Belenenses 1-7 Sporting Braga: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 4 January 2020

Result

Belenenses 1-7 Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal · Saturday 4 January 2020, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-4

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Belenenses 1-7 Sporting Braga: match report

Belenenses were beaten by Sporting Braga 1-7 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 4 January 2020. It was 1-4 at half-time.

Ricardo Horta opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Belenenses's goal came from Silvestre Varela (32'). Sporting Braga scored through Ricardo Horta (8'), Francisco Trincão (19'), Ricardo Horta (22'), João Palhinha (45'), Paulinho (48'), Pedro Rostoll (84') and Pedro Rostoll (90+1').

Discipline: Belenenses received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sporting Braga received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Belenenses were 15th on 15 points from 14 and Sporting Braga 9th on 18 points from 14. This fixture belongs to an earlier Liga Portugal season and is kept for reference.

Belenenses lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Sporting Braga in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ricardo Horta of Sporting Braga (9.1), ahead of Ricardo Esgaio (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Belenenses win, 0 draws and 3 for Sporting Braga.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Ricardo HortaSporting Braga · 0-1
  • 19'Goal · Francisco TrincãoSporting Braga · 0-2
  • 20'Yellow card · Silvestre VarelaBelenenses
  • 22'Goal · Ricardo HortaSporting Braga · 0-3
  • 32'Goal · Silvestre VarelaBelenenses · 1-3
  • 36'Yellow card · Andre SantosBelenenses
  • 38'Yellow card · FransérgioSporting Braga
  • 45'Goal · João PalhinhaSporting Braga · 1-4
  • 48'Goal · PaulinhoSporting Braga · 1-5
  • 75'Second yellow · RobinhoBelenenses
  • 75'Yellow card · RobinhoBelenenses
  • 84'Goal · Pedro RostollSporting Braga · 1-6
  • 90+1'Goal · Pedro RostollSporting Braga · 1-7

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Belenenses 1, draws 0, Sporting Braga 3.

Team news

Belenenses line-up (4-1-4-1)

Hervé Koffi, Gonçalo Silva, Nuno Coelho, Tomás Ribeiro, Chima Akas, Show, Silvestre Varela, André Santos, Tiago Esgaio, Licá, Mateo Cassierra

Sporting Braga line-up (3-4-3)

Matheus, Vítor Tormena, Bruno Viana, Raúl Silva, Ricardo Esgaio, Fransérgio, João Palhinha, Nuno Sequeira, Francisco Trincão, Paulinho, Ricardo Horta