Sporting Braga 1–3 Sporting CP
- Silva 41' (o.g.)
- Suárez 66'
- Bernardo 71' (o.g.)
- Zalazar 82'
9 October 2026
The match in data
Sporting CP got the better of Sporting Braga, 3–1, on 9 October 2026, on matchday 8 of the 2026-27 Liga Portugal.
Sporting CP came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 41'.
Player of the match: Rui Silva (Sporting CP), rated 68, thanks above all to 1.39 goals prevented (3 shots on target worth 1.33; conceded 0) and 1 cross claimed. Silva produced 3.8 times as much as a goalkeeper typically does, at no cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Sporting Braga, the highest-rated player was Vítor Carvalho, with 61.
Rui Silva
Sporting CP · 90'
Produced 3.83× and cost 0.00× their position's average
- 1.39 goals prevented (3 shots on target worth 1.33; conceded 0) 5.1×
- 1 cross claimed 1.1×
- 10 recoveries 1.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vítor Carvalho | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| João Moutinho | Midfielder | 74 | 61 |
| Ricardo Horta | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Bernardo | Goalkeeper | 90 | 51 |
| Gabri Martínez | Forward | 23 | 47 |
| Sergio Barcia | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Gorby | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Pau Víctor | Forward | 74 | 41 |
| Denis Huseinbasic | Midfielder | 66 | 34 |
| Adrian Bajrami | Defender | 84 | 33 |
| Gabriel Silva | Forward | 67 | 31 |
| Mario Dorgeles | Midfielder | 24 | 28 |
| Víctor Gómez | Defender | 90 | 25 |
| Jonas Wind | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Tommy Marqués | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Fran Navarro | Forward | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Suárez | Forward | 31 | 70 |
| Rui Silva ★ | Goalkeeper | 90 | 68 |
| Nestory Irankunda | Forward | 79 | 51 |
| Sergi Altimira | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Georgios Vagiannidis | Defender | 58 | 48 |
| Rodrigo Zalazar | Midfielder | 26 | 47 |
| Geny Catamo | Forward | 90 | 41 |
| Gonçalo Inácio | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Maxi Araújo | Defender | 32 | 39 |
| Eduardo Quaresma | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Issa Doumbia | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Fotis Ioannidis | Forward | 59 | 35 |
| Iván Fresneda Corraliza | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Silas Sinan Erhen Thorup Andersen | Midfielder | 58 | 32 |
| Flávio Gonçalves | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| João Simões | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Sporting CP player recovered the most balls?
Geny Catamo, with 10 recoveries. Next: Sergi Altimira 9, Iván Fresneda Corraliza 4.
During the 1–3 victory against Sporting Braga, Geny Catamo contributed 10 ball recoveries for Sporting CP. Sergi Altimira followed closely with 9.
Which Sporting Braga player won the most aerial duels?
Vítor Carvalho, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: João Moutinho 1, Sergio Barcia 1.
Vítor Carvalho won 4 aerial duels for Sporting Braga in the 1–3 loss to Sporting CP. That clearly led João Moutinho and Sergio Barcia, who recorded one each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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