Football News : Defending champions Sporting CP beat Sporting Braga 2-1 despite red card

Defending champions Sporting CP continued their perfect start of the Primeira Liga campaign with a 2-0 victory at Sporting Braga on Saturday despite playing the last 17 minutes with 10 men following Matheus Reis' red card. Jovane Cabral at the end of the first half and Pote five minutes into the second brought Ruben Amorim's side 2-0 up, with Abel Ruiz finding the net for the home team after Reis was sent off.