Match Report
36 points separated the sides: Sporting Braga 4th on 68, Portimonense 16th on 32. Portimonense SAD had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 12th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall.
A win had eluded Portimonense for 7 matches. Sporting Braga were unbeaten in 6. The last-five ledger: Portimonense 2/15, Sporting Braga 13/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 16 games: 0 Portimonense wins, 14 for Sporting Braga, 2 draws, at 3.19 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 75% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 69%. The last five meetings averaged 4.6 goals, well above the all-time 3.19.
The venue was Estádio Municipal de Portimão in Portimão, with room for 9,544 spectators. C. Ruivo Pereira officiated: 85 games logged, averaging 2.5 yellow cards each. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Sporting Braga led 2-1 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 3-5.