Sporting Braga 3-0 Rio Ave: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 8 February 2026

Result

Sporting Braga 3-0 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Sunday 8 February 2026, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Sporting Braga · Rio Ave · Liga Portugal predictions

Sporting Braga 3-0 Rio Ave: match report

Sporting Braga beat Rio Ave 3-0 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 8 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Florian Grillitsch opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Sporting Braga's goals came from Florian Grillitsch (4'), Ricardo Horta (73') and Ricardo Horta (90+3'). Rio Ave did not score.

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

Going into the game Sporting Braga were 5th on 36 points from 20 and Rio Ave 14th on 20 points from 20. Sporting Braga went on to finish that season 4th with 59 points, and Rio Ave 13th with 36.

Sporting Braga lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Rio Ave in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ricardo Horta of Sporting Braga (9.5), ahead of Florian Grillitsch (8.9).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Florian GrillitschSporting Braga · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Gustavo ManchaRio Ave
  • 45'Yellow cardRio Ave
  • 73'Goal · Ricardo HortaSporting Braga · 2-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Leonardo LeloSporting Braga
  • 90+3'Goal · Ricardo HortaSporting Braga · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sporting Braga 5, draws 3, Rio Ave 2.

Team news

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Sporting Braga line-up (3-4-2-1)

Lukas Hornicek, Adrian Barisic, Gustaf Lagerbielke, Bright Arrey-Mbi, Víctor Gómez, Florian Grillitsch, João Moutinho, Gabri Martínez, Rodrigo Zalazar, Ricardo Horta, Pau Víctor

Rio Ave line-up (3-4-2-1)

Ennio Van Der Gouw, Jakub Brabec, Gustavo Mancha, Nelson Abbey, Marios Vrousai, Tamás Nikitscher, Georgios Liavas, Omar Richards, Diogo Bezerra, Antonis Papakanellos, Tamble Monteiro