Match Report
23 points separated the sides: Sporting Braga 4th on 59, Rio Ave 12th on 36. Sporting Braga ranked just 11th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position.
Sporting Braga had not lost in 5 games. Rio Ave had lost three in a row. Sporting Braga had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Rio Ave, 3.
The sides have met 31 times in the GioScore results database: 15 wins for Sporting Braga, 9 draws and 7 for Rio Ave, at 2.45 goals per meeting.
The venue was Estádio Municipal de Braga in Braga, with room for 30,286 spectators.
Goal scorers
Sporting Braga: Florian Grillitsch (4'), Ricardo Horta (73'), Ricardo Horta (90')
Key stats
Possession: Sporting Braga 63% · Rio Ave 37% · Total shots: 15-7 · On target: 7-2 · Corners: 9-1