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Commentary
The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from BRUNO GUIMARÃES fell just over.
ARDA's shot was well saved by the Sporting Braga 'keeper.
ABRAHAM kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.
11¹A great save prevented RODRYGO from scoring an exceptional goal.
14¹RODRYGO's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Aston Villa upright.
17¹MÆHLE dribbled past RAFAEL LEÃO and poked a poor shot past the post.
20¹A accurate pass was collected by BARELLA and his looping shot flew narrowly wide.
22¹A free-kick from ARDA floated over the bar.
28¹A right foot effort from COMAN was tipped over by the 'keeper.
29¹ABRAHAM worked the ball to ARDA, COMAN latched onto his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of DIOGO COSTA.
37¹A shot from RODRYGO was smothered by the Aston Villa 'keeper.
38¹RODRYGO was put clear by ROMERO and he dummied the 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
39¹GOAL!! On the right wing MÆHLE collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for ABRAHAM to crack it into the back of the net. (1-0 Aston Villa)
BARELLA drilled a looping shot over from long range.
16²A thirty yard shot from ABRAHAM caused DIOGO COSTA little difficulty.
24²GOAL!! GONÇALO INÁCIO made space for RODRYGO who, after an interchange of passes twenty-five yards out, thrust the ball past the Aston Villa 'keeper. (1-1)
26²COMAN rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
28²A weak shot from RODRYGO bounced agonisingly wide.
36²A great effort from SAKA scraped the woodwork.
36²GOAL!! Some fine work by ROMERO on the right, left BARELLA yards clear, and he turned the 'keeper and slammed the ball over the line. (2-1 Sporting Braga)
39²GOAL!! HØJBJERG tried to play the ball out of the Aston Villa penalty area but was tackled by RAFAEL LEÃO who fired the ball to RODRYGO for a simple tap in. (3-1 Sporting Braga)
43²A corner bobbled toward RODRYGO who headed an effort wide.
44²BARELLA raced past DOKU but slammed the ball into the arms of the Aston Villa 'keeper.

 
Sporting Braga
 
League position: 12
Home league form: W---
Overall league form: LWL-----
Formation: 3-4-1-2
Line-ups
(c)DIOGO Meireles COSTA1Nick POPE(c)
GONÇALO Bernardo INÁCIO2Ezri KONSA
Federico DIMARCO3Joakim MÆHLE
Dominik SZOBOSZLAI4Jéremy DOKU
Cristian ROMERO5Fikayo TOMORI
BRUNO GUIMARÃES Rodriguez6Tyrone MINGS
Denzel DUMFRIES7ARDA Güler
Nicolò BARELLA8Kingsley COMAN
(p)Bukayo SAKA9Tammy ABRAHAM(p)
(f)RODRYGO Silva10Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG(f)
RAFAEL Alexandre LEÃO11Randal KOLO-MUANI
Rikki FaulknerManager
Óscar PEREA  12  FÁBIO Daniel SILVA
Agustín RUBERTO  13  Mat RYAN
GUSTAVINHO  14  Weston McKENNIE
Isak HANSEN-AARØEN  15  Jacob RAMSEY
ROGER Fernandes  16  Florian NEUHAUS
 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 21
Away league form: L---
Overall league form: XLL-----
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Sporting Braga 3 Aston Villa 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 55,727, Stadium: AXA, Referee: Wojciech Rudy 7½)

Rodrygo 24², Barella 36², Rodrygo 39²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Abraham 39¹
  
  
  
27
97
103
76
64
1310
44
57%43%
Man of the match: Cristian Romero