Rio Ave vs Braga, 2022-23 Portuguese Primeira Liga
· Portuguese Primeira LigaAbout
Rio Ave are hosting Braga
at Estádio do Rio Ave, Vila do Conde, Portugal, starting on
. The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Fabiano.
- 5': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Vítor Tormena.
- 5': Attempt missed. Joca (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Iuri Medeiros (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 8': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Aderllan Santos.
- 8': Attempt missed. Vítor Tormena (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by André Horta with a cross following a corner.
- 11': Attempt saved. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Iuri Medeiros.
- 11': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Jhonatan.
- 11': Goal! Rio Ave 0, Sporting Braga 1. Al Musrati (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ricardo Horta with a cross following a corner.
- 13': Attempt missed. Vítor Oliveira (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
- 16': Foul by Aderllan Santos (Rio Ave).
- 16': Simon Banza (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Attempt missed. Iuri Medeiros (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 18': Foul by Renato Pantalon (Rio Ave).
- 18': Vítor Oliveira (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 21': Offside, Sporting Braga. Bruno Rodrigues tries a through ball, but Nuno Sequeira is caught offside.
- 22': Aderllan Santos (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Foul by Simon Banza (Sporting Braga).
- 25': Attempt saved. Iuri Medeiros (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 25': Goal! Rio Ave 0, Sporting Braga 2. Iuri Medeiros (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
- 26': Attempt missed. Joca (Rio Ave) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Costinha.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Costinha (Rio Ave) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amine Oudrhiri.
- 28': Hand ball by Nuno Sequeira (Sporting Braga).
- 32': Foul by Costinha (Rio Ave).
- 32': Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Pedro Amaral (Rio Ave).
- 32': Iuri Medeiros (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Foul by Simon Banza (Sporting Braga).
- 33': Miguel Nóbrega (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Costinha (Rio Ave).
- 34': Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Iuri Medeiros (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ricardo Horta.
- 37': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Aderllan Santos.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Bruno Rodrigues (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Simon Banza.
- 37': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Costinha.
- 38': Attempt saved. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nuno Sequeira.
- 38': Foul by Vítor Oliveira (Sporting Braga).
- 38': Jhonatan (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Attempt missed. Simon Banza (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Fabiano with a cross.
- 42': Attempt saved. Guga (Rio Ave) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 43': Aziz Yakubu (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 43': Foul by Nuno Sequeira (Sporting Braga).
- 44': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Vítor Oliveira.
- 45': First Half ends, Rio Ave 0, Sporting Braga 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Rio Ave 0, Sporting Braga 2.
- 45': Substitution, Rio Ave. João Ferreira replaces Costinha.
- 45': Substitution, Rio Ave. Paulo Vitor replaces Renato Pantalon.
- 46': Offside, Rio Ave. João Ferreira tries a through ball, but Aziz Yakubu is caught offside.
- 47': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Miguel Nóbrega.
- 49': Offside, Rio Ave. Miguel Nóbrega tries a through ball, but Aziz Yakubu is caught offside.
- 50': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Vítor Tormena.
- 50': Attempt missed. Joca (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 50': Attempt missed. Paulo Vitor (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 52': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Pedro Amaral.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Aziz Yakubu (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Guga.
- 55': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Bruno Rodrigues.
- 58': Attempt saved. Aziz Yakubu (Rio Ave) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 58': Attempt saved. Iuri Medeiros (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Simon Banza.
- 59': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Uros Racic replaces André Horta.
- 59': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Álvaro Djaló replaces Vítor Oliveira.
- 59': Amine Oudrhiri (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Álvaro Djaló (Sporting Braga).
- 60': Foul by Miguel Nóbrega (Rio Ave).
- 60': Simon Banza (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 61': Foul by Miguel Nóbrega (Rio Ave).
- 61': Álvaro Djaló (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 62': Substitution, Rio Ave. Emmanuel Boateng replaces Fábio Ronaldo.
- 62': Substitution, Rio Ave. Miguel Baeza replaces Joca.
- 63': Attempt saved. Álvaro Djaló (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ricardo Horta.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Paulo Vitor (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Guga.
- 64': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Vítor Tormena.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Miguel Baeza (Rio Ave) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 64': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Uros Racic.
- 65': Attempt missed. Aderllan Santos (Rio Ave) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Guga with a cross following a corner.
