Braga's penalty settled it while Rio Ave held the ball
Rio Ave0 – 1SC Braga 
SC Braga beat Rio Ave 1-0 with a second-half penalty, having created the far better chances while the hosts kept more of the ball.
A penalty decided this one, and the rest of the match has to be read around it. The video review confirmed a spot kick for SC Braga at 64 minutes, the check logged against Gustaf Lagerbielke, and Ricardo Horta converted it three minutes later. Rio Ave had been the side with more of the ball up to that point, and they finished without a goal to show for their share of it.
Rio Ave had 54% of the possession, which is above the 47.2% they usually keep at home. Braga had 46%, well short of the 59.8% they average when travelling, so the visitors gave up more of the ball than is normal for them. Braga were not chasing the match with the ball, but they were the side creating the better openings.
Ball possession
Rio Ave took four shots, against the eight they usually take at home, and only one of them came from inside the box. Expected goals is a measure of chance quality, scoring each shot by how often shots of that type tend to go in, and Rio Ave's total of 0.26 sits well below the 0.8 they normally produce at home. Braga took 13 shots, close to their travelling average of 13.6, and the league average is 11.8 per side, so their volume was ordinary for them but above the division norm.
Rio Ave's defence did its job on the scoreboard. They conceded one goal, below the 2.3 they usually let in at home, and Braga's only goal came from that penalty against a travelling average of 1.2. The chances Braga created were of a higher quality than Rio Ave normally allow at home, so the single goal understates how much the visitors threatened.
Rio Ave sit 17th in the table after ten matches, with two wins, one draw and seven defeats. Braga are eighth, with four wins, two draws and four defeats across their own ten. Rio Ave have scored nine goals in that time and conceded 23, which says a good deal about how the season has gone for them.
Only one goal was scored in the match, against a league average of 2.6 per game, so this was a low-scoring contest by the standards of the division. Both sides finished with yellow cards, two for Rio Ave and one for Braga, and no player was sent off. The match stayed close on the scoreboard even as the chance count tilted towards the visitors.
Rio Ave remain 17th with seven points, while Braga move up to eighth with 14.
G. Lagerbielke1 chance created
J. Gorby1 chance created
João Moutinho3 chances created
João Tomé3 duels won