Sporting Braga vs Santa Clara — result, stats and line-ups

Full Time

2025/2026

Sporting BragaRank 4

15 DEC

1:0

Santa ClaraRank 13

Goals

GOAL

AST

Goal42'

Ricardo Horta (assist: Gabri Martínez) · Right foot shot 1-0

Man of the match

Ricardo HortaSporting Braga8.0

Expected goals (xG)

Sporting BragaxGSanta Clara

0.750.34

Trends

season

Win %

47%26%

Over 1.5 %

76%56%

Over 2.5 %

68%35%

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Conditions

Weathermoderate rain
RefereeBruno José Ribeiro Pires Costa
1st AssistantJorge António Alves Fernandes
2nd AssistantJoão Pedro Correia Gonçalves Morte
4th OfficialFábio Oliveira Melo

Pressure index

Sporting BragaSanta Clara

1′45′90′

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Match flow

PLAYER

Yellow card36'

Wendel

Yellow card40'

Vasco Matos

GOAL

AST

Goal42'

Ricardo Horta (assist: Gabri Martínez) · Right foot shot 1-0

PLAYER

Yellow card48'

Luís Rocha

Yellow card48'

Substitution59'

In: ?

Substitution59'

In: ?

OUT

Substitution59'

In: Pau Víctor · Out: Rodrigo Zalazar

OUT

Substitution67'

In: Diogo Calila · Out: Lucas Soares

OUT

Substitution67'

In: Gabriel Silva · Out: Serginho

OUT

Substitution70'

In: Víctor Gómez · Out: Gabri Martínez

PLAYER

Yellow card74'

Pedro Ferreira

OUT

Substitution76'

In: Henrique Silva · Out: Sidney Lima

OUT

Substitution76'

In: Djé · Out: Pedro Ferreira

OUT

Substitution82'

In: Vítor Carvalho · Out: Sikou Niakaté

OUT

Substitution83'

In: Gabriel Moscardo · Out: Fran Navarro

PLAYER

Yellow card88'

