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

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Primeira Liga · 2025-26

Sporting Clube de Braga

3 – 0

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Rio Ave FC

Sun 8 Feb 2026 · 18:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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

Sporting Clube de Braga 11 games · 17 pts (2026/27)
Rio Ave FC 11 games · 7 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Miguel Nogueira

7 games this season 🟨 4.6/game ⚽ 11.4 goals/game 🟥 2 total

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

Sporting Clube de Braga 15 games · Avg 2.8 goals Rio Ave FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-02-08 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–0 Rio Ave FC 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

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Feb	Rio Ave FC	H	3–0	W
02 Feb	AVS	A	4–0	W
29 Jan	Go Ahead Eagles	A	0–0	D
25 Jan	FC Alverca	H	5–0	W
22 Jan	Nottingham Forest FC	H	1–0	W
18 Jan	CD Tondela	A	1–0	W

Rio Ave FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Feb	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	0–3	L
31 Jan	FC Arouca	H	0–3	L
25 Jan	CD Nacional	A	0–4	L
17 Jan	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	0–2	L
04 Jan	Casa Pia AC	H	3–1	W
28 Dec	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–4	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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sporting Clube de Braga and Rio Ave FC has kicked off!
The final score is 3-0.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ricardo Horta	8
Paulinho	5
Simon Banza	3
Gelson Dala	2
Bruma	2
Nuno Santos	2
Mehdi Taremi	2
Gabriel Martinez	1

Head to Head

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2026-02-08 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–0 Rio Ave FC W 2026-02-02 AVS 0–4 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2026-01-29 Go Ahead Eagles 0–0 Sporting Clube de Braga D 2026-01-25 Sporting Clube de Braga 5–0 FC Alverca W 2026-01-22 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 Nottingham Forest FC W 2026-01-18 CD Tondela 0–1 Sporting Clube de Braga W

Rio Ave FC Form

2026-02-08 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–0 Rio Ave FC L 2026-01-31 Rio Ave FC 0–3 FC Arouca L 2026-01-25 CD Nacional 4–0 Rio Ave FC L 2026-01-17 Rio Ave FC 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2026-01-04 Rio Ave FC 3–1 Casa Pia AC W 2025-12-28 Sporting Clube de Portugal 4–0 Rio Ave FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.59 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

Expected Goals

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

0.46 Rio Ave FC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Braga to win 77% + Under — clean sheet likely 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Braga77% Draw15% Rio Ave FC8%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes34% 0% No66%

Avg goals/match: 3.05

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw

93%

Draw or Rio Ave FC

23%

Sporting Clube de Braga or Rio Ave FC

85%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Braga60% Draw35% Rio Ave FC5%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

15.9%

3 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

12.4%

4 – 0

8.5%

2 – 1

3 – 1

6.1%

0 – 0

6.1%

1 – 1

5 – 0

4.5%

4 – 1

4.1%

5 – 1

2.2%

6 – 0

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Braga covers	Push	Rio Ave FC covers
-2.5	38%	—	62%
-2	38%	23%	39%
-1.5	61%	—	39%
-1	61%	21%	18%
-0.5	82%	—	18%
+0.5	96%	—	4%
+1	96%	3%	1%
+1.5	99%	—	1%
+2	99%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

63% ✓

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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