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

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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 6 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Rio Ave FC 7 games · 4 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Miguel Nogueira

4 games this season 🟨 4.5/game ⚽ 12.8 goals/game 🟥 2 total

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

Sporting Clube de Braga 14 games · Avg 2.9 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
#6	Position	#16
11	Points	4
6	Played	7
3 / 2 / 1	W / D / L	1 / 1 / 5
7	Scored	5
5	Conceded	15
+2	GD	-10
1.83	PPG	0.57
50%	Win %	14%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

64% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

14% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

Sporting Clube de Braga are 6th (11 pts). Rio Ave FC are 16th (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga

Pau Victor Delgado	3 G	1 A
Fran Navarro	1 G

Rio Ave FC

Jalen Blesa	2 G	1 A
Tamble Monteiro	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Sporting Clube de Braga vs Rio Ave FC — let the football do the talking.
It finishes all square. Sporting Clube de Braga and Rio Ave FC share the spoils 3-0.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

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
Ismael Gharbi	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

2.51 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

Expected Goals

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

0.37 Rio Ave FC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Braga to win 78% + Under — clean sheet likely 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Braga78% Draw15% Rio Ave FC7%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes29% 0% No71%

Avg goals/match: 2.88

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw

93%

Draw or Rio Ave FC

22%

Sporting Clube de Braga or Rio Ave FC

85%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Braga60% Draw36% Rio Ave FC4%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

17.6%

1 – 0

14.3%

3 – 0

Actual

4 – 0

8.9%

0 – 0

2 – 1

6.3%

1 – 1

5.5%

3 – 1

5.4%

5 – 0

4.5%

4 – 1

3.5%

6 – 0

5 – 1

1.9%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Braga covers	Push	Rio Ave FC covers
-2.5	38%	—	62%
-2	38%	24%	39%
-1.5	61%	—	39%
-1	61%	22%	17%
-0.5	83%	—	17%
+0.5	97%	—	3%
+1	97%	3%	1%
+1.5	99%	—	1%
+2	99%	—	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

69% ✓

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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