Rio Ave 2-1 Sporting Braga: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 2 March 2025
Result
Rio Ave 2-1 Sporting Braga
Liga Portugal · Sunday 2 March 2025, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Rio Ave 2-1 Sporting Braga: match report
Rio Ave won against Sporting Braga 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 2 March 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Clayton opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Rio Ave's goals came from Clayton (5') and Jonathan Panzo (70'). Sporting Braga scored through Fran Navarro (10').
Discipline: Rio Ave received 2 yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rio Ave were 12th on 26 points from 23 and Sporting Braga 4th on 47 points from 23. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 12th with 38 points, and Sporting Braga 4th with 66.
Rio Ave lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting Braga in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Clayton of Rio Ave (8.4), ahead of Brandon Aguilera (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rio Ave win, 2 draws and 7 for Sporting Braga.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Clayton
- 10'Goal · Fran Navarro
- 31'Yellow card · Demir Ege Tıknaz
- 36'Yellow card · Fran Navarro
- 54'Yellow card · João Moutinho
- 65'Yellow card · Ismaël Gharbi
- 70'Goal · Jonathan Panzo
- 78'Yellow card · Uros Racic
- 87'Yellow card · Martim Neto
- 90+2'Yellow card · Francisco Edgar Chissumba Rodrigues
Head-to-head
Team news
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Rio Ave line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cezary Miszta, Marios Vrousai, Andreas Ntoi, Jonathan Panzo, Nelson Abbey, Demir Ege Tıknaz, Brandon Aguilera, André Luiz, Ole Pohlmann, Kiko Bondoso, Clayton
Sporting Braga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lukas Hornicek, Víctor Gómez, Paulo Oliveira, Robson Bambu, Chissumba, Gorby, João Moutinho, Roger Fernandes, Ricardo Horta, Ismaël Gharbi, Fran Navarro