§ Liga Portugal · 2025-26 · Matchday 21

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: Pau Víctor (Sporting Braga), rated 69, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 2 completed dribbles. Víctor produced 1.2 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.1 times the cost.

It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.

For Rio Ave, the highest-rated player was Ennio Van Der Gouw, with 57.

Ricardo Horta scored twice.

69
Player of the match

Pau Víctor

Sporting Braga · 74'

Produced 1.16× and cost 0.15× their position's average

Added
  • 1 big chance created 4.0×
  • 2 completed dribbles 2.1×
  • 4 final-third passes 2.2×
Took away
  • 4 misplaced passes 0.9×
  • 1 time dribbled past 1.9×

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.

Sporting Braga
PlayerPositionMinRating
Pau Víctor ★ Forward 74 69
Ricardo Horta Forward 90 68
João Moutinho Midfielder 90 66
Florian Grillitsch Midfielder 82 66
Adrian Leon Barisic Defender 90 64
Lukas Hornicek Goalkeeper 90 49
Víctor Gómez Defender 89 49
Gabri Martínez Forward 75 49
Gustaf Lagerbielke Defender 90 44
Rodrigo Zalazar Midfielder 82 34
Bright Arrey-Mbi Defender 90 28
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
Rio Ave
PlayerPositionMinRating
Ennio Van Der Gouw Goalkeeper 90 57
Nelson Abbey Defender 90 56
Gustavo Mancha Defender 90 54
Ole Pohlmann Midfielder 28 52
Dario Spikic Forward 20 52
Omar Richards Defender 84 48
Jalen Blesa Forward 20 47
Diogo Bezerra Forward 70 42
Marios Vrousai Defender 90 39
Tamás Nikitscher Midfielder 90 34
Jakub Brabec Defender 90 32
Georgios Liavas Midfielder 84 32
Tamble Monteiro Forward 70 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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Sporting Braga 3–0 Rio Ave, Liga Portugal 2025-26. Player of the match: Pau Víctor, 69
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.