- 66': Attempt missed. Paulo Vitor (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aziz Yakubu with a cross.
- 67': Foul by Álvaro Djaló (Sporting Braga).
- 67': Pedro Amaral (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Álvaro Djaló.
- 67': Foul by Fabiano (Sporting Braga).
- 67': Paulo Vitor (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 67': Fabiano (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 69': Goal! Rio Ave 0, Sporting Braga 3. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Álvaro Djaló.
- 71': Attempt saved. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Iuri Medeiros.
- 71': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Jhonatan.
- 72': Foul by Aziz Yakubu (Rio Ave).
- 72': Uros Racic (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 72': Attempt missed. Vítor Tormena (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Nuno Sequeira following a set piece situation.
- 74': Attempt saved. Simon Banza (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ricardo Horta.
- 75': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Abel Ruiz replaces Simon Banza.
- 76': Foul by Álvaro Djaló (Sporting Braga).
- 76': Miguel Nóbrega (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Aderllan Santos (Rio Ave).
- 79': Álvaro Djaló (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Substitution, Rio Ave. Vítor Gomes replaces Amine Oudrhiri.
- 81': Attempt missed. Aziz Yakubu (Rio Ave) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Emmanuel Boateng with a headed pass.
- 81': Goal! Rio Ave 1, Sporting Braga 3. Emmanuel Boateng (Rio Ave) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aziz Yakubu.
- 83': Foul by Guga (Rio Ave).
- 83': Iuri Medeiros (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 83': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Cristián Borja replaces Nuno Sequeira.
- 83': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Castro replaces Iuri Medeiros.
- 85': Attempt missed. Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Uros Racic.
- 87': Attempt missed. Álvaro Djaló (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Uros Racic with a cross.
- 87': Goal! Rio Ave 2, Sporting Braga 3. Aziz Yakubu (Rio Ave) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paulo Vitor with a through ball.
- 90': Attempt saved. Emmanuel Boateng (Rio Ave) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Guga.
- 90'+1': Foul by João Ferreira (Rio Ave).
- 90'+1': Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+1': João Ferreira (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Uros Racic (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
- 90'+4': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Vítor Gomes.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Uros Racic (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ricardo Horta.
- 90'+4': Offside, Sporting Braga. Uros Racic tries a through ball, but Abel Ruiz is caught offside.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Aziz Yakubu (Rio Ave) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Paulo Vitor with a cross.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Rio Ave 2, Sporting Braga 3.
- 0': Match ends, Rio Ave 2, Sporting Braga 3.
Statistics
 BRAG |
RIO |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 11 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 3 | Saves | 8 |
| 51.1 | Possession | 48.9 |
| 24 | SHOTS | 17 |
| 11 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 375 | Accurate Passes | 333 |
| 448 | Passes | 420 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 7 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 16 | Crosses | 20 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 67 | Long Balls | 56 |
| 34 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 17 | Tackles | 10 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 24 | Effective Clearances | 19 |
| 24 | Clearances | 19 |
Game Information
Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga
Venue: Estádio do Rio Ave
Location: Vila do Conde, Portugal
Attendance: 3,071
Venue: Estádio do Rio Ave
Location: Vila do Conde, Portugal
Attendance: 3,071
Liga Portugal Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting CP | 11 | +34 | 33 |
| 2 | FC Porto | 11 | +20 | 27 |
| 3 | Benfica | 10 | +21 | 25 |
| 4 | Santa Clara | 11 | +2 | 21 |
Line-Ups
Rio Ave (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 18 | Jhonatan (GK) |
| 33 | Aderlan Santos |
| 3 | Miguel Nóbrega |
| 42 | Renato Pantalon |
| 6 | Guga |
| 14 | Joca |
| 10 | Amine Oudrhiri |
| 24 | Pedro Amaral |
| 20 | Costinha |
| 77 | Fábio Ronaldo |
| 19 | Abdul-Aziz Yakubu |
Braga (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Matheus (GK) |
| 24 | Bruno Rodrigues |
| 3 | Vitor Tormena |
| 6 | Nuno Sequeira |
| 70 | Fabiano  |
| 10 | André Horta |
| 8 | Al-Musrati |
| 21 | Ricardo Horta |
| 45 | Iuri Medeiros |
| 99 | Vitinha |
| 23 | Simon Banza |
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