Sporting Braga 3–0 Rio Ave
- Grillitsch 4'
- Horta 73'
- Horta 90+3'
8 February 2026
The match in data
A 3–0 win for Sporting Braga against Rio Ave on 8 February 2026, on matchday 21 of the 2025-26 Liga Portugal.
Player of the match: Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga), rated 68, thanks above all to 0.95 xG and 2 goals. Horta produced 2.5 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For Rio Ave, the highest-rated player was Ennio Van Der Gouw, with 56.
Ricardo Horta scored twice.
Ricardo Horta
Sporting Braga · 90'
Produced 2.47× and cost 0.73× their position's average
- 0.95 xG 4.0×
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 3 shots on target 3.7×
- 1 shot off target, worth 0.24 1.8×
- 2 balls lost 1.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Horta ★ | Forward | 90 | 68 |
| João Moutinho | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| Florian Grillitsch | Midfielder | 82 | 66 |
| Adrian Leon Barisic | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Gabri Martínez | Forward | 75 | 50 |
| Lukas Hornicek | Goalkeeper | 90 | 47 |
| Víctor Gómez | Defender | 89 | 47 |
| Pau Víctor | Forward | 74 | 47 |
| Gustaf Lagerbielke | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Rodrigo Zalazar | Midfielder | 82 | 32 |
| Bright Arrey-Mbi | Defender | 90 | 27 |
| Fran Navarro | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Diego Rodrigues | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Demir Ege Tıknaz | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Leonardo Lelo | Defender | 8 | no rating |
| Yanis da Rocha | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ennio Van Der Gouw | Goalkeeper | 90 | 56 |
| Nelson Abbey | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Gustavo Mancha | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Dario Spikic | Forward | 20 | 54 |
| Ole Pohlmann | Midfielder | 28 | 52 |
| Jalen Blesa | Forward | 20 | 49 |
| Omar Richards | Defender | 84 | 47 |
| Diogo Bezerra | Forward | 70 | 44 |
| Marios Vrousai | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Tamás Nikitscher | Midfielder | 90 | 33 |
| Tamble Monteiro | Forward | 70 | 33 |
| Georgios Liavas | Midfielder | 84 | 32 |
| Jakub Brabec | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Antonis Papakanellos | Forward | 62 | 25 |
| Andreas Ntoi | Defender | 10 | no rating |
| Leonardo Buta | Defender | 10 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Rio Ave player recovered the most balls?
Marios Vrousai, with 6 recoveries. Next: Nelson Abbey 5, Omar Richards 5.
Despite a heavy 3–0 defeat, Marios Vrousai stood out for Rio Ave by recovering 6 loose balls. Vrousai narrowly led the team ahead of Nelson Abbey and Omar Richards.
Which Sporting Braga player won the most duels?
Gabri Martínez, with 12 duels won. Next: Pau Víctor 6, Adrian Leon Barisic 5.
Sporting Braga's commanding win was anchored by Gabri Martínez, who won an impressive 12 duels. Martínez doubled the tally of Pau Víctor to dominate individual battles.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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