Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Sporting Braga: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 14 April 2016

Result

Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Sporting Braga

Europa League · Thursday 14 April 2016, 19:05 UTC · half-time 2-0

Shakhtar Donetsk · Sporting Braga · Europa League predictions

Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Sporting Braga: match report

Shakhtar Donetsk beat Sporting Braga 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 14 April 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Darijo Srna opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Shakhtar Donetsk's goals came from Darijo Srna (25', penalty), an own goal by Ricardo Ferreira (42'), Viktor Kovalenko (50') and an own goal by Ricardo Ferreira (73'). Sporting Braga did not score.

Discipline: Shakhtar Donetsk received no yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Shakhtar Donetsk were 51st on 9 points from 5 and Sporting Braga 9th on 19 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Shakhtar Donetsk lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting Braga in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ismaily of Shakhtar Donetsk (7.8), level with Darijo Srna (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Shakhtar Donetsk wins, 1 draw and 0 for Sporting Braga.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Willy BolySporting Braga
  • 24'Yellow card · Matheus MagalhãesSporting Braga
  • 25'Penalty goal · Darijo SrnaShakhtar Donetsk · 1-0
  • 42'Own goal · Ricardo FerreiraShakhtar Donetsk · 2-0
  • 50'Goal · Viktor KovalenkoShakhtar Donetsk · 3-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Luíz CarlosSporting Braga
  • 73'Own goal · Ricardo FerreiraShakhtar Donetsk · 4-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Shakhtar Donetsk 2, draws 1, Sporting Braga 0.

Team news

Shakhtar Donetsk line-up (4-2-3-1)

Andriy Pyatov, Oleksandr Kucher, Ivan Ordets, Ismaily, Darijo Srna, Taras Stepanenko, Marlos, Maksym Malyshev, Taison, Viktor Kovalenko, Facundo Ferreyra

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

Matheus, Willy Boly, Djavan, Ricardo Ferreira, Marcelo Goiano, Luiz Carlos, Rafa Silva, Josué, Nikola Vukčević, Wilson Eduardo, Ahmed Hassan