Portuguese Primeira Liga

Braga vs Rio Ave, 2022-23 Portuguese Primeira Liga

· Portuguese Primeira Liga
Braga
  • 36': Bruma
  • 79': Simon Banza
FT
2 - 0
Rio Ave

    About

    Braga are hosting Rio Ave at Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga, Portugal, starting on . The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Attempt saved. Emmanuel Boateng (Rio Ave) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Fábio Ronaldo with a headed pass.
    • 4': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Matheus.
    • 7': Bruma (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Patrick William (Rio Ave).
    • 8': Foul by Andreas Samaris (Rio Ave).
    • 8': Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 8': Attempt saved. Iuri Medeiros (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 8': Attempt blocked. Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
    • 9': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Costinha.
    • 9': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Costinha.
    • 11': Attempt blocked. Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Iuri Medeiros.
    • 12': Attempt saved. Iuri Medeiros (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Horta.
    • 14': Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Foul by Josué Sá (Rio Ave).
    • 17': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Aderllan Santos.
    • 18': Attempt missed. Víctor Gómez (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Guga (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 22': Attempt missed. Iuri Medeiros (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ricardo Horta.
    • 25': Attempt saved. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Iuri Medeiros with a through ball.
    • 25': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Jhonatan.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Bruma (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by André Horta.
    • 26': Attempt saved. André Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Nuno Sequeira.
    • 28': Attempt saved. Guga (Rio Ave) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Miguel Baeza.
    • 28': Emmanuel Boateng (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Foul by Iuri Medeiros (Sporting Braga).
    • 35': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Josué Sá.
    • 36': Goal! Sporting Braga 1, Rio Ave 0. Bruma (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Iuri Medeiros.
    • 39': André Pereira (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 39': Foul by Serdar Saatçi (Sporting Braga).
    • 40': Attempt blocked. Andreas Samaris (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 41': Attempt blocked. André Pereira (Rio Ave) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emmanuel Boateng.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Miguel Baeza (Rio Ave) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 43': Attempt saved. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 44': Foul by Al Musrati (Sporting Braga).
    • 44': Guga (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 44': Al Musrati (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45': Attempt saved. Miguel Baeza (Rio Ave) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Sporting Braga 1, Rio Ave 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Sporting Braga 1, Rio Ave 0.
    • 48': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Patrick William.
    • 49': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Fábio Ronaldo.
    • 51': Foul by Andreas Samaris (Rio Ave).
    • 51': Nuno Sequeira (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Iuri Medeiros (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
    • 52': Offside, Sporting Braga. Al Musrati tries a through ball, but Bruma is caught offside.
    • 53': Attempt blocked. Emmanuel Boateng (Rio Ave) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Costinha with a cross.
    • 54': Attempt saved. Al Musrati (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ricardo Horta.
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Iuri Medeiros (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ricardo Horta.
    • 56': Attempt blocked. Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Al Musrati.
    • 57': Attempt blocked. Miguel Baeza (Rio Ave) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 57': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Vítor Tormena.
    • 58': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Matheus.
    • 65': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Pizzi replaces Bruma.
    • 66': Substitution, Rio Ave. Leonardo Ruiz replaces André Pereira.
    • 66': Substitution, Rio Ave. Amine Oudrhiri replaces Andreas Samaris.
    • 67': Emmanuel Boateng (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 67': Foul by Vítor Tormena (Sporting Braga).
    • 67': Foul by Leonardo Ruiz (Rio Ave).
    • 67': Serdar Saatçi (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Costinha (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Foul by Nuno Sequeira (Sporting Braga).
    • 71': Foul by Costinha (Rio Ave).
    • 71': Nuno Sequeira (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 72': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Simon Banza replaces Iuri Medeiros.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Simon Banza (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 73': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Patrick William.
    • 74': Attempt saved. Al Musrati (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by André Horta with a cross.
    • 74': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Patrick William.
    • 74': Attempt blocked. Al Musrati (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 77': Attempt saved. Simon Banza (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 77': Delay in match (Sporting Braga).
    • 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 79': Goal! Sporting Braga 2, Rio Ave 0. Simon Banza (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
    • 81': Substitution, Rio Ave. Sávio replaces Josué Sá.
    • 81': Substitution, Rio Ave. Ukra replaces Miguel Baeza.
    • 84': Foul by Pizzi (Sporting Braga).
    • 84': Guga (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 85': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Matheus.
    • 85': Attempt saved. Aderllan Santos (Rio Ave) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sávio with a cross.
    • 85': Foul by Emmanuel Boateng (Rio Ave).
    • 85': Matheus (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Castro replaces Al Musrati.
    • 86': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Rodrigo Gomes replaces Ricardo Horta.
    • 87': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Uros Racic replaces André Horta.
    • 89': Substitution, Rio Ave. Bruno Ventura replaces Guga.
    • 90': Costinha (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90': Foul by Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga).
    • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Nuno Sequeira (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Uros Racic.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Uros Racic (Sporting Braga).
    • 90'+3': Ukra (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Patrick William (Rio Ave).
    • 90'+3': Nuno Sequeira (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Rodrigo Gomes (Sporting Braga).
    • 90'+5': Sávio (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Sporting Braga 2, Rio Ave 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Sporting Braga 2, Rio Ave 0.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 9
    0 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 1
    4 Corner Kicks 9
    9 Saves 4
    35.5 Possession 64.5
    10 SHOTS 21
    4 ON GOAL 11
    0.4 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    251 Accurate Passes 534
    339 Passes 635
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 2
    18 Crosses 25
    0.2 Cross % 0.1
    52 Long Balls 61
    21 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
    5 Blocked Shots 7
    8 Effective Tackles 12
    17 Tackles 20
    0.5 Tackle % 0.6
    16 Interceptions 15
    36 Effective Clearances 11
    36 Clearances 11

    Game Information

    Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

    Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga
    Location: Braga, Portugal
    Attendance: 9,456

    Liga Portugal Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Sporting CP 23 +41 53
    2 Benfica 23 +35 53
    3 Braga 23 +19 47
    4 FC Porto 22 +28 46
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    BRAG Braga (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Matheus (GK)
    5 Serdar Saatci
    3 Vitor Tormena
    6 Nuno Sequeira
    2 Víctor Perea
    10 André Horta
    8 Al-Musrati Yellow Card
    27 Bruma
    45 Iuri Medeiros
    9 Abel Ruiz
    21 Ricardo Horta
    Braga Substitutes:
    Diogo Fonseca, Uros Racic, André Castro, Josafat Mendes, Cristian Borja, Pizzi, Rodrigo Gomes, Tiago Sá, Simon Banza.

    RIO Rio Ave (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    18 Jhonatan (GK)
    33 Aderlan Santos
    23 Josué
    4 Patrick
    15 Miguel Baeza
    6 Guga
    30 Andreas Samaris
    77 Fábio Ronaldo
    20 Costinha
    22 Emmanuel Boateng
    95 André Pereira
    Rio Ave Substitutes:
    Bruno Ventura, Amine Oudrhiri, Vítor Gomes, Paulo Vitor, Leonardo Ruiz, Ukra, Miguel Nóbrega, Magrão, Savio.

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