Sporting Braga 1-0 Dinamo Minsk: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings
Europa Conference League · Thursday 6 August 2026 · Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga · referee C. Ciochirca · full time
Full time: Sporting Braga 1-0 Dinamo Minsk
Sporting Braga beat Dinamo Minsk 1-0 in Europa Conference League on Thursday 6 August 2026 at Estádio Municipal de Braga. The goals: Ricardo Horta 45'.
How Sporting Braga won it
Ricardo Horta put Sporting Braga ahead in the 45th minute from the penalty spot.
It was 1-0 at half-time, and nothing changed after the break.
The referee, C. Ciochirca, showed 3 yellow cards: 0 to Sporting Braga and 3 to Dinamo Minsk.
Sporting Braga: C. Vicens, 4-3-3 · Dinamo Minsk: A. Shagojko, 4-3-3.
Moneyball's prediction against the result
Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.
Why it went this way
Sporting Braga had 3 shots on target, Dinamo Minsk 1.
Sporting Braga had 73% of the ball and turned it into the win.
Where the two sides stood before this match
Sporting Braga came into it with 6 Europa Conference League matches played, scoring 1.3 and conceding 0.0 a match, with 0.59 expected goals for and – against, and had won 67% of their matches.
Dinamo Minsk came into it with 6 Europa Conference League matches played, scoring 0.8 and conceding 0.8 a match, and had won 33% of their matches.
Sporting Braga vs Dinamo Minsk: the match in numbers
| Sporting Braga | Match statistics | Dinamo Minsk |
|---|---|---|
| 73% | Ball possession | 27% |
| 10 | Total shots | 4 |
| 3 | Shots on target | 1 |
| 10 | Corners | 1 |
| 10 | Fouls | 12 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 3 |
Team statistics from Sportmonks.
Player ratings and man of the match
Man of the match: Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga), rated 6.7 by Sportmonks.
Sporting Braga
- Ricardo Horta 6.7
- Víctor Gómez 6.5
- Vítor Carvalho 6.5
- Diogo Travassos 6.5
- João Moutinho 6.5
Dinamo Minsk
- Gulzhigit Alykulov 6.5
- Artem Sokolovskiy 6.5
- Karen Vardanyan 6.5
- Moustapha Djimet 6.5
- Leonard Gweth 6.5
The lowest-rated starter was Ivan Shimakovich at 6.1. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.
What comes next
- Sporting Braga: FC København vs Sporting Braga Thursday 15 October 2026 · Europa Conference League
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Questions about Sporting Braga vs Dinamo Minsk
What was the score in Sporting Braga vs Dinamo Minsk?
Sporting Braga 1-0 Dinamo Minsk (half-time 1-0), Europa Conference League, Thursday 6 August 2026.
Who scored in Sporting Braga vs Dinamo Minsk?
Ricardo Horta 45'.
Did Moneyball predict Sporting Braga vs Dinamo Minsk correctly?
Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.
Who was man of the match in Sporting Braga vs Dinamo Minsk?
Ricardo Horta, rated 6.7 by Sportmonks.
Who refereed Sporting Braga vs Dinamo Minsk?
C. Ciochirca.
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