Sporting Braga 1 – Union Berlin 0: Visitors unable to get win at Braga Municipal

Sporting Braga vs Union Berlin
Photo Credit: AP

Sporting Braga banked all three points against the Union Berlin in a 1-0 victory on Thursday, at Braga Municipal. Sporting Braga were looking to continue their good run after winning last match whilst Union Berlin were beaten 1-0 in their previous match against Union Saint-Gilloise. Sporting Braga and Union Berlin currently occupy 1st and 3rd spots in the table, with 6 points and 0 points respectively after 2 matches.

After an uneventful first half, Sporting Braga piled on the pressure in the second and were rewarded, when Vítor Carvalho found the net in the 77th minute. The match ended with a 1-0 win for Sporting Braga.

Substitutions for Sporting Braga included Andre Horta, Iuri Medeiros, Abel Ruiz and Andre Castro for Uros Racic, Alvaro Djalo, Simon Banza and Vítor Carvalho, respectively. Union Berlin brought on Christopher Trimmel, Genki Haraguchi, Tim Skarke, Jamie Leweling and Kevin Behrens, to replace Tymoteusz Puchacz, Andras Schafer, Janik Haberer, Robin Knoche and Sheraldo Becker.

There were bookings for Simon Banza and Andre Horta from Sporting Braga. For Union Berlin, Andras Schafer, Kevin Behrens and Julian Ryerson saw yellow.

Sporting Braga will next play Union Saint-Gilloise at home, with Union Berlin facing Malmö away.

Technical card:
Sporting Braga:Matheus Magalhaes, Fabiano, Paulo Oliveira, Vitor Tormena, Nuno Sequeira, Ricardo Horta, Uros Racic (Andre Horta, min.61), Al Musrati, Simon Banza (Abel Ruiz, min.70), Vítor Carvalho (Andre Castro, min.86) and Alvaro Djalo (Iuri Medeiros, min.61)
Union Berlin:Frederik Ronnow, Robin Knoche (Jamie Leweling, min.82), Paul Jaeckel, Diogo Leite, Julian Ryerson, Andras Schafer (Genki Haraguchi, min.68), Janik Haberer (Tim Skarke, min.82), Rani Khedira, Tymoteusz Puchacz (Christopher Trimmel, min.65), Jordan Siebatcheu and Sheraldo Becker (Kevin Behrens, min.82)
Stadium:Braga Municipal
Goals:Vítor Carvalho (1-0, min. 77)
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