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 Estadio Municipal de Braga HT 45' · FT 45+4'

• Overview

• Events

• Lineups

• H2H

• Match Preview

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

  • Sporting Clube de Braga 8 games · 17 pts (2025/26)
  • FK Zorya Luhansk 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)

  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

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  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

  Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
  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

  Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
  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

  54% Clean Sheets
  Sporting Clube de Braga this season

• Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. Sporting Clube de Braga kicks off things out of here…
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FK Zorya Luhansk needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 15' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Dmytro Khomchenovskyi made 20 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 20' FK Zorya Luhansk seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 25' Sporting Clube de Braga is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 30' 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.
  • 35' It looks surprising FK Zorya Luhansk does not make any changes. Maksym Lunov has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 40' 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.
  • 45' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 45 minutes.
  • 50' 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.
  • 55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 60' Artem Hromov needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 61' GOAL! Joel Abu Hanna scores on 61.
  • 66' FK Zorya Luhansk is showing some good football. However, FK Zorya Luhansk are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 67' The supporters are chanting for Ricardo Horta. He replaces Abel Ruiz on 67 minute.
  • 68' Goal! Ricardo Horta scores his 105 goal in 416 matches.
  • 68' Sporting Clube de Braga manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Iuri Medeiros is hanging Andre Horta on the field on 68 minute.
  • 73' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 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' The travelling FK Zorya Luhansk supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 87' Another change for FK Zorya Luhansk made on 87 minute. Denys Favorov leaves to be changed by Dmytro Khomchenovskyi.
  • With this win, Sporting Clube de Braga is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

• Sporting Clube de Braga

  Starting XI

  • 90
    Galeno
  • 9
    Abel Ruiz ↓ Iuri Medeiros 68'
  • 15
    Andre Horta ↓ Ricardo Horta 68'
  • 3
    Vitor Tormena
  • 12
    Tiago Sa
  • 34
    Raul Silva
  • 27
    Fransergio C
  • 7
    Joao Novais ↓ Almoatasembellah Ali 77'
  • 95
    Guilherme Schettine ↓ Paulinho 68'
  • 16
    David Carmo
  • 2
    Jose Carlos ↓ Bruno Viana 74'

  Bench

  • 45
    Iuri Medeiros ↑ 68'
  • 1
    Matheus
  • 36
    Bruno Viana ↑ 74'
  • 5
    Nuno Sequeira
  • 20
    Paulinho ↑ 68'
  • 21
    Ricardo Horta ↑ 68'
  • 8
    Almoatasembellah Ali ↑ 77'
  • 93
    Rogerio Santos
  • 71
    Hernani Infande
  • 56
    Eduardo Soares

  Coach Carlos Carvalhal

  FK Zorya Luhansk

  Starting XI

  • 20
    Joel Abu Hanna
  • 27
    Yehor Nazaryna
  • 30
    Mykyta Shevchenko C
  • 22
    Vladyslav Kabaiev ↓ Maksym Lunov 77'
  • 7
    Vladyslav Kocherhin ↓ Dmytro Khomchenovskyi 87'
  • 21
    Dmytro Ivanisenia
  • 28
    Artem Hromov ↓ Serhii Hryn 77'
  • 97
    Andrejs Ciganiks
  • 80
    Vladlen Yurchenko
  • 45
    Denys Favorov ↓ Dmytro Piddubnyi 87'
  • 11
    Oleksandr Hladkii ↓ Mihailo Perovic 77'

  Bench

  • 10
    Dmytro Khomchenovskyi ↑ 87'
  • 8
    Maksym Lunov ↑ 77'
  • 9
    Mihailo Perovic ↑ 77'
  • 23
    Nikola Vasilj
  • 47
    Dmytro Piddubnyi ↑ 87'
  • 53
    Dmytro Matsapupa
  • 50
    Serhii Hryn ↑ 77'

  Coach Viktor Skripnik

• 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