Sporting Clube de Braga vs Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Europe 2022-23 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Sporting Clube de Braga vs Royale Union Saint-Gilloise — Europe at Estadio Municipal de Braga.
- Sporting Clube de Braga 8 games · 17 pts (2025/26)
- Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Oct Royale Union Saint-Gilloise H 1–2 L 30 Sep FC Porto A 1–4 L 18 Sep FC Vizela H 2–0 W 15 Sep 1. FC Union Berlin H 1–0 W 11 Sep Rio Ave FC A 3–2 W 08 Sep Malmo FF A 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Oct Sporting Clube de Braga A 2–1 W 01 Oct Oud-Heverlee Leuven A 3–0 W 18 Sep KAS Eupen A 2–1 W 15 Sep Malmo FF H 3–2 W 11 Sep KRC Genk H 1–2 L 08 Sep 1. FC Union Berlin A 1–0 W Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 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 Estadio Municipal de Braga. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' 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.
- 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Christian Burgess, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio Municipal de Braga with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 15' Vitor Tormena needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
- 17' A meaty challenge results in booking for Teddy Teuma on 17.
- 22' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Vitor Oliveira made 415 appearances and scored 26 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 23' It’s a booking for Sporting Clube de Braga player. Vitor Tormena gets a Yellow card.
- 28' It looks surprising Royale Union Saint-Gilloise does not make any changes. Abel Ruiz has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 33' Matheus has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 43 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 38' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Clube de Braga that had 415 games and scored 479 goals.
- 43' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 48' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 49' Abel Ruiz puts Sporting Clube de Braga on the lead.
- 54' 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.
- 59' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 62' The referee calls foul for Fabiano Silva. He receives a Yellow card.
- 65' The whistle greets Andre Horta as he departs to be replaced by Rodrigo Gomes.
- 67' Another change for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise made on 67 minute. Loic Lapoussin leaves to be changed by Simon Adingra.
- 72' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 77' The travelling Royale Union Saint-Gilloise supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 79' Simon Banza is replacing Vitor Oliveira for the Sporting Clube de Braga side.
- 83' The whistle greets Ismael Kandouss as he departs to be replaced by Gustaf Nilsson.
- 86' Goal! Gustaf Nilsson scores his 32 goal in 62 matches.
- 89' Time for substitution for Sporting Clube de Braga. Andre Castro is replaced by Jean Gorby.
- 90' The referee calls foul for Anthony Moris. He receives a Yellow card.
- With this win, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups
Starting XI
- 15
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9
Abel Ruiz ↓ Alvaro Djalo 89'
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10
Andre Horta ↓ Rodrigo Gomes 65'
- 3
- 1
- 6
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21
Ricardo Horta ↓ Diego Lainez 79'
- 19
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88
Andre Castro ↓ Jean Gorby 89'
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99
Vitor Oliveira ↓ Simon Banza 79'
- 70
Bench
- 4
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23
Simon Banza ↑ 79'
- 45
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18
Diego Lainez ↑ 79'
- 12
- 2
- 91
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7
Rodrigo Gomes ↑ 65'
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- 24
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29
Jean Gorby ↑ 89'
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14
Alvaro Djalo ↑ 89'
Coach Artur JorgeRoyale Union Saint-Gilloise Lineups
Starting XI
- 16
- 10
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94
Loic Lapoussin ↓ Simon Adingra 67'
- 2
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13
Dante Vanzeir ↓ Ross Sykes 89'
- 59
- 44
- 49
- 20
- 7
- 8
Bench
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26
Ross Sykes ↑ 89'
- 4
- 21
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29
Gustaf Nilsson ↑ 83'
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19
Guillaume Francois ↑ 83'
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11
Simon Adingra ↑ 67'
- 6
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23
Cameron Puertas ↑ 89'
Coach Karel Geraerts -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Vitor Oliveira 3 Franjo Ivanovic 2 Gustaf Nilsson 2 Victor Boniface 2 Amine El Ouazzani 1 Abel Ruiz 1 Dante Vanzeir 1 Sporting Clube de Braga Form
2022-10-06 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–2 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise L 2022-09-30 FC Porto 4–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2022-09-18 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 FC Vizela W 2022-09-15 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 1. FC Union Berlin W 2022-09-11 Rio Ave FC 2–3 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2022-09-08 Malmo FF 0–2 Sporting Clube de Braga WRoyale Union Saint-Gilloise Form
2022-10-06 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–2 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2022-10-01 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 0–3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2022-09-18 KAS Eupen 1–2 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W 2022-09-15 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 3–2 Malmo FF W 2022-09-11 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1–2 KRC Genk L 2022-09-08 1. FC Union Berlin 0–1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.15 Sporting Clube de Braga xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.4 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise xGI would bet for: Sporting Clube de Braga or Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 71%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.55Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 46% 54% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw 60%Draw or Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 69%Sporting Clube de Braga or Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.5%0 – 1 9.9%0 – 0 9.9%1 – 2 Actual1 – 0 7.9%0 – 2 7.5%2 – 1 6.9%2 – 0 5%2 – 2 4.9%1 – 3 4%0 – 3 3.4%3 – 1 2.7%Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga
Handicap Sporting Clube de Braga covers Push Royale Union Saint-Gilloise covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 8% 88% -1.5 12% — 88% -1 12% 17% 71% -0.5 29% — 71% +0.5 59% — 41% +1 59% 21% 20% +1.5 80% — 20% +2 80% 12% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet 25% ✓Royale Union Saint-Gilloise keeps clean sheet 32% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.