Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Braga, Primeira Liga 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2019-20

Rio Ave FC

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Sporting Clube de Braga

Tue 30 Jun 2020 · 20:30 UTC Estadio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube HT 45+6' · FT 45+41'

Aderllan Santos 57' Y

Y 83' Ricardo Esgaio

Tarantini 85' Y

Y 89' Fransergio

R 90' Rolando

Overview

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Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Braga — Primeira Liga at Estadio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube.

Rio Ave FC 7 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Sporting Clube de Braga 6 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Venancio Manuel Raposo
Referee Andre Campos
Referee Bruno Alexandre Da Silva Esteves
Referee Fabio Oliveira Melo
Referee Nuno Miguel Serrano Almeida

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	7	21
2	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	7	16
3	Sporting Clube de Portugal	7	15
4	CD Santa Clara	7	15
5	FC Arouca	7	11
6	Sporting Clube de Braga	6	11
7	Academico de Viseu FC	7	11
8	CF Estrela da Amadora	7	10
9	Moreirense FC	7	8
10	Gil Vicente FC	6	8
11	CS Maritimo	7	8
12	FC Alverca	7	8
13	FC Famalicao	7	7
14	Vitoria SC	7	5
15	CD Nacional	7	4
16	Rio Ave FC	7	4
17	Casa Pia AC	7	4
18	GD Estoril Praia	7	2

Head-to-Head

Rio Ave FC 14 games · Avg 2.9 goals Sporting Clube de Braga

Last 5 meetings

2020-06-30 Rio Ave FC 4–3 Sporting Clube de Braga 2019-12-02 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 Rio Ave FC 2019-03-03 Rio Ave FC 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga 2018-10-06 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–1 Rio Ave FC

Recent Form

Rio Ave FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jun	Sporting Clube de Braga	H	4–3	W
23 Jun	Vitoria FC	A	2–1	W
17 Jun	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	1–2	L
12 Jun	Moreirense FC	A	1–0	W
07 Jun	FC Paços de Ferreira	H	2–3	L
07 Mar	FC Porto	A	1–1	D

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jun	Rio Ave FC	A	3–4	L
25 Jun	Vitoria SC	H	3–2	W
19 Jun	FC Famalicao	A	0–0	D
13 Jun	Boavista FC	H	0–1	L
05 Jun	CD Santa Clara	A	2–3	L
06 Mar	Portimonense SC	H	3–1	W

Season Stats

Rio Ave FC		Sporting Clube de Braga
#16	Position	#6
4	Points	11
7	Played	6
1 / 1 / 5	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 1
5	Scored	7
15	Conceded	5
-10	GD	+2
0.57	PPG	1.83
14%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

64% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

50% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

Rio Ave FC are 16th (4 pts). Sporting Clube de Braga are 6th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Rio Ave FC

0-15

1/4

16-30

–/3

31-45

1/1

46-60

1/3

61-75

1/1

76+

1/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

2/1

61-75

1/–

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Rio Ave FC

Jalen Blesa	2 G	1 A
Tamble Monteiro	1 G

Sporting Clube de Braga

Pau Victor Delgado	3 G	1 A
Fran Navarro	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Estadio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube. Rio Ave FC are looking to make home advantage count against Sporting Clube de Braga.
5' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Rio Ave FC and Sporting Clube de Braga are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
15' Over 15 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
21' Goal! Paulinho scores his 81 goal in 431 matches.
26' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Rio Ave FC and Sporting Clube de Braga are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
27' GOAL! Ricardo Horta scores on 27.
32' Both keepers have barely been tested. Rio Ave FC and Sporting Clube de Braga are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
34' GOAL! Mehdi Taremi fires home to make it 1-2!
35' The Portugal Nuno Santos breaks the deadlock on 35 minutes. 2-2!
36' Nuno Santos has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 36 minutes.
41' What a strike from Gelson Dala! The score is 4-2.
46' Bruno Viana needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
51' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
56' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
57' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Aderllan Santos.
62' Toni Borevkovic has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 329 appearances.
66' Fresh legs for Rio Ave FC! Carlos Mane comes on to replace Gelson Dala.
71' Another substitution for Sporting Clube de Braga to replace Pedro Amador by Abel Ruiz on 71 minute.
76' It’s high time Carlos Carvalhal made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
78' A tactical swap from Sporting Clube de Braga — Wilson Eduardo on, Ricardo Horta off on 78 minutes.
81' The Portugal Paulinho breaks the deadlock on 81 minutes. 4-3!
83' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Ricardo Esgaio.
85' Rio Ave FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 85.
88' Sporting Clube de Braga ring the changes. Trincao has done his job and it is now time for Rolando to step up.
89' The referee has no hesitation. Fransergio is booked for Sporting Clube de Braga — Yellow card on 89.
90' Sporting Clube de Braga player sees a Red card in front of him.
90' Leandro Silva gets the nod from Rio Ave FC. He replaces Diego Lopes and will look to change the dynamic.
With this win, Rio Ave FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

33
Messias
21
Carlos Mane ↑ 66'
88
Paulo Vitor
9
Bruno Moreira ↑ 90'
22
Nadjack
17
Vito Ferreira
24
Pedro Amaral ↑ 90'
45
Leandro Silva ↑ 90'
27
Ruben Goncalves

Coach Carlos Carvalhal

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

82
Eduardo
18
Rui Fonte ↑ 88'
6
Rolando ↑ 88'
9
Abel Ruiz ↑ 71'
15
Andre Horta
11
Diogo Viana
34
Raul Silva
7
Wilson Eduardo ↑ 78'
17
Joao Novais ↑ 78'

Coach Micael Sequeira

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
Wilson Eduardo	1

Head to Head

Rio Ave FC Form

2020-06-30 Rio Ave FC 4–3 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2020-06-23 Vitoria FC 1–2 Rio Ave FC W 2020-06-17 Rio Ave FC 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2020-06-12 Moreirense FC 0–1 Rio Ave FC W 2020-06-07 Rio Ave FC 2–3 FC Paços de Ferreira L 2020-03-07 FC Porto 1–1 Rio Ave FC D

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2020-06-30 Rio Ave FC 4–3 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2020-06-25 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–2 Vitoria SC W 2020-06-19 FC Famalicao 0–0 Sporting Clube de Braga D 2020-06-13 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–1 Boavista FC L 2020-06-05 CD Santa Clara 3–2 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2020-03-06 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–1 Portimonense SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.35 Rio Ave FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.99 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: Rio Ave FC or Sporting Clube de Braga 76% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Rio Ave FC33% Draw24% Sporting Clube de Braga43%

Actual: Rio Ave FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.34

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Rio Ave FC or Draw

57%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

67%

Rio Ave FC or Sporting Clube de Braga

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Rio Ave FC21% Draw41% Sporting Clube de Braga38%

Actual: Rio Ave FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–3 not predicted

4 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

10.4%

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 2

0 – 1

6.4%

2 – 1

6.2%

2 – 2

6.1%

1 – 3

0 – 0

0 – 3

4.5%

2 – 3

4.1%

1 – 0

4.1%

2 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC

Handicap	Rio Ave FC covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	14%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	49%	—	51%
+1	49%	21%	30%
+1.5	70%	—	30%
+2	70%	16%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

Clean Sheet

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.