Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Braga, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2025-26

Rio Ave FC

2 – 2

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Sporting Clube de Braga

Sun 31 Aug 2025 · 19:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Braga — Primeira Liga .

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

2025-08-31 Rio Ave FC 2–2 Sporting Clube de Braga 2025-03-02 Rio Ave FC 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga 2024-09-29 Sporting Clube de Braga 4–0 Rio Ave FC 2024-03-09 Rio Ave FC 0–0 Sporting Clube de Braga 2023-10-07 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 Rio Ave FC

Recent Form

Rio Ave FC

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

Sporting Clube de Braga

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
#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 game is set. Rio Ave FC kicks off things out of here…
will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Rio Ave FC Form

2025-08-31 Rio Ave FC 2–2 Sporting Clube de Braga D 2025-08-23 FC Arouca 3–3 Rio Ave FC D 2025-08-17 Rio Ave FC 1–1 CD Nacional D 2025-05-16 Rio Ave FC 1–1 Gil Vicente FC D 2025-05-10 CD Nacional 3–3 Rio Ave FC D 2025-05-05 Rio Ave FC 2–0 CF Estrela da Amadora W

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 accuracy

0 / 4

0.91 Rio Ave FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.76 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Rio Ave FC25% Draw26% Sporting Clube de Braga49%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.67

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	49%	51%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Rio Ave FC or Draw

52%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

75%

Rio Ave FC or Sporting Clube de Braga

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Rio Ave FC15% Draw46% Sporting Clube de Braga39%

Actual: Rio Ave FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.9%

0 – 1

11.4%

0 – 2

10.5%

1 – 2

9.4%

0 – 0

8.8%

0 – 3

6.1%

1 – 3

5.6%

1 – 0

5.3%

2 – 1

4.8%

2 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

2.8%

0 – 4

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC

Handicap	Rio Ave FC covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	12%	82%
-0.5	18%	—	82%
+0.5	44%	—	56%
+1	44%	24%	32%
+1.5	68%	—	32%
+2	68%	18%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

Clean Sheet

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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.