Pau Víctor

Ball positions

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Commentary

That's it! The match has concluded with Sporting Braga defeating Santa Clara 1-0.
90+6′The second half has concluded with Sporting Braga defeating Santa Clara 1-0.
90+3′José Tavares from Santa Clara earned a free kick in the defensive area.
90+3′Gabriel Moscardo from Sporting Braga committed a foul.
90+3′Pau Víctor earned a free kick on the left side of the field for Sporting Braga.
90+3′Foul committed by MT - Santa Clara.
90+2′Corner kick awarded to Sporting Braga after a foul by José Tavares.
90′The fourth official has indicated that there will be 4 minutes of stoppage time.
90′Ricardo Horta from Sporting Braga earned a free kick in the offensive zone.
90′Adriano Firmino from Santa Clara committed a foul.
89′José Tavares from Santa Clara committed a foul.
89′Florian Grillitsch from Sporting Braga has been awarded a free kick in the defensive area.
88′Pau Víctor of Sporting Braga has been shown a yellow card for committing a foul.
88′Henrique Silva from Santa Clara has been awarded a free kick in the defensive area.
85′Pau Víctor from Sporting Braga committed a foul.
85′Diogo Calila from Santa Clara has been awarded a free kick in an offensive position.
83′Substitution for Sporting Braga: Gabriel Moscardo comes on to replace Fran Navarro.
83′Substitution for Sporting Braga: Vítor Carvalho comes on to replace Sikou Niakaté, who has been injured.
82′Wendel from Santa Clara has been awarded a free kick in an offensive position.
82′Jean-Baptiste Gorby from Sporting Braga committed a foul.
82′The pause has ended. They are set to resume play.
80′Match is currently on hold due to an injury to Sikou Niakaté from Sporting Braga.
76′Substitution for Santa Clara: Henrique Silva replaces Sidney Lima.
76′Substitution for Santa Clara: José Tavares replaces Pedro Ferreira.
74′Pedro Ferreira from Santa Clara has been shown a yellow card for committing a foul.
74′Pau Víctor from Sporting Braga has been awarded a free kick in an attacking position.
74′Pedro Ferreira from Santa Clara committed a foul.
70′Substitution for Sporting Braga: Víctor Gómez comes on to replace Gabri Martínez.
70′Opportunity squandered. Brenner from Santa Clara takes a right-footed shot from the center of the penalty area, but it sails over the crossbar.Penalty
69′Sidney Lima from Santa Clara has been awarded a free kick in the defensive area.
69′Fran Navarro from Sporting Braga committed a foul.
68′Bright Arrey-Mbi from Sporting Braga committed a foul.
68′Brenner - Santa Clara has been awarded a free kick in their own defensive half.
67′Substitution for Santa Clara: Gabriel Silva replaces Serginho.
67′Substitution for Santa Clara: Diogo Calila replaces Lucas Soares.
66′MT - Santa Clara has been awarded a free kick in their defensive half.
66′Ricardo Horta from Sporting Braga committed a foul.
63′Sidney Lima from Santa Clara committed a foul.
63′Florian Grillitsch from Sporting Braga has been awarded a free kick in the defensive area.
59′Substitution for Santa Clara: MT is coming on to replace Paulo Victor.
59′Substitution for Sporting Braga: Jean-Baptiste Gorby comes on to replace João Moutinho.
59′Substitution for Sporting Braga: Pau Víctor comes on to replace Rodrigo Zalazar.
59′Offside call against Santa Clara. Lucas Soares has been flagged for being in an offside position.
55′Opportunity squandered. Rodrigo Zalazar of Sporting Braga takes a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it goes over the bar and to the right. The assist came from Gabri Martínez during a quick counterattack.Penalty
53′Offside call against Sporting Braga. Fran Navarro is caught in an offside position.
50′Another offensive effort underway. Wendel from Santa Clara takes a right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area, but it's expertly stopped in the bottom right corner by Lukás Hornícek of Sporting Braga. The assist came from Pedro Ferreira.Penalty
49′A new offensive play unfolds as Rodrigo Zalazar from Sporting Braga takes a long-range shot with his right foot from the left side. The attempt is expertly saved by Gabriel Batista in the center of the goal. The assist came from Leonardo Lelo.
48′Luís Rocha from Santa Clara has been shown a yellow card for committing a foul.
48′Corner kick awarded to Sporting Braga, following a foul by Lucas Soares.
47′Sikou Niakaté from Sporting Braga has been awarded a free kick in the defensive area.
47′Foul committed by Lucas Soares of Santa Clara.
45′The second half is underway with Sporting Braga leading Santa Clara 1-0.
45+3′The first half has concluded with Sporting Braga leading Santa Clara 1-0.
45+2′Corner kick awarded to Sporting Braga, following a foul by Frederico Venâncio.
45+1′Opportunity squandered. Lucas Soares from Santa Clara attempted a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it sailed high and to the left. The assist came from Sidney Lima.Penalty
45′The fourth official has indicated that there will be two minutes of stoppage time.
43′Paulo Victor from Santa Clara earned a free kick on the left side of the field.
43′Gabri Martínez of Sporting Braga committed a foul.
42′Goal! Sporting Braga takes the lead with a score of 1-0 against Santa Clara. Ricardo Horta scores with a right-footed shot from the middle of the box, placing it perfectly into the center of the net. The assist comes from Gabri Martínez, who set him up with a header.
40′Frederico Venâncio from Santa Clara committed a foul.
40′Florian Grillitsch from Sporting Braga has been awarded a free kick in the defensive area.
39′A fresh offensive move unfolds. Gustaf Lagerbielke from Sporting Braga heads the ball from the center of the box, but Gabriel Batista from Santa Clara makes a save to the left corner. The assist came from Ricardo Horta, who delivered a cross.
38′Leonardo Lelo from Sporting Braga earned a free kick on the right side of the field.
38′Paulo Victor from Santa Clara committed a foul.
38′The attempt is thwarted. Gustaf Lagerbielke of Sporting Braga heads the ball from close range, but it's successfully defended. The cross came from Ricardo Horta.
38′Rodrigo Zalazar from Sporting Braga has been awarded a free kick in an offensive position.
38′Fouled by Luís Rocha from Santa Clara.
36′Wendel of Santa Clara has been shown a yellow card for committing a foul.
36′João Moutinho from Sporting Braga earned a free kick on the right side of the field.
36′Wendel from Santa Clara committed a foul.
33′Offside call against Santa Clara. Brenner has been caught in an offside position.
30′Corner kick awarded to Sporting Braga, following a foul by Luís Rocha.
29′Adriano Firmino from Santa Clara committed a foul.
29′Florian Grillitsch from Sporting Braga has been awarded a free kick in an attacking position.
28′Ricardo Horta from Sporting Braga has earned a free kick in the defensive area.
28′Foul committed by Lucas Soares of Santa Clara.
27′The attempt is thwarted. Pedro Ferreira from Santa Clara takes a right-footed shot from the middle of the penalty area, but it gets blocked.Penalty
27′Corner awarded to Santa Clara after Florian Grillitsch allowed the ball to go out.
26′Another offensive push. Brenner of Santa Clara takes a right-footed shot from the middle of the box, but Lukás Hornícek of Sporting Braga makes a great save, denying him at the top center of the goal. The assist came from Serginho, who delivered a well-placed through ball.
22′Wendel from Santa Clara committed a foul.
22′Florian Grillitsch from Sporting Braga has been awarded a free kick in an offensive position.
21′Sidney Lima from Santa Clara has been awarded a free kick in the defensive area.
21′Fran Navarro from Sporting Braga committed a foul.
21′The pause has ended. They are set to resume play.
20′Match is currently on hold due to an injury to Gabriel Batista from Santa Clara.
19′Sidney Lima from Santa Clara was awarded a free kick in the defensive area.
19′Gustaf Lagerbielke of Sporting Braga committed a foul.
18′Corner kick awarded to Sporting Braga after a foul by Sidney Lima.
18′The attempt is thwarted. Fran Navarro from Sporting Braga takes a right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area, but it gets blocked. The assist came from Gustaf Lagerbielke.Penalty
12′Pedro Ferreira from Santa Clara committed a foul.
12′Florian Grillitsch from Sporting Braga was awarded a free kick in the defensive area.
11′Gustaf Lagerbielke from Sporting Braga has been awarded a free kick in the defensive zone.
11′Serginho from Santa Clara committed a foul.
The opening half is underway...

