A win for the hosts is anticipated from this fixture if the league table is a guide to future results. The Sporting Braga club members are positive that the mismatch between 5th and Rio Ave's 16th spot in the table will be visible on the pitch.
- Sporting Braga have the most scored goals (18) in Liga Portugal
- Rio Ave have the fewest scored goals (5) in Liga Portugal
The hosts Sporting Braga saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Champions League. That game was an away game at Union Berlin, so at least Sporting Braga are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Sporting Braga form and stats
The Liga Portugal results at home this season for Sporting Braga are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Braga are returning here after guesting Union Berlin in a Champions League fixture and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Midfielder Bruma was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.9 (out of ten) in that game. Bruma scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 39 successful passes (of 46 total).
Before that match, a Liga Portugal win away at Estrela Amadora.Sporting Braga are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 13 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 10, drew 0 and lost 3.
Both teams score at least one goal! That has been the case in 7 league games in a row for this team. Will it happen again?
4 goals have been conceded.
Rio Ave form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Liga Portugal for Rio Ave with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Rio Ave are looking to quickly end their 221 minutes long goal drought in the Liga Portugal.
The manager Freire was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Estádio do Rio Futebol Clube. Rio Ave suffered a 0-4 loss to Moreirense (placed 8th). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Moreirense was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Midfielder Costinha was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.1. Costinha hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 33 successful passes (of 41 total).
Prior to that match, the Rio Ave manager Freire faced defeat when travelling to Sporting CP and losing 0-2.Goals are few and far between in Rio's away league games. Only {1 goals} from 3 travels. Rio Ave's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Braga have not lost in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) against Rio Ave.Top Goalscorers
  S. Banza 5 goals |  R. Horta 5 goals |  Á. Dias Fernandes 3 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Rio Ave missing players
| Sporting Braga | Rio Ave | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 4.6 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.7 | 5 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.7 | 15.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.3 | 11 |
| 6 | 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| 43% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 12.4 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| 4 | 2.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
- All of Rio Ave's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Sporting Braga's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rio Ave have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Rio Ave have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Rio Ave have the fewest scored goals (5) in Liga Portugal
- Rio Ave have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Liga Portugal
- Rio Ave have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rio Ave have yet to win a game away.
- Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rio Ave is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sporting Braga have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sporting Braga have scored in all their matches so far.
- Sporting Braga have scored more than double the goals of Rio Ave.
- Sporting Braga have the most scored goals (18) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Benfica | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | Porto | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Boavista | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Famalicao | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | Casa Pia | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Portimonense | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 12 | Farense | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Arouca | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Vizela | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Estrela Amadora | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Rio Ave | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 17 | Estoril | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | Chaves | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 4 |
