The table shows that 22 points split the pair of duelists in this Liga Portugal game. Sporting Braga hold both the points- and home ground advantage.
- Sporting Braga have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Liga Portugal
- Sporting Braga have scored more than double the goals of Rio Ave.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Sporting Braga are steadily winning Liga Portugal games and points here at Estádio Municipal de Braga. 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. Ever since the Casa Pia game Braga has been unbeatable here at Estádio Municipal de Braga producing four straight wins.
Sporting Braga lost their last game at Vitória SC (placed 5th) after a 1-2 scoreline. The first defeat after going unbeaten in three league rounds. Tormena was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.33 out of 10. The defender Tormena hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Sporting Braga home games with this odds we find 16 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 12 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Looking at the victories, 8 matches were won by at least two goals.
Lots of goals and action? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this team has seen three goals or more.
The Sporting Braga manager Jorge has got the team scoring with 21 from 10 home games in the league. Braga have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rio Ave form and stats
There's been little loot from Rio Ave's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the Liga Portugal. Rio Ave only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Rio Ave have lost on their last two travels.
Rio Ave go into this game after a win, the home game against Chaves that ended 1-0. Goalkeeper Jhonatan was absolutely vital in the Rio Ave victory against Chaves, making six saves. Goalkeeper Jhonatan got the top player rating of the team with 8.15/10. Jhonatan topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Porto's place.A tale of few goals? 12 of this side's most recent 13 league rounds have had two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Rio rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved faced each other earlier on this match year: Rio Ave - Sporting Braga 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sporting Braga five wins, two draws and Rio Ave three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Banza 9 goals |  R. Horta 8 goals |   A. Yakubu 7 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Rio Ave missing players
| Sporting Braga | Rio Ave | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 48 | 21 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 22 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 82% | 91% |
| 77% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 55% | 45% |
| 64% | 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 45% | 32% |
| 36% | 30% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 36% | 27% |
| 32% | 30% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 9% | 9% |
| 36% | 20% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 45% | 36% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 27% | 36% |
| 14% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 45% | 36% |
| 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16.5 | 17.9 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 10.6 | 10.6 |
| 6.4 | 5.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 34% | 36% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 27% | 31% |
| 11.2 | 11 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.4 | 16.2 | 14.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting Braga have scored more than double the goals of Rio Ave.
- Sporting Braga have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home 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 | Benfica | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 43 | 59 |
| 2 | Porto | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 35 | 51 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 26 | 49 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 44 |
| 5 | Vitória SC | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 37 |
| 6 | Arouca | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 33 |
| 7 | Casa Pia | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 32 |
| 8 | Boavista | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 29 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Famalicao | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Vizela | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Chaves | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 26 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 26 |
| 15 | Estoril | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 22 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -23 | 16 |
| 17 | Santa Clara | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | -16 | 15 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -24 | 12 |
