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Sporting Clube de Braga vs FK Zorya Luhansk, Europe 2020-21 GROUP STAGE

UEFA Europa League · 2020-21
Sporting Clube de Braga
2 – 0
Full Time
FK Zorya Luhansk
Thu 10 Dec 2020 · 20:00 UTC Estadio Municipal de Braga HT 45' · FT 45+4'

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Clube de Braga vs FK Zorya Luhansk — Europe at Estadio Municipal de Braga.

Match Details

  • Referee Daniel Stefanski
  • Referee Dawid Igor Golis
  • Referee Krzysztof Myrmus
  • Referee

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

2
2
Sporting Clube de Braga 4 games · Avg 2.8 goals FK Zorya Luhansk
Last 5 meetings
2020-12-10 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 FK Zorya Luhansk 2020-10-29 FK Zorya Luhansk 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga 2018-08-16 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–2 FK Zorya Luhansk 2018-08-09 FK Zorya Luhansk 1–1 Sporting Clube de Braga

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Braga
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Dec FK Zorya Luhansk H 2–0 W
06 Dec Os Belenenses Futebol A 1–2 L
03 Dec PAE AEK A 4–2 W
29 Nov SC Farense H 1–0 W
26 Nov Leicester City FC H 3–3 D
08 Nov Sport Lisboa e Benfica A 3–2 W
FK Zorya Luhansk
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Dec Sporting Clube de Braga A 0–2 L
03 Dec Leicester City FC H 1–0 W
26 Nov PAE AEK A 3–0 W
05 Nov PAE AEK H 1–4 L
29 Oct Sporting Clube de Braga H 1–2 L
22 Oct Leicester City FC A 0–3 L

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga
0-15
2/1
16-30
–/3
31-45
1/1
46-60
2/–
61-75
1/2
76+
1/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Sporting Clube de Braga and FK Zorya Luhansk is underway.
  • 5' It looks like no one’s ball. FK Zorya Luhansk is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 15' Oleksandr Hladkii has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 20' FK Zorya Luhansk is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 25' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Maksym Lunov suffering a number of foals already.
  • 30' It’s high time Viktor Skripnik made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Dmytro Piddubnyi, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio Municipal de Braga with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 45' The travelling FK Zorya Luhansk supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 50' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 55' 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.
  • 60' 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' GOAL! Joel Abu Hanna scores on 61.
  • 66' It looks surprising Sporting Clube de Braga does not make any changes. Mykyta Shevchenko has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 67' Another substitution for Sporting Clube de Braga to replace Abel Ruiz by Ricardo Horta on 67 minute.
  • 68' What an equalizer from Ricardo Horta!
  • 68' Another change for Sporting Clube de Braga made on 68 minute. Andre Horta leaves to be changed by Iuri Medeiros.
  • 73' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 74' Another substitution for Sporting Clube de Braga to replace Jose Carlos by Bruno Viana on 74 minute.
  • 77' FK Zorya Luhansk manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Serhii Hryn is hanging Artem Hromov on the field on 77 minute.
  • 82' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Clube de Braga needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 87' The FK Zorya Luhansk manager makes a substitution. Denys Favorov departs to be replaced by Dmytro Khomchenovskyi.
  • Full Time. Sporting Clube de Braga beats FK Zorya Luhansk

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Carlos Carvalhal

FK Zorya Luhansk Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Viktor Skripnik

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Ricardo Horta 3
Oleksandr Karavaiev 2
Oleksandr Karavaiev 2
Ricardo Horta 2
Joao Novais 1
Rafael Ratao 1
Joao Novais 1
Rafael Ratao 1

Head to Head

2020-12-10 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 FK Zorya Luhansk 2020-10-29 FK Zorya Luhansk 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga 2018-08-16 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–2 FK Zorya Luhansk 2018-08-09 FK Zorya Luhansk 1–1 Sporting Clube de Braga

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2020-12-10 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 FK Zorya Luhansk W 2020-12-06 Os Belenenses Futebol 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2020-12-03 PAE AEK 2–4 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2020-11-29 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 SC Farense W 2020-11-26 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–3 Leicester City FC D 2020-11-08 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–3 Sporting Clube de Braga W

FK Zorya Luhansk Form

2020-12-10 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 FK Zorya Luhansk L 2020-12-03 FK Zorya Luhansk 1–0 Leicester City FC W 2020-11-26 PAE AEK 0–3 FK Zorya Luhansk W 2020-11-05 FK Zorya Luhansk 1–4 PAE AEK L 2020-10-29 FK Zorya Luhansk 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2020-10-22 Leicester City FC 3–0 FK Zorya Luhansk L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.56 Sporting Clube de Braga xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.01 FK Zorya Luhansk xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Clube de Braga53% Draw26% FK Zorya Luhansk21%
Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes51% 0% No49%
Avg goals/match: 2.57
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 73%
27%
± 2.5 47%
53%
± 3.5 26%
74%
± 4.5 12%
88%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw
79%
Draw or FK Zorya Luhansk
47%
Sporting Clube de Braga or FK Zorya Luhansk
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Clube de Braga34% Draw48% FK Zorya Luhansk18%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13%
1 – 0
11%
0 – 0
9.7%
2 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
9.1%
0 – 1
6.7%
1 – 2
5.8%
3 – 1
4.7%
3 – 0
4.6%
2 – 2
4.6%
0 – 2
3.8%
3 – 2
2.5%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga

Handicap Sporting Clube de Braga covers Push FK Zorya Luhansk covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 15% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 23% 51%
-0.5 49% — 51%
+0.5 77% — 23%
+1 77% 14% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 6% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet
37% ✗
FK Zorya Luhansk keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.