Sporting Braga 2-1 Panathinaikos: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 23 August 2023
Result
Sporting Braga 2-1 Panathinaikos
Champions League · Wednesday 23 August 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sporting Braga · Panathinaikos · Champions League predictions
Sporting Braga 2-1 Panathinaikos: match report
Sporting Braga defeated Panathinaikos 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 23 August 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.
Abel Ruiz opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Sporting Braga's goals came from Abel Ruiz (51') and Álvaro Djaló (73'). Panathinaikos scored through Daniel Mancini (90+5').
Discipline: Sporting Braga received 2 yellow cards; Panathinaikos received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sporting Braga were 14th on 6 points from 2 and Panathinaikos 13th on 7 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Sporting Braga lined up in a 4-3-3 and Panathinaikos in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ricardo Horta of Sporting Braga (8.5), ahead of Abel Ruiz (8.1).
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Filip Đuričić
- 45+5'Yellow card · Sikou Niakaté
- 51'Goal · Abel Ruiz
- 53'Yellow card · José Fonte
- 73'Goal · Álvaro Djaló
- 84'Yellow card · Willian Arão
- 86'Yellow card · Alberto Brignoli
- 90+5'Goal · Daniel Mancini
Team news
Sporting Braga line-up (4-3-3)
Matheus, Víctor Gómez, José Fonte, Sikou Niakaté, Adrián Marín, Moatasem Al-Musrati, Vítor Carvalho, Ricardo Horta, Pizzi, Bruma, Abel Ruiz
Panathinaikos line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alberto Brignoli, Georgios Vagiannidis, Tin Jedvaj, Hörður Magnússon, Juankar, Rubén Pérez, Filip Djuricic, Tonny Vilhena, Sebastián Palacios, Andraz Sporar, Daniel Mancini