Portuguese Primeira Liga

Braga vs Rio Ave, 2023-24 Portuguese Primeira Liga

· Portuguese Primeira Liga
Braga
  • 90'+1': Simon Banza
  • 90'+6': Abel Ruiz
FT
2 - 1
Rio Ave
  • 5': Leonardo Ruiz

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.
  • 1': Foul by Serdar Saatçi (Sporting Braga).
  • 1': Leonardo Ruiz (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 2': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Simon Banza.
  • 3': Attempt saved. Aderllan Santos (Rio Ave) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruno Ventura with a cross.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Costinha (Rio Ave) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
  • 4': Foul by Álvaro Djaló (Sporting Braga).
  • 4': Fábio Ronaldo (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Goal! Sporting Braga 0, Rio Ave 1. Leonardo Ruiz (Rio Ave) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Costinha.
  • 7': Foul by João Graça (Rio Ave).
  • 7': Simon Banza (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 10': Attempt saved. Bruma (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro Djaló.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Álvaro Djaló (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Mendes.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Adrián Marín (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 13': Foul by Josué Sá (Rio Ave).
  • 13': Simon Banza (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 14': Foul by Leonardo Ruiz (Rio Ave).
  • 14': Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by Miguel Nóbrega (Rio Ave).
  • 15': Álvaro Djaló (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 15': Attempt saved. Al Musrati (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rodrigo Zalazar with a cross.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Bruma (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Rodrigo Zalazar with a cross.
  • 17': Costinha (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Foul by Bruma (Sporting Braga).
  • 17': Attempt missed. Leonardo Ruiz (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 19': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Costinha.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Álvaro Djaló (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Al Musrati following a corner.
  • 20': Foul by João Graça (Rio Ave).
  • 20': Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Bruma (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pizzi.
  • 20': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Aderllan Santos.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Al Musrati (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross following a corner.
  • 22': Foul by Josué Sá (Rio Ave).
  • 22': Simon Banza (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Delay in match because of an injury Simon Banza (Sporting Braga).
  • 24': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Pizzi (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Simon Banza.
  • 28': Attempt missed. João Graça (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Miguel Nóbrega (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 29': Foul by Miguel Nóbrega (Rio Ave).
  • 29': Pizzi (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Fábio Ronaldo (Rio Ave).
  • 30': Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 32': Offside, Rio Ave. Fábio Ronaldo tries a through ball, but Leonardo Ruiz is caught offside.
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Álvaro Djaló (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Al Musrati.
  • 39': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Miguel Nóbrega.
  • 40': Delay in match because of an injury Zé Manuel (Rio Ave).
  • 40': Serdar Saatçi (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 42': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Amine Oudrhiri.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Costinha (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amine Oudrhiri.
  • 45'+4': Costinha (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+4': Foul by Adrián Marín (Sporting Braga).
  • 45'+4': Delay in match because of an injury Costinha (Rio Ave).
  • 45'+5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45'+6': First Half ends, Sporting Braga 0, Rio Ave 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Sporting Braga 0, Rio Ave 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Abel Ruiz replaces Pizzi.
  • 45': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Cristián Borja replaces Adrián Marín.
  • 47': Foul by Al Musrati (Sporting Braga).
  • 47': Fábio Ronaldo (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Álvaro Djaló with a cross.
  • 48': Foul by Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting Braga).
  • 48': Zé Manuel (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Leonardo Ruiz (Rio Ave) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Fábio Ronaldo.
  • 52': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Aderllan Santos.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Serdar Saatçi.
  • 53': Offside, Sporting Braga. Rodrigo Zalazar tries a through ball, but Simon Banza is caught offside.
  • 54': Attempt missed. João Graça (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Bruno Ventura.
  • 55': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Josué Sá.
  • 58': Cristián Borja (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Foul by Zé Manuel (Rio Ave).
  • 58': Delay in match because of an injury Zé Manuel (Rio Ave).
  • 59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 60': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Leonardo Ruiz.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Bruma (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Álvaro Djaló.
  • 61': Offside, Sporting Braga. Bruma tries a through ball, but Álvaro Djaló is caught offside.
  • 62': Substitution, Rio Ave. Ukra replaces Zé Manuel because of an injury.
  • 62': Foul by Miguel Nóbrega (Rio Ave).
  • 62': Simon Banza (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 63': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Amine Oudrhiri.
  • 63': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Roger Fernandes replaces Joe Mendes.
  • 64': Attempt saved. Serdar Saatçi (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rodrigo Zalazar with a cross.
  • 66': Attempt blocked. Roger Fernandes (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrigo Zalazar.
  • 66': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Miguel Nóbrega.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Serdar Saatçi (Sporting Braga) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rodrigo Zalazar with a cross following a corner.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting Braga) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cristián Borja with a cross.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Al Musrati (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 71': Attempt blocked. Bruma (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Abel Ruiz.
  • 71': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Costinha.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Bruma (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner following a corner.
  • 72': Substitution, Rio Ave. Hernâni replaces Leonardo Ruiz.
  • 72': Substitution, Rio Ave. Vítor Gomes replaces João Graça.
  • 72': Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Foul by Vítor Gomes (Rio Ave).
  • 73': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Fábio Ronaldo.
  • 74': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Costinha.
  • 74': Jhonatan (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card.
  • 74': Attempt missed. Bruma (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Roger Fernandes with a cross.
  • 77': Offside, Rio Ave. Josué Sá tries a through ball, but Costinha is caught offside.
  • 78': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Fábio Ronaldo (Rio Ave) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 79': VAR Decision: No Goal Sporting Braga 0-1 Rio Ave.
  • 80': Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 80': Foul by Vítor Gomes (Rio Ave).
  • 80': Vítor Gomes (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 81': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Rony Lopes replaces Álvaro Djaló.
  • 81': Substitution, Sporting Braga. João Moutinho replaces Rodrigo Zalazar.
  • 81': Attempt saved. Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 82': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Fábio Ronaldo.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Serdar Saatçi (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rony Lopes with a cross following a corner.
  • 84': Delay in match because of an injury Fábio Ronaldo (Rio Ave).
  • 84': Substitution, Rio Ave. Sávio replaces Fábio Ronaldo.
  • 84': Substitution, Rio Ave. Patrick William replaces Josué Sá.
  • 85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 87': Attempt saved. Roger Fernandes (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Serdar Saatçi.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Roger Fernandes (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by João Moutinho.
  • 88': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Aderllan Santos.
  • 89': Attempt blocked. José Fonte (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 90': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Vítor Gomes.
  • 90'+1': Goal! Sporting Braga 1, Rio Ave 1. Simon Banza (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roger Fernandes with a cross.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Serdar Saatçi (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Cristián Borja.
  • 90'+5': Corner, Sporting Braga. Conceded by Jhonatan.
  • 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Bruma (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 90'+5': Attempt saved. Rony Lopes (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roger Fernandes.
  • 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 90'+6': Goal! Sporting Braga 2, Rio Ave 1. Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Roger Fernandes with a cross.
  • 90'+8': Foul by Cristián Borja (Sporting Braga).
  • 90'+8': Ukra (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+10': Second Half ends, Sporting Braga 2, Rio Ave 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Sporting Braga 2, Rio Ave 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Sporting Braga 2, Rio Ave 1.

