Santa Clara rally late to floor fourth-placed Braga

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·26 April 2026

Santa Clara beat fourth-placed Braga 2-1 at Estádio de São Miguel to stay 13th in Liga Portugal.

Rodrigo Zalazar opened the scoring in the 30th minute, steering into the bottom left after a pass by Luís Pinto.

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Tiago Sá tipped over a Sidney Lima header (41.) as Braga protected their lead.

Welinton headed over soon after coming on (66.), but the hosts levelled when Gonçalo Paciência swept in Frederico Venâncio's pass (71.).

Gabriel Silva settled it with a driven strike from outside the box (83.).

Santa Clara registered 14 attempts from 37.2% possession. Braga managed three attempts despite seeing 62.8% of the ball.

Next, Santa Clara visit Arouca. Braga host SC Freiburg in the Europa League next.