Sporting Braga 2-1 Rio Ave: result and report

Sporting Braga 2-1 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Saturday 7 October 2023, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sporting Braga won against Rio Ave 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 7 October 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Leonardo Ruiz opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Sporting Braga's goals came from Simon Banza (90+1') and Abel Ruiz (90+6'). Rio Ave scored through Leonardo Ruiz (5').

Discipline: Sporting Braga received 1 yellow card; Rio Ave received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting Braga were 5th on 13 points from 7 and Rio Ave 17th on 5 points from 7. Sporting Braga went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Rio Ave 11th with 37.

Sporting Braga lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rio Ave in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Rodrigo Zalazar of Sporting Braga (8.7), level with Roger Fernandes (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Sporting Braga wins, 2 draws and 2 for Rio Ave.