SC Freiburg vs Sporting Clube de Braga, Europe 2025-26 SEMI FINALS
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SC Freiburg vs Sporting Clube de Braga — Europe at Europa-Park Stadion.
- SC Freiburg 8 games · 17 pts (2025/26)
- Sporting Clube de Braga 8 games · 17 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Davide Massa
- Assistant 1 Filippo Meli
- Assistant 2 Stefano Alassio
27 games this season 🟨 1.3/game ⚽ 7.2 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 07 May Sporting Clube de Braga H 3–1 W 03 May VfL Wolfsburg H 1–1 D 30 Apr Sporting Clube de Braga A 1–2 L 26 Apr Borussia Dortmund A 0–4 L 23 Apr VfB Stuttgart A 1–2 L 19 Apr 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 H 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 07 May SC Freiburg A 1–3 L 03 May GD Estoril Praia H 1–1 D 30 Apr SC Freiburg H 2–1 W 26 Apr CD Santa Clara A 1–2 L 23 Apr Casa Pia AC A 1–0 W 19 Apr FC Famalicao H 2–2 D Season Stats
SC Freiburg Sporting Clube de Braga #7 Position #6 17 Points 17 8 Played 8 5 / 2 / 1 W / D / L 5 / 2 / 1 10 Scored 11 4 Conceded 5 +6 GD +6 2.13 PPG 2.13 63% Win % 63% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history36% Clean Sheets
SC Freiburg this season50% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this seasonSC Freiburg are 7th (17 pts). Sporting Clube de Braga are 6th (17 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
SC Freiburg0-151/116-302/–31-454/–46-601/–61-751/–76+1/2■ Scored ■ ConcededSporting Clube de Braga0-152/116-30–/331-451/146-602/–61-751/276+1/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for SC Freiburg to score. At the same time, Sporting Clube de Braga does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' The travelling Sporting Clube de Braga supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 6' It’s a booking for Sporting Clube de Braga player. Mario Dorgeles gets a card.
- 7' Mario Dorgeles is having his name booked by the referee on 7.
- 12' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 17' Demir Tiknaz needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 19' What a strike from Lukas Kubler! The score is 1-0.
- 24' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 24 minutes.
- 29' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with SC Freiburg winning 50% of all matches.
- 34' Lukas Hornicek has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 46 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 39' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Matthias Ginter made 162 appearances and scored 18 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 41' Goal! Johan Manzambi scores his 5 goal in 490 matches.
- 46' SC Freiburg is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 51' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 56' 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.
- 61' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Clube de Braga that had 426 games and scored 572 goals.
- 62' It’s a booking for Sporting Clube de Braga player. Pau Victor Delgado gets a card.
- 65' It’s a booking for Sporting Clube de Braga player. Jean-Baptiste Gorby gets a card.
- 70' SC Freiburg started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 70.
- 71' That looks like a foul for a card for Demir Tiknaz.
- 72' GOAL! Lukas Kubler scores on 72. Assisted by Vincenzo Grifo
- 77' Sporting Clube de Braga is showing some good football. However, Sporting Clube de Braga are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 79' What a strike from Pau Victor Delgado! The score is 3-1.
- 84' SC Freiburg looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Lukas Kubler scoring 2 goals.
- 89' It looks surprising Sporting Clube de Braga does not make any changes. Jean-Baptiste Gorby has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 90' It’s gonna be a card for Gabriel Martinez.
- The final score is 3-1.
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SC Freiburg Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 19
- 8
- 32
- 17
- 3
- 27
- 28
- 31
- 1
- 29
- 44
Bench
- 26
- 21
- 24
- 30
- 9
- 5
- 7
- 33
- 43
- 22
- 65
- 69
Coach Julian SchusterSporting Clube de Braga Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 8
- 15
- 10
- 6
- 18
- 1
- 29
- 34
- 2
- 20
- 14
Bench
- 12
- 21
- 39
- 36
- 5
- 9
- 17
- 77
- 53
- 41
- 90
- 70
Coach Carlos Vicens -
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Lukas Kubler 2 Johan Manzambi 1 Pau Victor Delgado 1 Vincenzo Grifo 1 Demir Tiknaz 1 Head to Head
SC Freiburg Form
Sporting Clube de Braga Form
2026-05-07 SC Freiburg 3–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2026-05-03 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–1 GD Estoril Praia D 2026-04-30 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 SC Freiburg W 2026-04-26 CD Santa Clara 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2026-04-23 Casa Pia AC 0–1 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2026-04-19 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–2 FC Famalicao D -
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.38 SC Freiburg xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.87 Sporting Clube de Braga xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 61% + Under — clean sheet likely 56%
Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: SC Freiburg winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.25Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 87% 13% ± 1.5 66% 34% ± 2.5 39% 61% ± 3.5 19% 81% ± 4.5 8% 92% Double Chance
SC Freiburg or Draw 77%Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga 52%SC Freiburg or Sporting Clube de Braga 71%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: SC Freiburg win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.5%1 – 0 13.5%0 – 0 12.8%2 – 0 9.7%2 – 1 8.5%0 – 1 8%1 – 2 5.3%3 – 0 4.4%3 – 1 Actual0 – 2 3.8%2 – 2 3.8%3 – 2 1.8%Asian Handicap — SC Freiburg
Handicap SC Freiburg covers Push Sporting Clube de Braga covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 14% 77% -1.5 23% — 77% -1 23% 24% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 78% — 22% +1 78% 15% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
SC Freiburg keeps clean sheet 43% ✓Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.