Match statistics

SCBCDSC

Possession and passing

67%Possession33%

91%Pass accuracy82%

770Passes372

703Successful Passes304

99Ball Safe74

6Key Passes3

5 more

36Long Passes45

53%Long-pass accuracy31%

5Substitutions5

19Successful Long Passes14

16Throw-ins14

Attack

1Goals0

6Shots Total5

3Shots On Target2

1Big Chances Created1

5Corners1

53Dangerous Attacks17

14 more

2Accurate Crosses1

124Attacks85

0Big Chances Missed1

12Dribble Attempts12

46Duels Won33

4Goal Attempts4

1Offsides2

2Shots Blocked1

5Shots inside the box4

1Shots Off Target2

1Shots outside the box1

42%Successful dribbles25%

5Successful Dribbles3

15Total Crosses8

Defence and discipline

2Saves2

16Tackles9

5Interceptions11

10Fouls15

1Yellow cards3

15Free Kicks10

1 more

3Goal Kicks5

Other

11Successful Headers11

1Assists0

1Injuries1

1Counter Attacks4

The halves are each period's own numbers — not a split of the full-time figures.

The referee

B. Ribeiro Pires CostaPer-match averages this season · 11 matches · career: 46

	Avg	Home	Away	Career
Yellow cards	4.36	1.91	2.45	4.48
Red cards	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09
Second yellows	0.18	0.18	0.00	0.11
Penalties	0.45	0.27	0.18	0.39

Home / away: what the home and the away side received on average. Career: the average over every match officiated.

