Paços de Ferreira 1-2 Sporting Braga: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 21 January 2023

Result

Paços de Ferreira 1-2 Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal · Saturday 21 January 2023, 15:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Paços de Ferreira 1-2 Sporting Braga: match report

Paços de Ferreira were beaten by Sporting Braga 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 21 January 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Vitinha opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Paços de Ferreira's goal came from Jordan Holsgrove (68'). Sporting Braga scored through Vitinha (58') and Simon Banza (90+8').

Discipline: Paços de Ferreira received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sporting Braga received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Paços de Ferreira were 18th on 6 points from 16 and Sporting Braga 2nd on 37 points from 16. Paços de Ferreira went on to finish that season 17th with 23 points, and Sporting Braga 3rd with 78.

Paços de Ferreira lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sporting Braga in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marafona of Paços de Ferreira (7.8), ahead of Jordan Holsgrove (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Paços de Ferreira wins, 2 draws and 5 for Sporting Braga.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Nuno SequeiraSporting Braga
  • 38'Yellow card · Luíz CarlosPaços de Ferreira
  • 38'Yellow card · André HortaSporting Braga
  • 58'Goal · VitinhaSporting Braga · 0-1
  • 68'Goal · Jordan HolsgrovePaços de Ferreira · 1-1
  • 81'Yellow card · VitinhaSporting Braga
  • 84'Yellow card · MarafonaPaços de Ferreira
  • 90+8'Goal · Simon BanzaSporting Braga · 1-2
  • 90+9'Red card · MaracásPaços de Ferreira
  • 90+11'Yellow card · Pedro SantosSporting Braga

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Paços de Ferreira 3, draws 2, Sporting Braga 5.

Team news

Paços de Ferreira line-up (4-3-3)

Marafona, Juan Antonio Delgado Baeza, Nuno Lima, Maracás, Luís Bastos, Luiz Carlos, Jordan Holsgrove, Rui Pires, Nico Gaitán, Alexandre Guedes, Uilton Silva

Sporting Braga line-up (4-4-2)

Matheus, Víctor Gómez, Vítor Tormena, Paulo Oliveira, Nuno Sequeira, Iuri Medeiros, Moatasem Al-Musrati, André Horta, Hernâni, Vitinha, Abel Ruiz