Leicester City FC vs Sporting Clube de Braga, Europe 2020-21 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Leicester City FC vs Sporting Clube de Braga — Europe at King Power Stadium.
- Leicester City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Sporting Clube de Braga 8 games · 17 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Charles Schaap
- Referee Bas Nijhuis
- Referee Rogier Honig
- Referee Van der Eijk
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 05 Nov Sporting Clube de Braga H 4–0 W 02 Nov Leeds United FC A 4–1 W 29 Oct PAE AEK A 2–1 W 25 Oct Arsenal FC A 1–0 W 22 Oct FK Zorya Luhansk H 3–0 W 18 Oct Aston Villa FC H 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 05 Nov Leicester City FC A 0–4 L 02 Nov FC Famalicao H 1–0 W 29 Oct FK Zorya Luhansk A 2–1 W 25 Oct Vitoria SC A 1–0 W 22 Oct PAE AEK H 3–0 W 17 Oct CD Nacional H 2–1 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Sporting Clube de Braga0-152/116-30–/331-451/146-602/–61-751/276+1/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at King Power Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' It looks surprising Leicester City FC does not make any changes. Matheus has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 10' Sporting Clube de Braga is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Clube de Braga is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 20' Leicester City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Kelechi Iheanacho on 20.
- 25' Leicester City FC is showing some good football. However, Leicester City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 30' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 30 minutes.
- 35' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 43' A meaty challenge results in booking for Marc Albrighton on 43.
- 45' Sporting Clube de Braga player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 47' What a strike from Kelechi Iheanacho! The score is 2-0.
- 52' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Galeno made 313 appearances and scored 28 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 57' Leicester City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 57.
- 62' Time for substitution for Leicester City FC. Marc Albrighton is replaced by Wes Morgan.
- 67' GOAL! Dennis Praet scores on 67.
- 69' Leicester City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 71' Moura is replacing Galeno for the Sporting Clube de Braga side.
- 72' The Leicester City FC manager makes a substitution. Youri Tielemans departs to be replaced by Harvey Barnes.
- 77' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 78' GOAL! James Maddison scores on 78.
- 83' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Leicester City FC that had 344 games and scored 454 goals.
- 88' The travelling Sporting Clube de Braga supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 90' The referee calls foul for David Carmo. He receives a Yellow card.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 4-0.
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Lineups
Leicester City FC Lineups
Starting XI
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14
Kelechi Iheanacho ↓ Ayoze Perez 72'
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- 10
- 28
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11
Marc Albrighton ↓ Wes Morgan 62'
- 20
- 2
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8
Youri Tielemans ↓ Harvey Barnes 72'
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19
Cengiz Under ↓ Dennis Praet 62'
- 3
- 33
Bench
- 9
- 12
- 35
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5
Wes Morgan ↑ 62'
- 24
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15
Harvey Barnes ↑ 72'
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17
Ayoze Perez ↑ 72'
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26
Dennis Praet ↑ 62'
- 38
Coach Brendan RodgersSporting Clube de Braga Lineups
Starting XI
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9
Abel Ruiz ↓ Guilherme Schettine 62'
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15
Andre Horta ↓ Iuri Medeiros 62'
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- 36
- 47
- 34
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20
Paulinho ↓ Nicolas Gaitan 71'
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- 16
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Bench
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45
Iuri Medeiros ↑ 62'
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- 12
- 5
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95
Guilherme Schettine ↑ 62'
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10
Nicolas Gaitan ↑ 71'
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88
Andre Castro ↑ 71'
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74
Moura ↑ 71'
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Coach Carlos Carvalhal -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kelechi Iheanacho 2 Luke Thomas 1 Fransergio 1 Paulinho 1 Almoatasembellah Ali 1 James Maddison 1 Dennis Praet 1 Jamie Vardy 1 Leicester City FC Form
2020-11-05 Leicester City FC 4–0 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2020-11-02 Leeds United FC 1–4 Leicester City FC W 2020-10-29 PAE AEK 1–2 Leicester City FC W 2020-10-25 Arsenal FC 0–1 Leicester City FC W 2020-10-22 Leicester City FC 3–0 FK Zorya Luhansk W 2020-10-18 Leicester City FC 0–1 Aston Villa FC LSporting Clube de Braga Form
2020-11-05 Leicester City FC 4–0 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2020-11-02 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 FC Famalicao W 2020-10-29 FK Zorya Luhansk 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2020-10-25 Vitoria SC 0–1 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2020-10-22 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–0 PAE AEK W 2020-10-17 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 CD Nacional W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.21 Leicester City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.71 Sporting Clube de Braga xGI would bet for: Leicester City FC to win 66%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Leicester City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.92Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 78% 22% ± 2.5 55% 45% ± 3.5 33% 67% ± 4.5 18% 82% Double Chance
Leicester City FC or Draw 86%Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga 34%Leicester City FC or Sporting Clube de Braga 79%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Leicester City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 13%1 – 0 11.5%3 – 0 9.4%1 – 1 9.1%2 – 1 9%0 – 0 7%3 – 1 6.7%4 – 0 Actual4 – 1 3.8%2 – 2 3.2%0 – 1 3.2%1 – 2 2.9%Asian Handicap — Leicester City FC
Handicap Leicester City FC covers Push Sporting Clube de Braga covers -2.5 26% — 74% -2 26% 21% 53% -1.5 47% — 53% -1 47% 23% 30% -0.5 70% — 30% +0.5 90% — 10% +1 90% 7% 3% +1.5 97% — 3% +2 97% 2% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Leicester City FC keeps clean sheet 50% ✗Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.