Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Braga, Primeira Liga 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2022-23

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Sporting Clube de Braga

Sun 11 Sep 2022 · 19:30 UTC Estadio dos Arcos HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 67' Fabiano Silva

Joao Ferreira 90' Y

Overview

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Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Braga — Primeira Liga at Estadio dos Arcos.

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

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	Académico 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 Marítimo	7	8
12	FC Alverca	7	8
13	FC Famalicão	7	7
14	Vitória 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

2022-09-11 Rio Ave FC 2–3 Sporting Clube de Braga 2021-04-17 Rio Ave FC 0–0 Sporting Clube de Braga 2020-12-22 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–0 Rio Ave FC 2020-06-30 Rio Ave FC 4–3 Sporting Clube de Braga 2019-12-02 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 Rio Ave FC

Recent Form

Rio Ave FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Sep	Sporting Clube de Braga	H	2–3	L
05 Sep	GD Chaves	A	1–1	D
28 Aug	FC Porto	H	3–1	W
19 Aug	GD Estoril Praia	A	2–2	D
13 Aug	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–3	L
06 Aug	FC Vizela	H	0–1	L

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Sep	Rio Ave FC	A	3–2	W
08 Sep	Malmo FF	A	2–0	W
03 Sep	Vitória SC	H	1–0	W
28 Aug	FC Arouca	A	6–0	W
21 Aug	CS Marítimo	H	5–0	W
12 Aug	FC Famalicão	A	3–0	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' Welcome to Estadio dos Arcos that hosts another battle between Rio Ave FC and Sporting Clube de Braga.
5' Rio Ave FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Clube de Braga backline.
10' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
11' Almoatasembellah Ali doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
16' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
21' Bruno Rodrigues, a Portugal , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
25' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Iuri Medeiros makes it 0-2.
30' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
35' 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.
40' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
45' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Rio Ave FC and Sporting Clube de Braga are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
46' The crowd applauds Renato Pantalon as he leaves the pitch. Paulo Vitor steps in for Rio Ave FC.
51' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Rio Ave FC and Sporting Clube de Braga are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
56' Guga Rodrigues needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
59' Another change for Sporting Clube de Braga made on 59 minute. Vitor Oliveira leaves to be changed by Alvaro Djalo.
62' The Rio Ave FC bench stirs into life. Fabio Ronaldo is withdrawn and Emmanuel Boateng gets his opportunity.
67' Fabiano Silva picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
69' What a strike from Ricardo Horta! The score is 0-3.
74' It’s high time Artur Jorge made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
75' The Sporting Clube de Braga manager makes a substitution. Simon Banza departs to be replaced by Abel Ruiz.
79' Rio Ave FC make a change. Amine Oudrhiri Idrissi trudges off to be replaced by Vitor Gomes on 79 minutes.
81' A stunning finish from Emmanuel Boateng — that came from absolutely nowhere!
83' Cristian Borja is replacing Nuno Sequeira for the Sporting Clube de Braga side.
87' Abdul-Aziz Yakubu is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
90' Rio Ave FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Sporting Clube de Braga take all three points.

Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

Starting XI

33
Aderllan Santos
18
Jhonatan
14
Joca ↓ Miguel Baeza 62'
19
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu
6
Guga Rodrigues
24
Pedro Amaral
20
Joao Pedro Loureiro Costa ↓ Joao Ferreira 46'
10
Amine Oudrhiri Idrissi ↓ Vitor Gomes 79'
42
Renato Pantalon ↓ Paulo Vitor 46'
3
Miguel Nobrega
77
Fabio Ronaldo ↓ Emmanuel Boateng 62'

Bench

4
Patrick
22
Emmanuel Boateng ↑ 62'
93
Paulo Vitor ↑ 46'
17
Ukra
8
Vitor Gomes ↑ 79'
9
Leonardo Ruiz
13
Joao Ferreira ↑ 46'
15
Miguel Baeza ↑ 62'
1
Magrao

Coach Luis Freire

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

15
Paulo Oliveira
9
Abel Ruiz ↑ 75'
18
Diego Lainez
26
Cristian Borja ↑ 83'
12
Tiago Sa
19
Uros Racic ↑ 59'
88
Andre Castro ↑ 83'
7
Rodrigo Gomes
14
Alvaro Djalo ↑ 59'

Coach Artur Jorge

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ricardo Horta	7
Paulinho	5
Simon Banza	3
Nuno Santos	2
Mehdi Taremi	2
Gelson Dala	2
Bruma	2
Abel Ruiz	1

Head to Head

Rio Ave FC Form

2022-09-11 Rio Ave FC 2–3 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2022-09-05 GD Chaves 1–1 Rio Ave FC D 2022-08-28 Rio Ave FC 3–1 FC Porto W 2022-08-19 GD Estoril Praia 2–2 Rio Ave FC D 2022-08-13 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 Rio Ave FC L 2022-08-06 Rio Ave FC 0–1 FC Vizela L

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2022-09-11 Rio Ave FC 2–3 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2022-09-08 Malmo FF 0–2 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2022-09-03 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 Vitória SC W 2022-08-28 FC Arouca 0–6 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2022-08-21 Sporting Clube de Braga 5–0 CS Marítimo W 2022-08-12 FC Famalicão 0–3 Sporting Clube de Braga W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

0.9 Rio Ave FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.16 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Braga to win 59% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Rio Ave FC18% Draw23% Sporting Clube de Braga59%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 3.06

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Rio Ave FC or Draw

41%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

82%

Rio Ave FC or Sporting Clube de Braga

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Rio Ave FC13% Draw41% Sporting Clube de Braga46%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–3 not predicted

2 – 3

Actual

0 – 2

10.8%

1 – 1

9.9%

0 – 1

9.6%

1 – 2

9.5%

0 – 3

7.6%

1 – 3

6.8%

0 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

4.3%

0 – 4

4.1%

2 – 1

1 – 4

3.7%

1 – 0

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC

Handicap	Rio Ave FC covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	3%	95%
-1.5	5%	—	95%
-1	5%	9%	86%
-0.5	14%	—	86%
+0.5	35%	—	65%
+1	35%	23%	42%
+1.5	58%	—	42%
+2	58%	20%	22%
+2.5	78%	—	22%

Clean Sheet

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

41% ✓

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