PONTA DELGADA, Portugal (Interstat) — Gabriel Vieira scored one goal and assisted another Sunday as Santa Clara defeated Sporting Braga 2-1 at Estádio de São Miguel in a Primeira Liga match.

Rodrigo Zalazar opened the scoring in the 30th minute for the home side. Gonçalo Paciência equalized for Braga in the 71st minute before Vieira netted the winner in the 83rd minute off an assist from José Tavares. Vieira earlier had set up Zalazar’s goal. Substitutes Amine El Ouazzani and Demir Ege Tıknaz also recorded assists.

Yellow cards were issued to Gustavo Klismahn, Tıknaz, Vieira, El Ouazzani, Sidney, Paulo Oliveira, Jean Gorby and Tavares.

Santa Clara improved to 7-15-5 in league play and 10-18-11 overall. Sporting Braga fell to 15-6-7 in the competition and 33-16-16 across all competitions. The teams had last met Dec. 15, 2025, with Braga winning 1-0.