Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Braga, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Braga — Primeira Liga .
- Rio Ave FC 34 games · 36 pts (2025/26)
- Sporting Clube de Braga 34 games · 59 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Porto 34 88 2 Sporting Clube de Portugal 34 82 3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 34 80 4 Sporting Clube de Braga 34 59 5 FC Famalicão 34 56 6 Gil Vicente FC 34 50 7 Moreirense FC 34 43 8 FC Arouca 34 42 9 Vitória SC 34 42 10 GD Estoril Praia 34 39 11 FC Alverca 34 39 12 Rio Ave FC 34 36 13 CD Santa Clara 34 36 14 CD Nacional 34 34 15 CF Estrela da Amadora 34 30 16 Casa Pia AC 34 30 17 CD Tondela 34 28 18 AVS 34 21 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 31 Aug Sporting Clube de Braga H 2–2 D 23 Aug FC Arouca A 3–3 D 17 Aug CD Nacional H 1–1 D 16 May Gil Vicente FC H 1–1 D 10 May CD Nacional A 3–3 D 05 May CF Estrela da Amadora H 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 31 Aug Rio Ave FC A 2–2 D 24 Aug AVS H 2–2 D 17 Aug FC Alverca A 3–0 W 10 Aug CD Tondela H 3–0 W 17 May Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 1–1 D 10 May Casa Pia AC A 1–2 L Season Stats
Rio Ave FC Sporting Clube de Braga #12 Position #4 36 Points 59 34 Played 34 8 / 12 / 14 W / D / L 16 / 11 / 7 35 Scored 64 57 Conceded 36 -22 GD +28 1.06 PPG 1.74 24% Win % 47% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)64% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history18% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season35% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this seasonRio Ave FC are 12th (36 pts). Sporting Clube de Braga are 4th (59 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Rio Ave FC0-151/116-301/131-45–/346-603/–61-75–/376+1/2■ Scored ■ ConcededSporting Clube de Braga0-151/116-304/–31-451/146-601/161-751/276+3/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Rio Ave FC is hosting Sporting Clube de Braga for another epic battle.
- The final score is 2-2.
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Lineups
Rio Ave FC Lineups
Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ricardo Horta 7 Paulinho 5 Simon Banza 3 Bruma 2 Nuno Santos 2 Mehdi Taremi 2 Gelson Dala 2 Ricardo Horta 1 Head to Head
Rio Ave FC Form
Sporting Clube de Braga Form
2025-08-31 Rio Ave FC 2–2 Sporting Clube de Braga D 2025-08-24 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–2 AVS D 2025-08-17 FC Alverca 0–3 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2025-08-10 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–0 CD Tondela W 2025-05-17 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2025-05-10 Casa Pia AC 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.12 Rio Ave FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.02 Sporting Clube de Braga xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 60% + Both teams to score 59%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.14Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 82% 18% ± 2.5 60% 40% ± 3.5 38% 62% ± 4.5 21% 79% Double Chance
Rio Ave FC or Draw 51%Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga 73%Rio Ave FC or Sporting Clube de Braga 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Rio Ave FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.6%1 – 2 9.5%0 – 2 8.7%0 – 1 8.1%1 – 3 6.4%0 – 0 5.9%0 – 3 5.7%2 – 2 Actual2 – 1 5.3%1 – 0 4.1%2 – 3 3.7%1 – 4 3.3%Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC
Handicap Rio Ave FC covers Push Sporting Clube de Braga covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 5% 92% -1.5 8% — 92% -1 8% 12% 80% -0.5 20% — 80% +0.5 43% — 57% +1 43% 22% 35% +1.5 65% — 35% +2 65% 17% 17% +2.5 83% — 17% Clean Sheet
Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet 14% ✓Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet 33% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.