuccessful.

Throw-in Sporting Lisbon.

SC Braga scores 2.06 goals when playing at home and Sporting Lisbon scores 1.96 goals when playing away (on average).

Average number of goals in the first half in meetings between SC Braga and Sporting Lisbon is 2.4.

Average number of goals in meetings between SC Braga and Sporting Lisbon is 4.2.

SC Braga scores 1.2 goals in a match against Sporting Lisbon and Sporting Lisbon scores 3 goals against SC Braga (on average).

SC Braga have won just 1 of their last 4 League Cup games against Sporting Lisbon.

Sporting Lisbon have lost just 1 of their last 4 League Cup games against SC Braga.

In the last 5 meetings SC Braga won 1, Sporting Lisbon won 2, 2 draws.

Sporting Lisbon have lost just 1 of their last 5 games against SC Braga (in all competitions).

Sporting Lisbon's performance of the last 5 matches is better than SC Braga's.

In League Cup, Sporting Lisbon has better performance than SC Braga.

When Sporting Lisbon is down 1-0 away, they win 62% of their matches.

When SC Braga is down 0-1 home, they win 36% of their matches.

When Sporting Lisbon leads 0-1 away, they win in 77% of their matches.

When SC Braga leads 1-0 at home, they win in 77% of their matches.

Their last meeting was a draw. (1-1)

SC Braga wins 43% of halftimes, Sporting Lisbon wins 52%.

SC Braga wins 1st half in 43% of their matches, Sporting Lisbon in 52% of their matches.

Sporting Lisbon have scored at least one goal for 29 consecutive matches.

SC Braga have conceded a goal in each of their last 12 matches.

Sporting Lisbon have a winning streak of 4 matches away from home.

Sporting Lisbon have a winning streak of 8 matches.

During the last 52 meetings, SC Braga have won 13 times, there have been 7 draws while Sporting Lisbon have won 32 times. The goal difference is 94-53 in favour of Sporting Lisbon.

During the last 24 meetings with SC Braga playing at home, SC Braga have won 8 times, there have been 4 draws while Sporting Lisbon have won 12 times. The goal difference is 37-30 in favour of Sporting Lisbon.

The most common result of matches between SC Braga and Sporting Lisbon is 0-1. 8 matches have ended with this result.

The most common result of matches between SC Braga and Sporting Lisbon when SC Braga is playing at home is 0-1. 5 matches have ended with this result.