Match Report
| Sporting Braga | Sporting Braga |  |  | Rio Ave | Rio Ave | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Artur Castro | A. Castro |  | 60 | G |  | 1 | | G | 63 | | Tomas Rego | T. Rego | |||||||||
| Artur Lima | A. Lima | | 68 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 69 | | Abel Loureiro | A. Loureiro | |||||||||
| Alexandre Varela | A. Varela | | 68 | D | | 3 | | D | 69 |  | Pedro Gento | P. Gento | |||||||||
| Duarte Rego | D. Rego | | 57 | D | | 4 | | D | 66 |  | Steffen Lindner | S. Lindner | |||||||||
| Miguel Lima | M. Lima | | 57 | D | | 5 | | D | 63 |  | Salvatore Pinna | S. Pinna | |||||||||
| Edgar Veloso | E. Veloso | | 64 | M | | 6 | | M | 68 | | Francisco Campos | F. Campos | |||||||||
| Sebastiao Pinto | S. Pinto | | 53 | M | | 7 | | M | 65 | | Manuel Monteiro | M. Monteiro | |||||||||
| George Pfennings | G. Pfennings |  | 52 | M | | 8 | | M | 55 | | Sean Lucarelli | S. Lucarelli | |||||||||
| Luis Almeida | L. Almeida | | 50 | M | | 9 | | M | 51 | | Romero P. Dominguez | R. Dominguez | |||||||||
| Quim Moutinho | Q. Moutinho | | 64 | A | | 10 | | A | 73 | | Frederico Marques | F. Marques | |||||||||
| Alexandre Fonseca | A. Fonseca | | 61 | A | | 11 | | A | 60 | | Vitor Faria | V. Faria | |||||||||
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Match Report
Heavy rain falls from above here at Estádio Municipal de Braga where Sporting Braga play host to Rio Ave. A crowd of 8,786 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Sporting Braga and Rio Ave are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Sporting Braga and Rio Ave are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Sporting Braga start the game by kicking off the first half!
2.51
0-0Steffen Lindner controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Sean Lucarelli. Sean Lucarelli knocks the ball forward to Frederico Marques. Frederico Marques knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
9.37
0-0Duarte Rego threads the ball through to George Pfennings. George Pfennings passes the ball forward to Alexandre Fonseca. Alexandre Fonseca controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It's miles wide!
12.07
Sebastiao Pinto controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Quim Moutinho. Quim Moutinho knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
26.32
Romero P. Dominguez chips the ball to his team mate, Frederico Marques. Frederico Marques knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Artur Castro who gathers it comfortably.
30.05
Luis Almeida decides to run forward with the ball. Luis Almeida whips in a cross ball towards Quim Moutinho. Quim Moutinho connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. It's miles wide!
33.50
Sebastiao Pinto passes the ball forward to Alexandre Fonseca. Alexandre Fonseca sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
38.20
0-0The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
39.00
0-0Sean Lucarelli chips the ball to his team mate, Frederico Marques. Frederico Marques knocks in a cross ball towards Vitor Faria. Vitor Faria connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but Artur Castro is on top of it.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The second half starts with Rio Ave kicking off!
48.29
0-0Sebastiao Pinto hacks Sean Lucarelli from behind! The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Sean Lucarelli runs off the knock.
51.29
Abel Loureiro controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Romero P. Dominguez. Romero P. Dominguez knocks the ball forward to Vitor Faria. Vitor Faria makes a probing pass to Frederico Marques. Frederico Marques cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. It's miles wide!
57.51
Francisco Campos advances with the ball. Francisco Campos lofts in a cross ball towards Vitor Faria. Vitor Faria flicks the ball with his head but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
59.33
Artur Lima makes a probing pass to George Pfennings. George Pfennings decides to run forward with the ball. George Pfennings sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but Tomas Rego is on top of it.
69.42
0-0Francisco Campos makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Frederico Marques. Frederico Marques deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Vitor Faria but the linesman indicates offside!
73.45
Duarte Rego passes the ball forward to Sebastiao Pinto. Sebastiao Pinto knocks the ball forward to Quim Moutinho. Quim Moutinho knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Abel Loureiro.
78.32
George Pfennings sees a break and surges forward. George Pfennings knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Abel Loureiro.
83.20
Alexandre Varela flicks the ball to his team mate, George Pfennings. George Pfennings passes the ball forward to Quim Moutinho. Quim Moutinho controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. The ball comes in low, but Tomas Rego easily smothers it!
90.00
Steffen Lindner sweeps the ball long. Vitor Faria finds some space and shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
0
Shots on Target
2
1
Shots off Target
3
3
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
51.8%
48.2%
Play Area
28.2%
47.1%
24.7%