Sporting Braga 3-1 Desportivo Aves: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 26 August 2018

Result

Sporting Braga 3-1 Desportivo Aves

Liga Portugal · Sunday 26 August 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Sporting Braga · Desportivo Aves · Liga Portugal predictions

Sporting Braga 3-1 Desportivo Aves: match report

Sporting Braga defeated Desportivo Aves 3-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 26 August 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Rodrigo Defendi opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Sporting Braga's goals came from Wilson Eduardo (60'), João Palhinha (64') and Dyego Sousa (78'). Desportivo Aves scored through Rodrigo Defendi (52').

Discipline: Sporting Braga received 1 yellow card; Desportivo Aves received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting Braga were 6th on 4 points from 2 and Desportivo Aves 17th on 1 point from 2. Sporting Braga went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Desportivo Aves 14th with 36.

Sporting Braga lined up in a 4-4-2 and Desportivo Aves in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dyego Sousa of Sporting Braga (9.0), ahead of João Novais (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sporting Braga wins, 0 draws and 0 for Desportivo Aves.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Goal · Rodrigo DefendiDesportivo Aves · 0-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Bruno BragaDesportivo Aves
  • 59'Yellow card · Nelson LenhoDesportivo Aves
  • 60'Goal · Wilson EduardoSporting Braga · 1-1
  • 64'Goal · João PalhinhaSporting Braga · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · AmiltonDesportivo Aves
  • 67'Yellow card · Ricardo EsgaioSporting Braga
  • 78'Goal · Dyego SousaSporting Braga · 3-1
  • 90'Yellow card · DerleyDesportivo Aves

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sporting Braga 4, draws 0, Desportivo Aves 0.

Team news

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

Matheus, Marcelo Goiano, Bruno Viana, Pablo Santos, Nuno Sequeira, Ricardo Esgaio, João Palhinha, João Novais, Ricardo Horta, Dyego Sousa, Wilson Eduardo

Desportivo Aves line-up (4-4-2)

Quentin Beunardeau, Mama Baldé, Rodrigo Defendi, Ponck, Nelson Lenho, Bruno Braga, Issam El Adoua, Rúben Oliveira, Hamdou El Houni, Derley, Amilton