Sporting Braga vs Benfica

Primeira Liga 1 Apr 2022, 19:15
Sporting Braga
Sporting Braga
3–2
HT 1–0
FULL TIME
Benfica
Benfica
🏟 Estádio Municipal de Braga (Braga) 👤 Luis Godinho Round 28

Match report

Sporting Braga edged past Benfica 3-2 in the Primeira Liga on 1 April 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time, with 4 more goals in the second half.

Benfica dominated possession with 63% of the ball, while Sporting Braga had 12 shots to Benfica's 11.

The match was played at Estádio Municipal de Braga (Braga), with Luis Godinho in charge.

Half-time 1-0 Possession 37% - 63% Shots 12 - 11 On target 5 - 4 Corners 2 - 9 Fouls 15 - 7 Yellow cards 3
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Player of the match
Iuri Medeiros
Sporting Braga · 1 goal
8 Vítor Oliveira 1 goal
8 Darwin Núñez 1 goal, 1 assist
8 Ricardo Horta 1 assist
7 André Horta 1 goal
First half vs second half
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 7–5 5–6
Shots On Goal 1–2 4–2
Ball Possession 38–62 —
Corners 1–6 1–3
Attacks 40–55 46–60
Match statistics
0 Penalty 1
5 Substitution 5
86 Attacks 115
47 Dangerous Attacks 55
5 On Target 5
6 Off Target 6
12 Shots Total 11
5 Shots On Goal 4
5 Shots Off Goal 5
2 Shots Blocked 2
5 Shots Inside Box 9
7 Shots Outside Box 2
15 Fouls 7
2 Corners 9
1 Offsides 3
37% Ball Possession 63%
2 Yellow Cards 1
2 Saves 2
359 Passes Total 605
284 Passes Accurate 523
Line-ups 3-4-2-1  vs  4-2-3-1
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Sporting Braga · 3-4-2-1
1 Matheus
15 P. Oliveira 16 D. Carmo 3 V. Tormena
70 F. Silva 8 M. Musrati 10 A. Horta 57 R. Gomes
45 I. Medeiros 21 R. Horta
9 A. Ruíz
Benfica · 4-2-3-1
99 O. Vlachodimos
2 Gilberto 30 N. Otamendi 5 J. Vertonghen 3 A. Grimaldo
11 S. Meïté 28 J. Weigl
27 R. Silva 88 G. Ramos 7 Everton
15 R. Yaremchuk
Sporting Braga
Coach
Carlos Carvalhal
Substitutes
  • 12 Tiago Sá
  • 74 Francisco Moura
  • 4 Diogo Leite
  • 88 André Castro
  • 79 Berna
  • 25 Lucas Mineiro
  • 2 Yan Couto
  • 96 Miguel Falé
  • 99 Vítor Oliveira
Benfica
Coach
Nelson Veríssimo
Substitutes
  • 77 Helton Leite
  • 91 Felipe Morato
  • 34 André Almeida
  • 55 Paulo Bernardo
  • 20 João Mário
  • 23 Nemanja Radonjic
  • 17 Diogo Gonçalves
  • 14 Haris Seferovic
  • 9 Darwin Núñez
Substitutions
  • 46' ↑ Vítor Oliveira ↓ Abel Ruiz Sporting Braga
  • 46' ↑ João Mário ↓ Gonçalo Ramos Benfica
  • 46' ↑ D. Núñez ↓ Éverton Benfica
  • 56' ↑ Yan Couto ↓ Iuri Medeiros Sporting Braga
  • 65' ↑ H. Seferović ↓ R. Yaremchuk Benfica
  • 65' ↑ Paulo Bernardo ↓ S. Meïté Benfica
  • 66' ↑ Diogo Gonçalves ↓ J. Vertonghen Benfica
  • 78' ↑ Castro ↓ André Horta Sporting Braga
  • 78' ↑ Francisco Moura ↓ Rodrigo Gomes Sporting Braga
  • 90+6' ↑ Berna ↓ Ricardo Horta Sporting Braga
Cards
  • 8' A. Ruiz Sporting Braga
  • 26' J. Vertonghen Benfica
  • 30' Al Musrati Sporting Braga
Head-to-head
Sporting Braga 7 3 draws 9 Benfica
2026-05-10 Benfica vs Braga 0 - 0
2026-01-07 Benfica vs Braga 1 - 3
2025-12-28 Braga vs Benfica 2 - 2
2025-05-17 Sporting Braga vs Benfica 1 - 1
2025-02-26 Benfica vs Sporting Braga 1 - 0
2025-01-08 Benfica vs Sporting Braga 3 - 0
Recent form
Sporting Braga D D D D D
Benfica W D D D D
Frequently asked questions
What was the final score in Sporting Braga vs Benfica?
Sporting Braga won 3-2 against Benfica on 1 April 2022.
Who won Sporting Braga vs Benfica?
Sporting Braga won the match 3-2.
Where was Sporting Braga vs Benfica played?
The match was played at Estádio Municipal de Braga (Braga).
Who had more possession in Sporting Braga vs Benfica?
Benfica had 63% of possession, compared to 37% for the other side.