Porto would be using their usual 4-4-2 formation and the players in the starting line for the match against FC Braga were as follows;
GK: Augustin Marchesin,
LB: Zaidu Sanusi,
CBs: Pepe, Ivan Marcano,
RB: Wilson Manafa,
CMFs: Mattheus Uribe, Otavio,
LMF: Luis Diaz,
RMF: Fabio Viera,
CFs: Moussa Marega, Sergio Oliveira.
Porto and Braga's first game of the 2020/21 Liga NOS kicked off with a sharp blast of the referee's whistle at 9:00 pm sharp and the game took off.
With both sides being relatively well matched, the first few minutes of the game were spent testing each other, but by the fifth minute, the ball had begun flying from one corner of the field to the other with both teams already looking to get the game to a quick start.