Rio Ave 1-0 Sporting Braga: result and report

Rio Ave 1-0 Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal · Thursday 2 February 2017, 21:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Rio Ave defeated Sporting Braga 1-0 in Liga Portugal on Thursday 2 February 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Rafa Soares of Rio Ave in the 68th minute.

Discipline: Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 9th on 24 points from 18 and Sporting Braga 4th on 36 points from 18. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 7th with 49 points, and Sporting Braga 5th with 54.

Rio Ave lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting Braga in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Rafa Soares of Rio Ave (8.4), ahead of Roderick Miranda (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rio Ave wins, 3 draws and 5 for Sporting Braga.

Going into the match Rio Ave's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Sporting Braga's L-W-D-W-W.