Rio Ave 2-3 Sporting Braga: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 11 September 2022

Result

Rio Ave 2-3 Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal · Sunday 11 September 2022, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Rio Ave 2-3 Sporting Braga: match report

Rio Ave were beaten by Sporting Braga 2-3 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 11 September 2022. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Al Musrati opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Rio Ave's goals came from Emmanuel Boateng (81') and Aziz (87'). Sporting Braga scored through Al Musrati (11'), Iuri Medeiros (25') and Ricardo Horta (69').

Discipline: Rio Ave received 1 yellow card; Sporting Braga received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 14th on 5 points from 5 and Sporting Braga 3rd on 13 points from 5. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 12th with 40 points, and Sporting Braga 3rd with 78.

Rio Ave lined up in a 3-5-2 and Sporting Braga in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aziz Yakubu of Rio Ave (8.9), ahead of Ricardo Horta (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Rio Ave wins, 3 draws and 4 for Sporting Braga.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Al MusratiSporting Braga · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Iuri MedeirosSporting Braga · 0-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Fabiano SilvaSporting Braga
  • 69'Goal · Ricardo HortaSporting Braga · 0-3
  • 81'Goal · Emmanuel BoatengRio Ave · 1-3
  • 87'Goal · AzizRio Ave · 2-3
  • 90+1'Yellow card · João FerreiraRio Ave

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rio Ave 3, draws 3, Sporting Braga 4.

Team news

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Rio Ave line-up (3-5-2)

Jhonatan, Renato Pantalon, Aderllan Santos, Miguel Nóbrega, Costinha, Joca, Amine Oudrhiri, Guga, Pedro Amaral, Aziz Yakubu, Fábio Ronaldo

Sporting Braga line-up (4-4-2)

Matheus, Fabiano Josué de Souza Silva, Vítor Tormena, Bruno Rodrigues, Nuno Sequeira, Iuri Medeiros, Moatasem Al-Musrati, André Horta, Ricardo Horta, Simon Banza, Vitinha