Match Report
Boavista, 18th on 24 points, faced a 42-point deficit to Sporting Braga (4th, 66). Boavista ranked 8th in the league on five-round form, well above their 18th table position. Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Sporting Braga ran at 1.62 scored and 0.88 conceded, Boavista at 0.71 and 1.74.
Boavista arrived off three straight defeats.
The sides have met 23 times in the GioScore results database: 12 wins for Sporting Braga, 6 draws and 5 for Boavista, at 2.78 goals per meeting.
The venue was Estádio Municipal de Braga in Braga, with room for 30,286 spectators. On the scoreboard, Sporting Braga led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 3-0.
Goal scorers
Sporting Braga: Fran Navarro (14'), Ricardo Horta (33'), Fran Navarro (69')