Saturday , 14 November 2026

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

Primeira Liga · 2023-24
Sporting Clube de Braga
2 – 1
Full Time
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

Match Preview

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

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Porto 11 33
2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 11 28
3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 11 24
4 CD Santa Clara 11 21
5 FC Arouca 11 20
6 Académico de Viseu FC 11 20
7 Gil Vicente FC 11 18
8 Sporting Clube de Braga 11 17
9 Moreirense FC 11 14
10 FC Famalicão 11 13
11 FC Alverca 11 12
12 CF Estrela da Amadora 11 10
13 CD Nacional 11 10
14 Vitória SC 11 9
15 CS Marítimo 10 8
16 Casa Pia AC 11 8
17 Rio Ave FC 11 7
18 GD Estoril Praia 10 2

Head-to-Head

9
4
2
Sporting Clube de Braga 15 games · Avg 2.8 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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#8 Position #17
17 Points 7
11 Played 11
5 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 2 / 1 / 8
13 Scored 9
11 Conceded 24
+2 GD -15
1.55 PPG 0.64
45% Win % 18%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
45% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season
9% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

Sporting Clube de Braga are 8th (17 pts). Rio Ave FC are 17th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga
0-15
2/1
16-30
–/2
31-45
1/1
46-60
3/2
61-75
2/1
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Rio Ave FC
0-15
1/4
16-30
–/3
31-45
3/2
46-60
2/5
61-75
2/3
76+
1/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga
Pau Victor Delgado 5 G 1 A
Fran Navarro 1 G
Rio Ave FC
Jalen Blesa 3 G 1 A
Tamble Monteiro 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Sporting Clube de Braga and Rio Ave FC get this one started.
  • 5' Assisted by Costinha with the perfectly-timed delivery and Leonardo Ruiz makes no mistake. 0-1!
  • 10' The travelling Rio Ave FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 15' Sporting Clube de Braga have won 588 goals from 439 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 20' It looks like no one’s ball. Rio Ave FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 25' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Clube de Braga and Rio Ave FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 30' Pizzi has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 21 cards already picked up this season.
  • 35' Sporting Clube de Braga seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 40' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Sporting Clube de Braga winning 100% of all matches.
  • 41' Poor challenge from Serdar Saatci. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 46' Fresh legs for Sporting Clube de Braga! Cristian Borja comes on to replace Adrian Marin.
  • 51' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 56' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Clube de Braga must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 61' Supporters expect more eagerness from Adrian Gomez, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio Municipal de Braga with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 62' Rio Ave FC make a change. Ze Manuel trudges off to be replaced by Ukra on 62 minutes.
  • 63' The Sporting Clube de Braga bench stirs into life. Joe Mendes is withdrawn and Roger Fernandes gets his opportunity.
  • 68' Sporting Clube de Braga are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 72' Fresh legs for Rio Ave FC! Hernani comes on to replace Leonardo Ruiz.
  • 74' Jhonatan is having his name booked by the referee on 74.
  • 78' What composure from Fabio Ronaldo! The Portugal international strokes it home. 0-2.
  • 80' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Vitor Gomes.
  • 81' Rony Lopes gets the nod from Sporting Clube de Braga. He replaces Alvaro Djalo and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 84' A tactical swap from Rio Ave FC — Savio on, Fabio Ronaldo off on 84 minutes.
  • 89' Jose Fonte is a natural centre-back and has been asked to do a very specific job for Rio Ave FC tonight.
  • It finishes all square. Sporting Clube de Braga and Rio Ave FC share the spoils 2-1.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Artur Jorge

Rio Ave FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luis Freire

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Ricardo Horta 8
Paulinho 5
Simon Banza 3
Gelson Dala 2
Bruma 2
Nuno Santos 2
Mehdi Taremi 2
Emmanuel Boateng 1

Head to Head

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

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
2.18 Sporting Clube de Braga xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.73 Rio Ave FC xG
I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Braga to win 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Clube de Braga69% Draw20% Rio Ave FC11%
Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes46% 0% No54%
Avg goals/match: 2.91
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 78%
22%
± 2.5 55%
45%
± 3.5 33%
67%
± 4.5 17%
83%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw
89%
Draw or Rio Ave FC
31%
Sporting Clube de Braga or Rio Ave FC
80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Clube de Braga49% Draw41% Rio Ave FC10%
Actual: Rio Ave FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
12.8%
1 – 0
11.5%
1 – 1
9.3%
2 – 1
Actual
3 – 0
9.1%
0 – 0
7.1%
3 – 1
6.6%
4 – 0
4.9%
4 – 1
3.7%
2 – 2
3.3%
0 – 1
3.3%
1 – 2
3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga

Handicap Sporting Clube de Braga covers Push Rio Ave FC covers
-2.5 25% — 75%
-2 25% 21% 54%
-1.5 46% — 54%
-1 46% 23% 31%
-0.5 69% — 31%
+0.5 90% — 10%
+1 90% 7% 3%
+1.5 97% — 3%
+2 97% 2% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet
49% ✓
Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet
12% ✓

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