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Sporting Braga v Rio Ave : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 29th Sep, 20:30 BST, Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga

the Estádio Municipal de Braga is the setting on Sunday night, as Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal's Sporting Braga are visited by Luís Carlos Batalha Freire's Rio Ave in the Liga NOS. Liga NOS stats are the backbone of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) history included too. There's so much to explore, with infographics and odds available for every betting markets using the tabs.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Braga
54%
--
Draw
25%
--
Rio Ave
22%
--
Braga 1-0
12%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Braga 2-0
10%
--
Braga 2-1
10%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Rio Ave 1-0
7%
--
Braga 3-0
6%
--
Rio Ave 2-1
6%
--
Braga 3-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Rio Ave 2-0
3%
--
Braga 3-2
3%
--
Braga 4-0
2%
--
Braga 4-1
2%
--
Rio Ave 3-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
48%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
52%
--
Home 1st Goal
54%
--
Away 1st Goal
41%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
50%
--
BTTS - No
50%
--
BTTS - Home Win
23%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
10%
--
Home/draw
78%
--
Away/draw
46%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
71%
--
Away DNB
39%
--
Braga win to nil
31%
--
Rio Ave win to nil
12%
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table
Braga
Won
Draw
Lost
Scores
Rio Ave
HOME AWAY TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY
Nov 10
Apr 6
 S. Lisbon55001715 
Jan 19
l
 
3-1A
Mar 9
Oct 6
 Porto5401612 
Feb 2
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
Feb 16
 V. Guimaraes5401412 
Dec 15
Apr 27
-
-
 Braga Home6321411 
Mar 2
Sep 29
May 17
Jan 5
 Benfica5311510 
Mar 16
Oct 27
Dec 15
Apr 27
 Famalicao5311510 
Oct 4
Mar 9
May 4
Dec 22
 Santa Clara530219 
Apr 19
Dec 8
w
 
3-1F
Feb 2
 Moreirense5212-17 
Nov 30
Apr 13
Apr 13
Dec 1
 AVS5212-17 
Feb 16
l
 
1-0A
Feb 9
d
 
0-00-0
 Gil Vicente5131-16 
May 17
Jan 5
Dec 29
May 11
 Casa Pia5203-36 
Nov 2
Mar 30
Sep 29
Mar 2
 Rio Ave Away5203-36 
-
-
Jan 26
w
 
0-1F
 Boavista5122-15 
Apr 6
Nov 9
Dec 8
Apr 19
 Estoril5122-35 
Sep 21
Feb 23
Feb 23
w
 
0-3F
 Nacional6114-84 
Dec 29
May 11
Mar 30
Nov 3
 Arouca5104-63 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 9
d
 