Expected goals (xG)

Sporting BragaxGSanta Clara

0.750.34

Expected Goals on Target (xGoT)

0.750.23

Expected Goals Non Penalty Goals (npxG)

0.750.34

Expected Goals Open Play (xGOP)

0.580.28

Expected Goals Set Play (xGSP)

0.160.06

Expected Goals Corners (xGC)

0.000.06

Expected Points (xPTS)

1.690.88

Expected Goals Against (xGA)

0.340.75

Form

Sporting BragaWWWDW

11 DECaway

Nice

Sporting Braga

Europa LeagueRound 6

6 DECaway

Famalicão

Sporting Braga

Liga PortugalRound 13

1 DECaway

Arouca

Sporting Braga

Liga PortugalRound 12

27 NOVaway

Rangers

Sporting Braga

Europa LeagueRound 5

9 NOVhome

Sporting Braga

Moreirense

Liga PortugalRound 11

6 NOVhome

Sporting Braga

Genk

Europa LeagueRound 4

2 NOVaway

Porto

Sporting Braga

Liga PortugalRound 10

26 OCThome

Sporting Braga

Casa Pia

Liga PortugalRound 9

23 OCThome

Sporting Braga

Crvena Zvezda

Europa LeagueRound 3

5 OCTaway

Sporting CP

Sporting Braga

Liga PortugalRound 8

2 OCTaway

Celtic

Sporting Braga

Europa LeagueRound 2

28 SEPThome

Sporting Braga

Nacional

Liga PortugalRound 7

24 SEPThome

Sporting Braga

Feyenoord

Europa LeagueRound 1

20 SEPTaway

Vitória Guimarães

Sporting Braga

Liga PortugalRound 6

14 SEPThome

Sporting Braga

Gil Vicente

Liga PortugalRound 5

Santa ClaraWDLLW

6 DEChome

Santa Clara

Casa Pia

Liga PortugalRound 13

30 NOVaway

Rio Ave

Santa Clara

Liga PortugalRound 12

8 NOVhome

Santa Clara

Sporting CP

Liga PortugalRound 11

3 NOVaway

Gil Vicente

Santa Clara

Liga PortugalRound 10

25 OCThome

Santa Clara

AVS

Liga PortugalRound 9

4 OCTaway

Vitória Guimarães

Santa Clara

Liga PortugalRound 8

27 SEPThome

Santa Clara

Tondela

Liga PortugalRound 7

20 SEPThome

Santa Clara

Alverca

Liga PortugalRound 6

12 SEPTaway

Benfica

Santa Clara

Liga PortugalRound 5

6 SEPTaway

Estoril

Santa Clara

Liga PortugalRound 3

31 AUGhome

Santa Clara

Estrela Amadora

Liga PortugalRound 4

28 AUGaway

Shamrock Rovers

Santa Clara

Europa Conference League

21 AUGhome

Santa Clara

Shamrock Rovers

Europa Conference League

17 AUGhome

Santa Clara

Moreirense

Liga PortugalRound 2

14 AUGhome

Santa Clara

Larne

Europa Conference League

Head-to-head

7Wins

5Draws

3Wins

The two sides have met 15 times.

20 SEPT2026

Santa Clara

Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal

26 APR2026

Santa Clara

Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal

15 DEC2025

Sporting Braga

Santa Clara

Liga Portugal

3 MAY2025

Sporting Braga

Santa Clara

Liga Portugal

22 DEC2024

Santa Clara

Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal

14 MAY2023

Sporting Braga

Santa Clara

Liga Portugal

5 JAN2023

Santa Clara

Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal

28 FEB2022

Sporting Braga

Santa Clara

Liga Portugal

26 SEPT2021

Santa Clara

Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal

14 FEB2021

Santa Clara

Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal

25 SEPT2020

Sporting Braga

Santa Clara

Liga Portugal

5 JUN2020

Santa Clara

Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal

28 OCT2019

Sporting Braga

Santa Clara

Liga Portugal

29 JAN2019

Sporting Braga

Santa Clara

Liga Portugal

19 AUG2018

Santa Clara

Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal

Trends

Win %

47%26%

Over 1.5 %

76%56%

Over 2.5 %

68%35%

Over 3.5 %

38%15%

BTTS %

56%41%

Failed to score %

9%38%

Clean sheets %

35%29%

Share of this season's matches where it happened — a win, over 1.5 / 2.5 / 3.5 goals, both teams scoring, failing to score, a clean sheet.