Statistics

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12 Fouls 7
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
1 Corner Kicks 16
7 Saves 1
28.2 Possession 71.8
9 SHOTS 33
2 ON GOAL 9
0.2 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
172 Accurate Passes 546
264 Passes 641
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 14
6 Crosses 43
0.2 Cross % 0.3
73 Long Balls 74
21 Accurate Long Balls 45
0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 13
10 Effective Tackles 4
17 Tackles 9
0.6 Tackle % 0.4
11 Interceptions 7
45 Effective Clearances 3
45 Clearances 3

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio Municipal de Braga
Location: Braga, Portugal
Attendance: 16,093

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 (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Matheus (GK)
5 Serdar Saatci Yellow Card
6 José Fonte
19 Adrián Marín
17 Josafat Mendes
22 Pizzi
8 Al-Musrati
16 Rodrigo Zalazar
23 Simon Banza
7 Bruma
14 Álvaro Djaló
Braga Substitutes:
Carvalho, Rony Lopes, Abel Ruiz, João Moutinho, Roger Fernandes, Lukas Hornicek, Sikou Niakate, André Castro, Cristian Borja.

RIO Rio Ave (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
18 Jhonatan (GK) Yellow Card
33 Aderlan Santos
3 Miguel Nóbrega
23 Josué
10 Amine Oudrhiri
21 Joao Graça
77 Fábio Ronaldo
20 Costinha
9 Leonardo Ruiz
11 Bruno Ventura
70 Zé Manuel
Rio Ave Substitutes:
Nuno Namora, André Pereira, Ukra, Julien Lomboto, Hernâni , Magrão, Vítor Gomes, Patrick, Savio.

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