Match summary
Before kickoff, Sporting Braga (4th, 42 pts) were 21 points ahead of Nacional (14th, 21 pts).
Nacional vs Sporting BragaResult, Lineups & H2H
Estádio da Madeira
Nacional vs Sporting Braga in numbers
What stands outUpdated 2026-09-27
- Rodrigo Zalazar's 90th-minute goal decided the match.Sporting Braga's goal 2 of 2 put them ahead for good; the goal timeline matches the 2-1 final score.
FormLast 5 games, all competitions · latest on the right
Nacional1W 1D 3L
NacionalSporting Braga
4Pointsof 1510
5Goals scored11
6Goals conceded4
2Clean sheets3
0Scored in a row4
0Unbeaten in a row1
4Without a win0
2Conceded in a row2
Head to head26 meetings · Apr 2009 – Nov 2025
- Nacional wins
- 4
- Draws
- 5
- Sporting Braga wins
- 17
3.04goals per meeting
62%both teams scored
62%3+ goals
50%won by the host
Last 5 meetingsNacional 1W 0D 4L · 3 goals per game
Meetings
- Taça De PortugalSporting Braga4-2Nacional
- Liga PortugalSporting Braga0-1Nacional
- Liga PortugalSporting Braga1-0Nacional
- Liga PortugalNacional0-3Sporting Braga
- Taça da LigaNacional1-3Sporting Braga
Show all 26 meetings
- Liga PortugalNacional1-2Sporting Braga
- Liga PortugalSporting Braga2-1Nacional
- Liga PortugalNacional0-3Sporting Braga
- Liga PortugalSporting Braga4-2Nacional
- Liga PortugalSporting Braga4-0Nacional
- Liga PortugalNacional0-0Sporting Braga
- Liga PortugalNacional2-3Sporting Braga
- Liga PortugalSporting Braga2-1Nacional
- Liga PortugalSporting Braga3-1Nacional
- Liga PortugalNacional1-1Sporting Braga
- Liga PortugalSporting Braga2-1Nacional
- Liga PortugalNacional3-0Sporting Braga
- Liga PortugalSporting Braga1-3Nacional
- Liga PortugalNacional3-2Sporting Braga
- Liga PortugalNacional1-3Sporting Braga
- Liga PortugalSporting Braga2-0Nacional
- Liga PortugalNacional1-1Sporting Braga
- Liga PortugalSporting Braga2-0Nacional
- Liga PortugalNacional1-1Sporting Braga
- Liga PortugalSporting Braga2-0Nacional
- Liga PortugalNacional1-1Sporting Braga
League table before kickoffRebuilt from 210 earlier results
NacionalSporting Braga
#14Position#4
21Points23 v 23 games42
-7Goal difference+26
1.17Scored per gameleague avg 1.382.09
1.48Conceded per game0.96
#14Form table position#3
Match Timeline
Man of the Match
NacionalSporting Braga
- Substitution · Nacional · Lucas João · InOut: Liziero90+8'
- Substitution · Nacional · Pablo Ruan · InOut: L. Vallier90+7'
- 90+6'Penalty · Sporting Braga · Rodrigo Zalazar1-2 · Penalty
- 84'Substitution · Sporting Braga · Fran Navarro · InOut: Pau Víctor
- 84'Substitution · Sporting Braga · Demir Ege Tıknaz · InOut: Diego Rodrigues
- Yellow Card · Nacional · L. Vallier77'
- Substitution · Nacional · Joel Silva · InOut: André Sousa74'
- Substitution · Nacional · Witiness Quembo · InOut: Gabriel Veron74'
- 72'Yellow Card · Sporting Braga · Diego Rodrigues
- 67'Substitution · Sporting Braga · João Moutinho · InOut: Florian Grillitsch
- 67'Substitution · Sporting Braga · Mario Dorgeles · InOut: Gabri Martínez
- Goal · Nacional · Paulinho Bóia1-159'
- 46'Substitution · Sporting Braga · Paulo Oliveira · InOut: Adrian Leon Barisic
- 28'Yellow Card · Sporting Braga · Ricardo Horta
- Yellow Card · Nacional · Matheus Dias26'
- 13'Yellow Card · Sporting Braga · Florian Grillitsch
- 11'Goal · Sporting Braga · Rodrigo Zalazar0-1
Match Statistics
Match stats
NacionalSporting Braga
37%Ball Possession63%
14Shots Total20
5Shots On Target8
3Corners6
15Fouls15
2Yellow Cards3
0Offsides1
6Saves4
346Passes586
3Shots Off Target7
91Attacks93
29Dangerous Attacks61
10Shots Inside Box15
4Shots Outside Box5
1Goals2
15Free Kicks14
6Shots Blocked5
4Substitutions5
2Hit Woodwork2
13Tackles14
1Assists1
253Accurate Passes499
0Injuries1
11Total Crosses19
4Accurate Crosses6
7Interceptions10
2Big Chances Created1
1Big Chances Missed0
Team Lineups
Lineups
4-3-3 · 3-4-3
Player Stats
| Player | Rating | Min | Goals | Assists | Shots | Passes | Tackles | Duels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 90' | 1 | 0 | 2/5 | 27(67%) | 1 | 7/10 | |
Kaique GK | 7.4 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 46(59%) | - | 1/1 |
| 7.2 | 74' | 0 | 1 | - | 25(88%) | 2 | 5/7 | |
Liziero MF | 7.0 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 34(71%) | 2 | 4/10 |
| 6.8 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 45(89%) | 3 | 5/9 | |
| 6.8 | 1' | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 2(50%) | - | 2/3 | |
| 6.7 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 39(77%) | 2 | 3/7 | |
| 6.7 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 1/4 | 18(88%) | 1 | 7/21 | |
| 6.6 | 1' | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 1/2 | |
| 6.5 | 74' | 0 | 0 | - | 12(75%) | 1 | 1/6 | |
| 6.5 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 43(80%) | - | 3/7 | |
| 6.4 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 22(64%) | - | 4/7 | |
| 6.4 | 16' | 0 | 0 | - | 3(67%) | - | 0/3 | |
| 6.3 | 16' | 0 | 0 | - | 4(50%) | - | 0/1 | |
| 6.0 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 25(68%) | 1 | 3/10 |