Primeira Liga (Portugal)

Rio Ave vs Sporting Braga Prediction and Head-to-Head Stats

Rio Ave vs Sporting Braga 08/11/2026 23:30
Meetings
3 Last 3 meetings at either venue
Draws
1/3 Last 3 meetings at either venue
Over 2.5 goals
3/3 Last 3 meetings at either venue
Both teams scored
2/3 Last 3 meetings at either venue

Rio Ave host Sporting Braga in Primeira Liga (Portugal) on 8 November 2026 at 23:30. In Primeira Liga this season, home sides have won 40% of matches and 54% have produced three goals or more.

Their strongest combined record is HT Over 0.5 Goals: it happened in 8 of Rio Ave's last 10 home matches and 8 of Sporting Braga's last 10 away matches. In their last 3 meetings at either venue, 3 had over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 2.

Key prediction types: home and away records

Home record: Rio Ave's last 10 home matches. Away record: Sporting Braga's last 10 away matches. H2H: their last 10 meetings at either venue. Combined: both home and away records together.

Both records point the same way on Double Chance X2: it came up in 80% of Rio Ave's home matches and 70% of Sporting Braga's away matches. The two sides disagree most on Over 3.5 Goals: 60% for Rio Ave at home, but only 20% for Sporting Braga on the road.

All prediction types

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Total Goals Over/Under

Half time

Double Chance

Total Goals

BTTS

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Odd / Even

Half-Time Over/Under

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Recent form

Rio Ave at home

Rio Ave won 2, drew 3 and lost 5 of its last 10 home matches, scoring 1.2 and conceding 2.4 goals per game. It kept a clean sheet in about one match in ten and both teams scored in about six matches in ten.

  • 25/10/2026 Rio Ave - FC FamalicaoPrimeira Liga 0-4(0-0) L Loss
  • 11/10/2026 Rio Ave - N. MadeiraPrimeira Liga 3-2(1-1) W Win
  • 14/09/2026 Rio Ave - EstrelaPrimeira Liga 3-3(1-1) D Draw
  • 28/08/2026 Rio Ave - Sporting LisbonPrimeira Liga 0-4(0-4) L Loss
  • 15/08/2026 Rio Ave - PortoPrimeira Liga 0-2(0-1) L Loss
  • 11/05/2026 Rio Ave - Sporting LisbonPrimeira Liga 1-4(1-2) L Loss
  • 03/05/2026 Rio Ave - Gil VicentePrimeira Liga 0-0(0-0) D Draw
  • 17/04/2026 Rio Ave - AVSPrimeira Liga 2-2(1-1) D Draw
  • 04/04/2026 Rio Ave - AlvercaPrimeira Liga 1-2(0-2) L Loss
  • 15/03/2026 Rio Ave - EstrelaPrimeira Liga 2-1(1-0) W Win

Sporting Braga away

Away from home, Sporting Braga won 3, drew 4 and lost 3 of its last 10 matches, with 0.7 goals scored and 0.9 conceded per game. It failed to score in half of all matches and kept a clean sheet in half of all matches.

  • 25/10/2026 N. Madeira - Sporting BragaPrimeira Liga 1-0(1-0) L Loss
  • 15/10/2026 FC Copenhagen - Sporting BragaUEFA Europa Conference League 3-0(0-0) L Loss
  • 20/09/2026 Santa Clara - Sporting BragaPrimeira Liga 0-0(0-0) D Draw
  • 10/09/2026 Estrela - Sporting BragaPrimeira Liga 2-1(1-1) L Loss
  • 05/09/2026 Alverca - Sporting BragaPrimeira Liga 1-2(1-0) W Win
  • 27/08/2026 Austria Wien - Sporting BragaUEFA Europa Conference League 0-0(0-0) D Draw
  • 13/08/2026 Dinamo Minsk - Sporting BragaUEFA Europa Conference League 0-0(0-0) D Draw
  • 09/08/2026 Moreirense - Sporting BragaPrimeira Liga 2-2(1-1) D Draw
  • 22/07/2026 Železničar P - Sporting BragaUEFA Europa Conference League 0-1(0-0) W Win
  • 10/07/2026 Stoke City - Sporting BragaClub Friendly 0-1(0-0) W Win

Previous meetings at this venue

Only matches with Rio Ave at home against Sporting Braga.

Looking further back, Rio Ave has hosted Sporting Braga 10 times, with a record of 5-3-2 (wins, draws, defeats) and 2.5 goals per game on average. The most recent of those games, on 31 August 2025, finished 2-2.

  • 31/08/2025 Rio Ave - Sporting BragaPrimeira Liga 2-2(2-1)
  • 02/03/2025 Rio Ave - Sporting BragaPrimeira Liga 2-1(1-1)
  • 09/03/2024 Rio Ave - Sporting BragaPrimeira Liga 0-0(0-0)
  • 11/09/2022 Rio Ave - Sporting BragaPrimeira Liga 2-3(0-2)
  • 17/04/2021 Rio Ave - Sporting BragaPrimeira Liga 0-0(0-0)
  • 30/06/2020 Rio Ave - Sporting BragaPrimeira Liga 4-3(3-2)
  • 03/03/2019 Rio Ave - Sporting BragaPrimeira Liga 1-2(0-0)
  • 13/05/2018 Rio Ave - Sporting BragaPrimeira Liga 1-0(1-0)
  • 18/11/2017 Rio Ave - Sporting BragaTaça de Portugal 1-0(1-0)
  • 03/02/2017 Rio Ave - Sporting BragaPrimeira Liga 1-0(0-0)

Quick answers

Who has the better record, Rio Ave or Sporting Braga?

Rio Ave has won 2 of its last 10 home matches (20%), while Sporting Braga has won 3 of its last 10 away matches (30%). On these numbers the away side has the stronger record, which is less common than the other way round.

How many goals do Rio Ave vs Sporting Braga matches usually have?

Rio Ave's home matches have averaged 3.6 goals and Sporting Braga's away matches 1.6. Over 2.5 goals came up in 80% of those home games and 60% of those away games.

Do both teams usually score?

Both teams scored in 60% of Rio Ave's home matches and 60% of Sporting Braga's away matches. In their last 3 meetings it happened in 2 of them.

What happened in their last meeting at this venue?

On 31 August 2025 it ended Rio Ave 2-2 Sporting Braga, after 2-1 at half-time.

Which prediction type has the strongest record for this match?

HT Over 0.5 Goals has the strongest combined record (80%), followed by Double Chance X2 (75%). Both figures come from Rio Ave's home matches and Sporting Braga's away matches, not from a forecast.

How the figures are calculated

All figures come from the final scores of finished matches. Pre-match prices and model forecasts are not used.

Home and away records count each team's last 10 matches at that venue in the active leagues we cover; head-to-head counts up to their last 10 meetings. The match itself is never counted.

A high figure describes what has happened before. It is not a forecast of this match.