Match Report
| Rio Ave | Rio Ave |  |  | Sporting Braga | Sporting Braga | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diogo Santos | D. Santos |  | 65 | G |  | 1 | | G | 58 | | Andre Barros | A. Barros | |||||||||
| Riccardo Cassetti | R. Cassetti |  | 66 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 67 | | Vasco Postiga | V. Postiga | |||||||||
| Matthieu Queudrue | M. Queudrue |  | 65 | D | | 3 | | D | 65 | | Pedro Pinto | P. Pinto | |||||||||
| Joao Reis | J. Reis | | 64 | D | | 4 | | D | 53 |  | Patricio Campos | P. Campos | |||||||||
| Bakary Breitner | B. Breitner |  | 66 | M | | 5 | | D | 48 | | Francisco Monteiro | F. Monteiro | |||||||||
| Daniel Campos | D. Campos | | 65 | M | | 6 | | M | 67 | | Ronan Mary | R. Mary | |||||||||
| Cristiano Bento | C. Bento | | 62 | M | | 7 | | M | 63 | | Francisco Veloso | F. Veloso | |||||||||
| Gaspar Monteiro | G. Monteiro | | 60 | M | | 8 | | M | 61 |  | Alje Hersi | A. Hersi | |||||||||
| Gaetano Atzori | G. Atzori | | 74 | A | | 9 | | M | 59 | | Cedric Modeste | C. Modeste | |||||||||
| Frederico Moreira | F. Moreira | | 62 | A | | 10 | | A | 61 | | Guido Rimondini | G. Rimondini | |||||||||
| Rui Ferreira | R. Ferreira | | 56 | A | | 11 | | A | 56 | | Alexandre Neves | A. Neves | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Estádio dos Arcos where Rio Ave play host to Sporting Braga. A crowd of 9,070 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Rio Ave are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Sporting Braga appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
Rio Ave are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Sporting Braga appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0Sporting Braga kick off the first half!
3.22
0-0Gaspar Monteiro advances with the ball. Gaspar Monteiro finds some space and shoots from distance but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
4.21
0-0Cristiano Bento makes a simple pass to Rui Ferreira. Rui Ferreira threads the ball through to Frederico Moreira but he's offside!
6.38
Alje Hersi makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Guido Rimondini. Guido Rimondini lofts in a cross ball towards Alexandre Neves. Alexandre Neves is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
9.02
Cedric Modeste flicks the ball to his team mate, Alexandre Neves. Alexandre Neves shoots from distance but it curls horrendously wide!
10.22
Matthieu Queudrue knocks the ball forward to Cristiano Bento. Cristiano Bento makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Frederico Moreira. Frederico Moreira deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Gaetano Atzori but the linesman indicates offside!
12.20
Gaspar Monteiro flicks the ball to his team mate, Frederico Moreira. Frederico Moreira goes all the way! Frederico Moreira shows great control and tries a shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
14.38
Daniel Campos chips the ball to his team mate, Gaetano Atzori. Gaetano Atzori knocks in a cross ball towards Rui Ferreira. Rui Ferreira is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
18.27
Daniel Campos brings the ball forward. Daniel Campos chips the ball to his team mate, Frederico Moreira. Frederico Moreira makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
22.47
Matthieu Queudrue makes a probing pass to Bakary Breitner. Bakary Breitner makes a beautiful solo run. Bakary Breitner makes a probing pass to Gaetano Atzori but he's offside!
24.36
0-0Guido Rimondini clumsily knocks into Matthieu Queudrue. The referee calls over Guido Rimondini and warns him to calm down! Matthieu Queudrue runs off the knock.
26.01
1-0Joao Reis knocks the ball forward to Bakary Breitner. Bakary Breitner threads the ball through to Gaetano Atzori. Gaetano Atzori makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Rui Ferreira. Rui Ferreira takes a shot at goal. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
33.45
Cedric Modeste makes a simple pass to Guido Rimondini. Guido Rimondini shoots from long range. It's miles wide!
36.53
Daniel Campos passes the ball forward to Frederico Moreira. Frederico Moreira makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Gaetano Atzori but he's offside!
38.36
1-0Riccardo Cassetti chips the ball to his team mate, Cristiano Bento. Cristiano Bento makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Frederico Moreira. Frederico Moreira knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Francisco Monteiro.
45.00
Gaspar Monteiro chips the ball to his team mate, Rui Ferreira. Rui Ferreira knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
Rio Ave start the second half!
47.35
Cristiano Bento makes a probing pass to Gaetano Atzori. Gaetano Atzori goes all the way! Gaetano Atzori takes a shot at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
48.37
1-0Bakary Breitner takes it forward alone. Bakary Breitner shoots from 25 yards. Magnificent save by Andre Barros!
51.36
Gaspar Monteiro controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Frederico Moreira. Frederico Moreira knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Andre Barros who gathers it comfortably.
60.09
Patricio Campos knocks the ball forward to Francisco Veloso. Francisco Veloso controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Guido Rimondini. Guido Rimondini shoots from long range but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
69.23
Vasco Postiga deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ronan Mary. Ronan Mary controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Guido Rimondini. Guido Rimondini tries a spectacular long range effort. Magnificent save by Diogo Santos!
71.41
Alje Hersi deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Alexandre Neves. Alexandre Neves shoots from 20 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
73.22
Vasco Postiga flicks the ball to his team mate, Cedric Modeste. Cedric Modeste makes a probing pass to Guido Rimondini. Guido Rimondini knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
75.19
Francisco Veloso comes in with a late challenge on Joao Reis. Francisco Veloso is warned by the referee! Joao Reis hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
87.30
Cristiano Bento controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Gaetano Atzori. Gaetano Atzori shoots from outside the area but he balloons it over the crossbar!
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
2
1
Shots off Target
6
5
Offsides
4
0
Fouls
0
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
64.3%
35.7%
Play Area
24.5%
46.9%
28.6%
Scorers
| Rui Ferreira 26 |