Season comparison

Goals / match

1.880.94

Conceded / match

1.061.21

Possession %

62.8548.53

Corners / match

5.294.62

Yellow cards / match

2.243.44

Team rating

6.96.76

Starting XI

Santa ClaraFormation: 5-4-1 · €3.2M4/11

Vasco Matos

Sporting BragaFormation: 3-4-3 · €81M8/11

Carlos Vicens

The ↓ and minute under a player mean they were substituted off then.

Transfer fees

Sporting Braga€81Mstarting XI · 8/11€130Mwith bench · 14/20

Santa Clara€3.2Mstarting XI · 4/11€7.0Mwith bench · 9/20

Sporting Braga's starting XI cost €77M more.

The amount under a player is their last known transfer fee and its year (provider data) — not a market value.

Sporting Braga — bench

Víctor GómezDefender · €2M (2023)6.6 6

Vítor CarvalhoMidfielder6.5 15

Paulo OliveiraDefender · €4M (2017)17

Gabriel MoscardoMidfielder · €20M (2024)6.2 18

Pau VíctorAttacker · €12M (2025)6.6 20

Mario DorgelesMidfielder · €11M (2025)29

GorbyMidfielder6.6 36

Alaa BellaarouchGoalkeeper · €300K (2025)50

Diego RodriguesMidfielder

Santa Clara — bench

Diogo CalilaDefender · €85K (2026)6.6 10

Gabriel SilvaAttacker · €3.5M (2026)6.4 12

NenecaGoalkeeper · €20K (2026)17

João CostaAttacker20

Adriel MoraesAttacker28

LuquinhasAttacker · €60K (2026)32

MTDefender · €100K (2021)6.9 65

DjéMidfielder6.6 94

Henrique SilvaDefender6.5

Player statistics

Sporting Braga starters then subs, by rating

Ricardo Horta#21 · Attacker · 90′8.0

In this match

Attack

Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Shots: 1
Shots on target: 1
Chances created: 2
Expected goals (xG): 0.44
xGoT: 0.58

Passing

Passes (accurate/total): 41/50
Pass accuracy: 82%
Key passes: 2
Passes in final third: 4
Crosses (accurate/total): 3/7
Long balls (won/total): 2/3

Possession & duels

Touches: 70
Duels (won/total): 4/6
Dribbles (won/attempted): 0/1
Possession lost: 17
Ball recoveries: 2

Defence

Tackles: 2

Discipline

Fouls: 1
Fouls drawn: 2

Player	Reason	Back
Jonatás Noro🩹 injury · Achilles tendon rupture	injury · Achilles tendon rupture	31 Dec 2025
Amine El Ouazzani🩹 injury · Metatarsal Fracture	injury · Metatarsal Fracture	9 Mar 2026

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Sporting Braga	1.4469.25%	1.4469.44%
Draw	4.0025%	4.1024.39%
Santa Clara	8.5011.76%	7.5013.33%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Sporting Braga or Draw	1.0892.34%	1.0793.46%
Sporting Braga or Santa Clara	1.2083.33%	1.1984.03%
Draw or Santa Clara	2.7536.36%	2.5539.22%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
2+ goals	–	1.3673.53%
0–1 goals	–	2.8535.09%
3+ goals	1.9551.28%	2.1247.17%
0–2 goals	1.8554.05%	1.6261.73%
4+ goals	–	3.8525.97%
0–3 goals	–	1.2182.64%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Sporting Braga	2.0050%	2.0449.02%
Draw	2.2045.45%	2.2344.84%
Santa Clara	8.5011.76%	7.0014.29%

Outcome	bet365
SCB → SCB	2.1047.62%
SCB → X	17.005.88%
SCB → CDSC	51.001.96%
X → SCB	3.7526.67%
X → X	6.0016.67%
X → CDSC	15.006.67%
CDSC → SCB	23.004.35%
CDSC → X	21.004.76%
CDSC → CDSC	15.006.67%

Outcome	bet365
12 - 14	5.5018.18%
6 - 8	2.7536.36%
9 - 11	2.7536.36%
Under 6	7.0014.29%
Over 14	13.007.69%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Yes	2.2045.45%	2.4041.67%
No	1.6161.92%	1.4967.11%

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Sporting Braga — bench

Santa Clara — bench

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