Match Report
11 points and 23 places separated them: Sporting Braga 6th with 17, Feyenoord 29th with 6. Sporting Braga had been under-performing their position — 14th on five-round form against 6th in the table. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Sporting Braga ran at 1.38 scored and 0.63 conceded, Feyenoord at 1.38 and 1.88.
Feyenoord carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Sporting Braga had banked 6 of the last 15 points on offer; Feyenoord, 13.
Estádio Municipal de Braga, capacity 30,286, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Sporting Braga: Fran Navarro (79')
Key stats
Possession: Sporting Braga 45% · Feyenoord 55% · Total shots: 8-5 · On target: 2-1 · Corners: 7-2