SC Braga Beats Rio Ave in a Thrilling Match
Braga, Portugal – SC Braga achieved a resounding 4-0 victory over Rio Ave in the 7th round of the Portuguese Primeira Liga, played at the Estádio Municipal de Braga.
The match started with a clear dominance of Braga, which quickly found the way to goal. G. Martinez opened the scoring in the 31st minute, assisted by A. Marin. Just seven minutes later, I. Gharbi extended the lead for Braga, with an assist from G. Martinez.
Rio Ave tried to react in the second half by making numerous changes, but failed to generate danger in the opponent’s goal. Braga, meanwhile, continued their dominance and R. Horta scored the third goal in the 66th minute, assisted by Bruma. The latter sealed the final result in the 90th minute with a stunning goal, following an individual play.
The match statistics reflect Braga’s superiority: 53% possession, 18 shots (9 on target, 8 off target) and 4 corners. Rio Ave, on the other hand, had 15 shots (4 on target, 6 off target) and 5 corners.
With this result, Braga consolidates its position in the upper part of the table, while Rio Ave remains in the lower half of the standings.
Substitutions rio ave: at minute 57 Fabio Ronaldo came in and O. Richards went out., at minute 57 Koka came in and Clayton went out., at minute 57 D. E. Tiknaz came in and Amine went out., at minute 69 J. Novais came in and B. Aguilera Zamora went out., at minute 69 T. Morais came in and M. Neto went out.
Substitutions sc braga: at minute 62 A. El Ouazzani came in and R. Fernandez Jaen went out., at minute 62 Bruma came in and I. Gharbi went out., at minute 70 A. Horta came in and Vitor Carvalho went out., at minute 70 R. Fernandes came in and G. Martinez went out., at minute 82 T. Helguera came in and Gorby went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
SC Braga
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