Rio Ave 2-1 Sporting Braga: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 2 March 2025

Result

Rio Ave 2-1 Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal · Sunday 2 March 2025, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rio Ave 2-1 Sporting Braga: match report

Rio Ave won against Sporting Braga 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 2 March 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Clayton opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Rio Ave's goals came from Clayton (5') and Jonathan Panzo (70'). Sporting Braga scored through Fran Navarro (10').

Discipline: Rio Ave received 2 yellow cards; Sporting Braga received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 12th on 26 points from 23 and Sporting Braga 4th on 47 points from 23. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 12th with 38 points, and Sporting Braga 4th with 66.

Rio Ave lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting Braga in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Clayton of Rio Ave (8.4), ahead of Brandon Aguilera (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rio Ave win, 2 draws and 7 for Sporting Braga.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · ClaytonRio Ave · 1-0
  • 10'Goal · Fran NavarroSporting Braga · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Demir Ege TıknazRio Ave
  • 36'Yellow card · Fran NavarroSporting Braga
  • 54'Yellow card · João MoutinhoSporting Braga
  • 65'Yellow card · Ismaël GharbiSporting Braga
  • 70'Goal · Jonathan PanzoRio Ave · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Uros RacicSporting Braga
  • 87'Yellow card · Martim NetoRio Ave
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Francisco Edgar Chissumba RodriguesSporting Braga

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rio Ave 1, draws 2, Sporting Braga 7.

Team news

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

Cezary Miszta, Marios Vrousai, Andreas Ntoi, Jonathan Panzo, Nelson Abbey, Demir Ege Tıknaz, Brandon Aguilera, André Luiz, Ole Pohlmann, Kiko Bondoso, Clayton

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

Lukas Hornicek, Víctor Gómez, Paulo Oliveira, Robson Bambu, Chissumba, Gorby, João Moutinho, Roger Fernandes, Ricardo Horta, Ismaël Gharbi, Fran Navarro