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Commentary
1¹JOÃO FÉLIX booked for a bad tackle on DIMARCO.
12¹The 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from HØJBJERG.
31¹DIMARCO headed wide.
33¹GOAL!! A mishit BARELLA shot bobbled toward SAKA who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (1-0 Sporting Braga)
38¹KOLO-MUANI booked for a high foul.
1²BRUNO GUIMARÃES ran onto a delightful ball from SZOBOSZLAI but toe-poked his effort wide.
4²A clever pass from KJÆR was flicked goalbound by JOÃO FÉLIX only for the 'keeper to claw away.
5²A corner found RODRYGO who turned the ball over the bar.
11²RAFAEL LEÃO's shot beat the Aston Villa 'keeper but rebounded off the Aston Villa woodwork.
16²GOAL!! A Sporting Braga counter-attack allowed SAKA to setup RAFAEL LEÃO with a simple goal. (2-0 Sporting Braga)
20²RAMSEY was put clear by McKENNIE and he raced past the 'keeper but rammed his shot just beyond the near post.
22²KOLO-MUANI red carded for a cynical tackle he had already been booked earlier in the match.
24²A pin-point pass was collected by RODRYGO and his right foot effort floated narrowly wide.
25²BRUNO GUIMARÃES beat a number of Aston Villa players and stroked a great chance over.
26²The 'keeper saved a glorious effort from RAMSEY.
27²A free-kick from SAKA floated wide.
32²GOAL!! BRUNO GUIMARÃES made space for SAKA who, after an interchange of passes twenty-five yards out, drilled the ball past RYAN. (3-0 Sporting Braga)
37²HØJBJERG fluffed a simple chance.
37²VIÑA booked for arguing with the referee.
44²KEANE whacked a looping shot just beyond the near post from long range.
45²A strike from JUSTIN held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
47²GOAL!! A deep cross by KJÆR was met by HØJBJERG who stormed in to score. (3-1 Sporting Braga)

 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 19
Home league form: LLXW
Overall league form: LLLLLWXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Mat RYAN5 16½DIOGO Meireles COSTA(c)
Weston McKENNIE6½27 José DIOGO DALOT
Matías VIÑA5½38 NUNO Alexandre MENDES
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG8 47 BRUNO GUIMARÃES Rodriguez
Michael KEANE6½57½Federico DIMARCO
James JUSTIN7 67½Cristian ROMERO
Jeppe KJÆR6 77½Bukayo SAKA
JOÃO FÉLIX Sequeira6 86½Dominik SZOBOSZLAI
(p)Tammy ABRAHAM7 97 RODRYGO Silva(p)
(f)Jacob RAMSEY6½106½Nicolò BARELLA(f)
Randal KOLO-MUANI6 117 RAFAEL Alexandre LEÃO
ManagerRikki Faulkner
Léo DUBOIS  12  Óscar PEREA
Lazar CAREVIC  13  Agustín RUBERTO
FÁBIO Daniel SILVA  14  GUSTAVINHO
Leo HJELDE  15  Isak HANSEN-AARØEN
Florian NEUHAUS  16  JOSHUA
 
Sporting Braga
 
League position: 9
Away league form: WLWL
Overall league form: WLWWLXWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Sporting Braga go through to the next round
Statistics
Aston Villa 1 Sporting Braga 3
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 37,187, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Mark Clattenburg 6, TV: live)

Højbjerg 47²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Saka 33¹, Rafael Leão 16², Saka 32²
  
Kolo-Muani 22² 
João Félix 1¹, Kolo-Muani 38¹, Viña 37² 
32
1311
37
104
910
1914
81
45%55%
Man of the match: Nuno Alexandre Mendes