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SC Braga and Santa Clara bring a Primeira Liga matchup that favours Braga, though Santa Clara have shown they can change the balance. Santa Clara won 2–1 at home on 26 April 2026, while Braga won 1–0 at home on 15 December 2025 and 2–0 away on 22 December 2024. A 5–0 Taça da Liga Braga victory on 29 October 2025 adds a different competition counterpoint.
Past matches, SC Braga vs Santa Clara
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Santa Clara
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73F
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18F
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12G
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22M
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11F
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25F
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80F
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19D
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7F
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17M
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41M
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3D
SC Braga Substitutes
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G
78
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M
23
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M
16
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D
7
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F
9
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F
19
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M
50
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F
11
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M
34
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M
20
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D
22
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D
26
Match events
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29'Tiago Ribeiro Yellow Card
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36'Adrian Bajrami Yellow Card
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55'Gabriel Silva Gabriel Martínez Aguilera
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55'Denis Huseinbasic Jovan Milosevic
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56'João Moutinho Yellow Card
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63'Dani Borges Tiago Ribeiro
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65'Sergio Barcia Adrian Barisic
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65'Demir Ege Tıknaz João Moutinho
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69'Lucas Soares Yellow Card
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71'Welinton Torrão Brenner Lucas Goncalves Santos
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71'Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira Gonçalo Paciência
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73'Lucas França Yellow Card
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77'Dani Borges Yellow Card
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81'Jean-Baptiste Gorby Yellow Card
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85'Tommy Marqués Ricardo Horta
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90' +2Joao Vasconcelos Vinicius lopes
Stats for this game
Matchup SC Braga VS Santa Clara
SC Braga carry the wider advantage
SC Braga’s broader position is supported by wins in both venues. Braga won 1–0 at home on 15 December 2025 and 2–0 at Santa Clara on 22 December 2024, while a 5–0 Taça da Liga victory at home on 29 October 2025 shows a more emphatic cup margin. These results give Braga the stronger overall profile without making every meeting follow the same shape.
Santa Clara keep a direct answer
Santa Clara’s 2–1 home win over Braga on 26 April 2026 is the clearest counterweight. It shows that Santa Clara can overturn the broader hierarchy on their own ground, even when Braga carry the greater weight across the pairing. The different competition contexts also add nuance: the league balance and the cup result should be read separately. That keeps Santa Clara within reach. Future meetings will ask whether Santa Clara can repeat that challenge or Braga can restore separation.