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Braga welcome Sporting CP to the Estádio Municipal de Braga today, Friday, October 9, for a Matchday 8 clash in the 2026/27 Portuguese Primeira Liga. The match kicks off at 8:15 p.m. Portugal time (7:15 p.m. UTC and 3:15 p.m. ET in the USA).
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Braga enter the match in sixth place with 11 points from six league games, and Sporting sit third with 15 points from seven matches.
The two teams have drawn their last three meetings, including a 2-2 result in Braga in March 2026. Sporting have not lost a league match away at Braga in their last six visits, but Carlos Vicens’ team will be confident of challenging the visitors after keeping clean sheets in their home matches this season.
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Braga vs. Sporting Predicted Lineups
Braga Starting XI
- Fontes
- Barišić, Carvalho, Bajrami
- Gómez, Tiknaz, Moutinho, Silva
- Horta, Milošević, Víctor
The hosts will miss defender Sikou Niakaté, who continues to recover from an Achilles tendon injury. Gustaf Lagerbielke is also a doubt after illness kept him out of Sweden’s recent matches.
Sporting Starting XI
- Silva
- Fresneda, Quaresma, Inácio, Dias
- Altimira, Doumbia
- Catamo, Gonçalves, Guilherme
- Ioannidis
Zeno Debast is suspended after his dismissal against Arouca, and Georgios Vagiannidis is a doubt after returning early from international duty with a muscular problem.
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How to Watch Braga vs. Sporting (TV Channels & Streaming)
- Portugal: Sport TV1, Sport TV Multiscreen
Europe
- Austria: Sportdigital FUSSBALL, Sportdigital FUSSBALL 2
- Belgium: DAZN Belgium
- Cyprus: Cytavision on the Go, Cytavision Sports 7
- Czech Republic: Kanal 1 Xtra
- France: beIN Sports MAX 9
- Germany: Sportdigital FUSSBALL, Sportdigital FUSSBALL 2
- Greece: MagentaSport 2
- Hungary: Sport 1 Hungary, Selekt
- Italy: DAZN Italia
- Lithuania: Sport1 Lithuania
- Netherlands: Ziggo Go, Ziggo Sport 2
- Poland: Polsat Sport 3, Polsat Box Go, Canal+, Eleven Sports 4 Poland
- Romania: Digi Sport 2 Romania
- Russia: Sportbox.ru, Матч! Футбол 3, matchtv.ru
- Spain: DAZN Spain
- Sweden: TV4 Play, TV4 Sportkanalen
- Switzerland: Sportdigital FUSSBALL, Sportdigital FUSSBALL 2
- Turkey: Digiturk Play, beIN Sports 3 Turkey
- Ukraine: Megogo, MEGOGO Football 2
Sub-Saharan Africa
- Angola, Cape Verde: Sport.TV África, ZAP
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya: Sporty TV App
- Mozambique: Sport.TV África, ZAP, Sporty TV App
- Nigeria, Rwanda: Sporty TV App
- South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda: Sporty TV App
Americas
- Argentina: DIRECTV Sports Argentina, DGO
- Brazil: ESPN4 Brazil, Disney+ Premium Brazil
- Chile: DIRECTV Sports Chile, DGO
- Colombia: DIRECTV Sports Colombia, DGO
- Costa Rica, Cuba: Claro Sports
- Ecuador: DIRECTV Sports Ecuador, DGO
- Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama: Claro Sports
- Peru: DIRECTV Sports Peru, DGO
- United States: beIN SPORTS, fuboTV, beIN SPORTS CONNECT
- Uruguay: DIRECTV Sports Uruguay, DGO
- Venezuela: DIRECTV Sports Venezuela, DGO, Inter
Asia-Pacific and Central Asia
- Japan: DAZN Japan
- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan: Q Football
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This story was originally published October 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM.