Match Report
3 points and 7 places separated them: Sporting Braga 6th with 17, Nottingham Forest 13th with 14. On recent form Sporting Braga sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 6th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Sporting Braga 1.38 scored and 0.63 conceded per game, Nottingham Forest 1.88 and 0.88, with the league averaging 1.34.
The match was played at Estádio Municipal de Braga in Braga (capacity 30,286). 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: Ryan Yates (54' og)
Key stats
Possession: Sporting Braga 57% · Nottingham Forest 43% · Total shots: 6-12 · On target: 0-5 · Corners: 3-1