Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Sporting Braga 4th with 60 points, Desportivo Aves 18th with 17, 43 apart. Per game in the league, Sporting Braga were scoring 1.79 and conceding 1.18, Desportivo Aves 0.71 and 2, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
10 games without a win framed Desportivo Aves's arrival.
7 meetings are on record — 6 won by Sporting Braga, 1 by Desportivo Aves, 0 drawn, at 2.14 goals per meeting. Historically tight: 29% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Estádio Municipal de Braga staged the fixture, a ground that holds 30,286. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 4-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sporting Braga: Paulinho (90'), Abel Ruiz (83'), Ricardo Horta (54'), Pedro Rostoll (49')
Key stats
Possession: Sporting Braga 69% · Desportivo Aves 31% · Total shots: 14-6 · On target: 9-1 · Corners: 6-3