Rio Ave 1-1 Sporting Braga: result and report
Liga Portugal · Friday 21 March 2014
Result
Rio Ave 1-1 Sporting Braga
Liga Portugal · Friday 21 March 2014, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rio Ave 1-1 Sporting Braga: match report
Rio Ave drew with Sporting Braga 1-1 in Liga Portugal on Friday 21 March 2014. The half-time score was 0-0.
Marcelo opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Rio Ave's goal came from Marcelo (54'). Sporting Braga scored through R. Rusescu (65', penalty).
Discipline: Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rio Ave were 12th on 25 points from 23 and Sporting Braga 7th on 31 points from 23. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 13th with 30 points, and Sporting Braga 7th with 37.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rio Ave wins, 4 draws and 4 for Sporting Braga.
Going into the match Rio Ave's last five read D-D-D-L-L and Sporting Braga's D-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 39'Yellow card · Vilas Boas
- 54'Goal · Marcelo
- 59'Yellow card · Nuno Lopes
- 65'Penalty goal · R. Rusescu
- 67'Yellow card · Joãozinho
- 79'Yellow card · Rúben Micael
- 81'Yellow card · Piqueti
- 82'Yellow card · Diego Lopes
Head-to-head
Team news
Rio Ave expected line-up (4-3-3)
Jan Oblak, Edimar, Alberto Rodríguez, Lionn, Marcelo, Tarantini, Bruno Braga, Diego Lopes, Ukra, Ahmed Hassan, Wires
Sporting Braga expected line-up
Eduardo, Baiano, Rúben Micael, Custódio Miguel Dias de Castro, Alan, Aderllan Santos, Luiz Carlos, Elderson Echiejile