Sporting Clube de Braga vs Rio Ave FC, Primeira Liga 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2023-24

Sporting Clube de Braga

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Rio Ave FC

Sat 7 Oct 2023 · 17:00 UTC Estadio Municipal de Braga 16,093 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 5' Leonardo Ruiz

Simon Banza 90+1' 1–1

Abel Ruiz 90+6' 2–1

Serdar Saatci 41' Y

Y 74' Jhonatan

Y 80' Vitor Gomes

Overview

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

Sporting Clube de Braga 1 games · 1 pts (2026/27)
Rio Ave FC 2 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	2	6
2	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2	4
3	CD Santa Clara	2	4
4	CS Marítimo	1	3
5	FC Arouca	1	3
6	Gil Vicente FC	1	3
7	CF Estrela da Amadora	2	2
8	Moreirense FC	1	1
9	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	1	1
10	Sporting Clube de Braga	1	1
11	Académico de Viseu FC	2	1
12	FC Famalicão	1	1
13	GD Estoril Praia	1	1
14	CD Nacional	1	1
15	FC Alverca	2	1
16	Casa Pia AC	1	0
17	Vitória SC	2	0
18	Rio Ave FC	2	0

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2023-10-07 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 Rio Ave FC 2023-03-05 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 Rio Ave FC 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

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Oct	Rio Ave FC	H	2–1	W
03 Oct	1. FC Union Berlin	A	3–2	W
28 Sep	CF Estrela da Amadora	A	4–2	W
24 Sep	Boavista FC	H	4–1	W
20 Sep	SSC Napoli	H	1–2	L
16 Sep	SC Farense	A	1–3	L

Rio Ave FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Oct	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	1–2	L
01 Oct	Moreirense FC	H	0–4	L
25 Sep	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–2	L
16 Sep	FC Famalicão	H	1–1	D
02 Sep	Casa Pia AC	A	1–1	D
28 Aug	FC Porto	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Braga		Rio Ave FC
#10	Position	#18
1	Points	0
1	Played	2
0 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	0 / 0 / 2
2	Scored	0
2	Conceded	3
+0	GD	-3
1.00	PPG	0.00
0%	Win %	0%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

64% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

0% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

Sporting Clube de Braga are 10th (1 pts). Rio Ave FC are 18th (0 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

1/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

1/–

76+

–/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Sporting Clube de Braga welcome Rio Ave FC for this crunch clash at Estadio Municipal de Braga.
5' Against the run of play, Leonardo Ruiz has scored! This game has turned on its head.
10' Rio Ave FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
20' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
25' Adrian Gomez is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Rio Ave FC tonight.
30' Over 30 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
35' Sporting Clube de Braga started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
40' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Clube de Braga and Rio Ave FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
41' Sporting Clube de Braga receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 41.
46' Another substitution for Sporting Clube de Braga to replace Adrian Marin by Cristian Borja on 46 minute.
51' Costinha, a Portugal , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
56' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Clube de Braga must find a spark to ignite this game.
61' Amine Oudrhiri has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
62' Ukra is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ze Manuel at the 62 minute mark.
63' Roger Fernandes is replacing Joe Mendes for the Sporting Clube de Braga side.
68' Joao Graca has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
72' Hernani gets the nod from Rio Ave FC. He replaces Leonardo Ruiz and will look to change the dynamic.
74' Controversy at the stadium! Jhonatan argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
78' GOAL! Fabio Ronaldo fires home to make it 0-2!
80' Vitor Gomes is having his name booked by the referee on 80.
81' A change in the Sporting Clube de Braga ranks — Alvaro Djalo exits the field as Rony Lopes enters on 81.
84' Rio Ave FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Savio is hanging Fabio Ronaldo on the field on 84 minute.
89' It looks surprising Rio Ave FC does not make any changes. Ukra has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Sporting Clube de Braga to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

28
Joao Moutinho ↑ 81'
20
Rony Lopes ↑ 81'
4
Sikou Niakate
9
Abel Ruiz ↑ 46'
26
Cristian Borja ↑ 46'
18
Vitor Carvalho
91
Lukas Hornicek
88
Andre Castro
11
Roger Fernandes ↑ 63'

Coach Artur Jorge

Rio Ave FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

7
Hernani ↑ 72'
95
Andre Pereira
17
Ukra ↑ 62'
8
Vitor Gomes ↑ 72'
16
Savio ↑ 84'
1
Magrao
4
Patrick William ↑ 84'
36
Julien Lomboto
–
Nuno Namora

Coach Luis Freire

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

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2023-10-07 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 Rio Ave FC W 2023-10-03 1. FC Union Berlin 2–3 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2023-09-28 CF Estrela da Amadora 2–4 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2023-09-24 Sporting Clube de Braga 4–1 Boavista FC W 2023-09-20 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–2 SSC Napoli L 2023-09-16 SC Farense 3–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L

Rio Ave FC Form

2023-10-07 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 Rio Ave FC L 2023-10-01 Rio Ave FC 0–4 Moreirense FC L 2023-09-25 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 Rio Ave FC L 2023-09-16 Rio Ave FC 1–1 FC Famalicão D 2023-09-02 Casa Pia AC 1–1 Rio Ave FC D 2023-08-28 Rio Ave FC 1–2 FC Porto L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.34 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

Expected Goals

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

0.43 Rio Ave FC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Braga to win 76% + Under — clean sheet likely 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Braga76% Draw17% Rio Ave FC7%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes32% 0% No68%

Avg goals/match: 2.77

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw

93%

Draw or Rio Ave FC

24%

Sporting Clube de Braga or Rio Ave FC

83%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Braga57% Draw39% Rio Ave FC4%

Actual: Rio Ave FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

17%

1 – 0

14.7%

3 – 0

12.9%

0 – 0

7.8%

4 – 0

7.5%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

6.7%

3 – 1

5.6%

5 – 0

3.6%

4 – 1

3.4%

0 – 1

2.1%

5 – 1

1.7%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Braga covers	Push	Rio Ave FC covers
-2.5	33%	—	67%
-2	33%	23%	44%
-1.5	56%	—	44%
-1	56%	23%	21%
-0.5	79%	—	21%
+0.5	96%	—	4%
+1	96%	4%	1%
+1.5	99%	—	1%
+2	99%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

65% ✗

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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