Match Report
The table gap was wide: 25 points between Sporting Braga (4th, 59 pts) and Nacional (14th, 34 pts). Nacional ranked 5th in the league on five-round form, well above their 14th table position. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Nacional ran at 1.09 scored and 1.32 conceded, Sporting Braga at 1.88 and 1.06.
Over the last five, Nacional had taken 4 of 15 points to Sporting Braga's 10.
GioScore's database holds 26 meetings between the two: 4 for Nacional, 17 for Sporting Braga and 5 drawn, at 3.04 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 62% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 62%.
The venue was Estádio da Madeira, with room for 5,132 spectators. Sporting Braga led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Nacional: Paulinho Bóia (59') · Sporting Braga: Rodrigo Zalazar (90'), Rodrigo Zalazar (11')
Key stats
Possession: Nacional 37% · Sporting Braga 63% · Total shots: 14-20 · On target: 5-8 · Corners: 3-6