VILA DO CONDE. Sporting Braga prevailed over Rio Ave.

The match was played at the Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube stadium in Vila do Conde on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Luis Miguel Branco Godinho with the collaboration of Rui Teixeira and Pedro Mota. The 4th official was Pedro Miguel Torres Ramalho. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.8 degrees Celsius or 71.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Rio Ave

2 - 3

Sporting Braga

  • 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
  • 16 Total 23
  • 5 On Target 10
  • 11 Off Target 13
  • 4 Shots blocked 4
  • 124 Attack 104
  • 47 Dangerous attack 32
  • 90 Ball safe 98
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 8
  • 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 11 Total 9
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Rio Ave was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Sporting Braga that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rio Ave was putting more pressure with 47 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Sporting Braga managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Rio Ave shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sporting Braga shot 23 times, 10 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Rio Ave received 1 yellow card (J. Ferreira). On the opposite side, Sporting Braga received 1 yellow card (Fabiano Silva).

Match Timeline

11'
25'
46'
46'
59'
Álvaro Djaló- sub ->Vítor Oliveira
59'
62'
Emmanuel Boateng- sub ->Fábio Conceição
62'
67'
69'
Ricardo Horta (goal)A. Djalo
75'
Abel Ruiz- sub ->S. Banza
Vítor Gomes - sub ->A. Oudrhiri
79'
Emmanuel Boateng(goal)Aziz
81'
83'
Cristián Borja- sub ->Sequeira
83'
Aziz(goal)V. Paulo
87'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Benfica
87
34
Porto
85
34
Sporting Braga
78
34
Sporting CP
74
34
Arouca
54
34
Vitória SC
53
34
Chaves
46
34
Famalicão
44
34
Boavista
44
34
Casa Pia
41
34
Vizela
40
34
Rio Ave
40
34
Gil Vicente
37
34
Estoril
35
34
Portimonense
34
34
Marítimo
26
34
Paços de Ferreira
23
34
Santa Clara
22
34

After playing this match, Rio Ave will stay with 5 points like Vizela to remain in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Sporting Braga will have 16 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Rio Ave will play away with Gil Vicente on the 17th of September with a 8-5 head to head stats in favor of Rio Ave (4 draws).

Sporting Braga will host Vizela on the 18th of September with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Sporting Braga (0 draws).

Rio Ave – Formation

Rio Ave
G
Jhonatan 18.Brazil
7.8
D
Aderllan Santos 33.Brazil
7.2
D
Renato Pantalon 42.Croatia
6.6
46'
D
Miguel Nóbrega 3.Portugal
6.2
M
Pedro Amaral 24.Portugal
6.8
M
Costinha 20.Portugal
6.1
46'
M
Amine 10.France
6.6
79'
M
Guga 6.Portugal
7.0
M
Joca 14.Portugal
6.6
62'
F
Aziz 19.Ghana
8.8
87'
F
Fábio Ronaldo 77.Portugal
6.4
62'
Substitutes
G
Magrão 1.Brazil
D
Patrick William 4.Brazil
D
João Ferreira 13.Portugal
6.4
46' 90'
M
Vítor Gomes 8.Portugal
7.0
79'
M
Paulo Vitor 93.Brazil
7.3
46'
M
Miguel Baeza 15.Spain
6.4
62'
F
Ukra 17.Portugal
F
Emmanuel Boateng 22.Ghana
7.1
62' 81'
F
Leonardo Ruiz 9.Colombia

Rio Ave started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Luís Carlos Batalha Freire decided to play with the following team: Jhonatan (7.8), Renato Pantalon (6.6), Aderllan Santos (7.2), Miguel Nóbrega (6.2), Costinha (6.1), Joca Fernandes (6.6), Amine Oudrhiri (6.6), Gonçalo Rodrigues (7.0), Pedro Amaral (6.8), Aziz (8.8) and Fábio Ronaldo (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Ukra, Emmanuel Boateng (7.1), Leonardo Ruiz, Patrick William, Magrão, Vítor Gomes (6.8), João Ferreira (6.4), Paulo Vitor (7.3) and Miguel Baeza (6.4).

Substitutions

Rio Ave made 5 changes: Costinha for J. Ferreira (46′), R. Pantalon for V. Paulo (46′), Fabio Ronaldo for E. Boateng (62′), Joca for M. Baeza (62′) and A. Oudrhiri for V. Gomes (79′).

Best player: Aziz​

The most impressive player for Rio Ave was Aziz.

His rating is (8.8) with 1 goal, 23 passes (69% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Sporting Braga – Formation

Sporting Braga
G
Matheus 1.Brazil
6.4
D
Nuno Sequeira 6.Portugal
6.7
83'
D
Vítor Tormena 3.Brazil
6.8
D
Fabiano 70.Brazil
6.8
67'
D
Bruno Rodrigues 24.Portugal
6.4
M
Al-Musrati 8.Libya
7.4
11'
M
André Horta 10.Portugal
7.0
59'
M
Iuri Medeiros 45.Portugal
7.9
83' 25'
M
Ricardo Horta 21.Portugal
8.6
69'
F
Simon Banza 23.France
6.3
75'
F
Vitinha 99.Portugal
7.1
59'
Substitutes
G
Tiago Sá 12.Portugal
D
Paulo Oliveira 15.Portugal
D
Cristián Borja 26.Colombia
6.1
83'
M
Castro 88.Portugal
6.5
83'
M
Uroš Račić 19.Serbia
7.1
59'
F
Rodrigo Gomes 7.Portugal
F
D. Lainez 18.Mexico
F
Álvaro Djaló 14.Spain
7.6
59'
F
Abel Ruiz 9.Spain
6.7
75'

Sporting Braga started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Artur Jorge Torres Gomes Araújo Amorim played with: Matheus (6.4), Fabiano Silva (6.8), Vítor Tormena (6.8), Bruno Rodrigues (6.4), Nuno Sequeira (6.7), Iuri Medeiros (7.9), Mutassim Al Musrati (7.4), André Horta (7.0), Ricardo Horta (8.6), Simon Banza (6.3) and Vitinha (7.1).

They had on the bench: Rodrigo Gomes, Diego Lainez, Paulo Oliveira, Cristian Borja (6.1), André Castro (6.5), Álvaro Djaló, Tiago Sá, Abel Ruíz (6.7) and Uroš Račić (7.1).

Substitutions

Sporting Braga made 5 changes: Vitinha for A. Djalo (59′), A. Horta for U. Racic (59′), S. Banza for A. Ruiz (75′), Sequeira for C. Borja (83′) and I. Medeiros for A. Castro (83′).

Best player: Ricardo Horta​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting Braga was Ricardo Horta.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 36 passes (80% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.​