Porto 1-0 Sporting Braga: result and report
Europa League · Wednesday 18 May 2011
Result
Porto 1-0 Sporting Braga
Europa League · Wednesday 18 May 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Porto 1-0 Sporting Braga: match report
Porto defeated Sporting Braga 1-0 in the Europa League on Wednesday 18 May 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from R. Falcao of Porto in the 44th minute.
Discipline: Porto received 3 yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Porto were 1st on 40 points from 16 and Sporting Braga 42nd on 12 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Going into the match Porto's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Sporting Braga's W-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Hugo Viana
- 30'Yellow card · Sílvio
- 44'Goal · R. Falcao
- 49'Yellow card · Cristian Sapunaru
- 55'Yellow card · Miguel Garcia
- 59'Yellow card · Marcio Mossoró
- 79'Yellow card · Kaká
- 90'Yellow card · Helton
- 90+3'Yellow card · Akio Kogiku
Team news
Porto expected line-up
Helton, Álvaro Pereira, Maicon, Nicolás Otamendi, Jorge Fucile, Souza, Fernando Belluschi, R. Falcao, Walter
Sporting Braga line-up (4-3-3)
Artur Moraes, Alberto Rodríguez, Paulão, Miguel Garcia, Sílvio, Custódio Miguel Dias de Castro, Hugo Viana, Vandinho, Paulo César, Alan, Lima