1-1F
Jan 19
 Estrela Amadora5023-52 
May 4
Dec 22
Oct 27
Mar 16
 Sporting Farense5005-100 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 26
Win / draw / win form
3
Rio Ave have lost 3 consecutive away league games
24
Rio Ave have not won in 24 consecutive away league games
Braga 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Braga0 - 2V. Guimaraes
Braga3 - 1Moreirense
Braga1 - 1Estrela Amadora
Braga0 - 1Porto
Braga4 - 3Casa Pia
Braga2 - 1Vizela
Braga0 - 3Arouca
Braga2 - 1Gil Vicente
Braga3 - 0Estrela Amadora
Braga2 - 1Sporting Farense
Braga1 - 0Moreirense
Braga1 - 1Chaves
Braga1 - 1V. Guimaraes
Braga0 - 1Benfica
Braga3 - 1Estoril
Braga6 - 1Portimonense
Braga2 - 1Rio Ave
Braga4 - 1Boavista
Braga1 - 1S. Lisbon
Braga1 - 2Famalicao
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABraga3 - 0Nacional
HBraga0 - 2V. Guimaraes
ABraga0 - 0Gil Vicente
HBraga3 - 1Moreirense
ABraga1 - 0Boavista
HBraga1 - 1Estrela Amadora
HBraga0 - 1Porto
ABraga3 - 2V. Guimaraes
HBraga4 - 3Casa Pia
ABraga1 - 3Benfica
HBraga2 - 1Vizela
ABraga1 - 0Estoril
HBraga0 - 3Arouca
ABraga5 - 3Portimonense
HBraga2 - 1Gil Vicente
ABraga0 - 0Rio Ave
HBraga3 - 0Estrela Amadora
ABraga4 - 0Boavista
HBraga2 - 1Sporting Farense
ABraga0 - 5S. Lisbon
Rio Ave 12TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
14
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Draw
11
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
AVS1 - 0Rio Ave
Porto2 - 0Rio Ave
S. Lisbon3 - 1Rio Ave
Portimonense2 - 2Rio Ave
Vizela1 - 1Rio Ave
Estrela Amadora2 - 2Rio Ave
Boavista0 - 0Rio Ave
Sporting Farense1 - 1Rio Ave
Moreirense0 - 0Rio Ave
Famalicao2 - 1Rio Ave
Porto0 - 0Rio Ave
Chaves0 - 0Rio Ave
Benfica4 - 1Rio Ave
V. Guimaraes1 - 0Rio Ave
Arouca2 - 2Rio Ave
Gil Vicente1 - 1Rio Ave
Braga2 - 1Rio Ave
S. Lisbon2 - 0Rio Ave
Casa Pia1 - 1Rio Ave
Estoril2 - 0Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
11
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ARio Ave0 - 1AVS
HRio Ave1 - 0Arouca
ARio Ave0 - 2Porto
HRio Ave1 - 0Sporting Farense
ARio Ave1 - 3S. Lisbon
HRio Ave1 - 1Benfica
ARio Ave2 - 2Portimonense
HRio Ave2 - 1V. Guimaraes
ARio Ave1 - 1Vizela
HRio Ave1 - 1Arouca
ARio Ave2 - 2Estrela Amadora
HRio Ave3 - 0Gil Vicente
ARio Ave0 - 0Boavista
ARio Ave1 - 1Sporting Farense
HRio Ave0 - 0Braga
ARio Ave0 - 0Moreirense
HRio Ave3 - 3S. Lisbon
ARio Ave1 - 2Famalicao
HRio Ave1 - 0Casa Pia
ARio Ave0 - 0Porto
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Braga have beaten Rio Ave in 4 consecutive home league meetings
8
Braga have not lost to Rio Ave in 8 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Braga since 2016
Braga
Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
18
5
Games: Scored
8 / 8
5 / 8
Clean sheets
3 / 8
0 / 8
BRG
6
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Braga
Braga2 - 1
Braga2 - 0
Braga3 - 0
Braga2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Braga2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Braga5 - 1
League games at Rio Ave since 2015
Rio Ave
Braga
Goals: Scored
10
8
Games: Scored
6 / 8
3 / 8
Clean sheets
5 / 8
2 / 8
BRG
2
D
2
RIO
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rio Ave
Draw0 - 0Draw
2 - 3Braga
Draw0 - 0Draw
Rio Ave4 - 3
1 - 2Braga
Rio Ave1 - 0
Rio Ave1 - 0
Rio Ave1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Rio Ave of late. It has been 6 Liga NOS games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.0 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Sunday night against Sporting Braga.

Braga 4th Rio Ave 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that Braga will score 1 or more goals
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of Rio Ave scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-7
Braga’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-31
Rio Ave have scored 31% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.9
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2024/2025 season
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Braga
PG (predicted goals)
Rio Ave
1.7
1
Attack rating
36%
better
BRG
RIO
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Games scored4
3
Failed to score2
2
Scored first4
2
Goals scored8
3
Avg. goals scored1.3
0.6
Avg. shots per game10
6
Avg. shots per goal7
11
Conversion rate for14
9
Avg. XG for1.1
1.2
KickOff rating
+36%
Defence rating
24%
better
BRG
RIO
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Games conceded3
3
Clean sheets3
2
Conceded first1
3
Goals conceded4
6
Avg. goals conceded0.7
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded8
14
Avg. shots/goal conceded12
12
Conversion rate against9%
8%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.3
KickOff rating
+24%

Braga v Rio Ave Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Braga Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
6222
V CarvalhoA OuazzaniR Zalazar R Zalazar 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Marín DEF61
-
V Carvalho MID6
1
-
R Horta FWD61
-
R Fernandes FWD6
-
R Fernández FWD61
-
A Ouazzani FWD621
-
Matheus GLK5
-
B Arrey-Mbi DEF5
1
V Gómez DEF5
1
-
J. Wooding Mendes DEF4
-
R Zalazar  MID422
2
-
A Horta MID41
-
G Martínez FWD411
-
Bruma  FWD411
-
S Niakaté DEF31
1
-
Y Ribeiro DEF3
1
-
J Marques FWD3
1
-
P Oliveira DEF2
-
R Bambu DEF2
-
L Hornicek GLK1
-
Gorby MID1
-
J Moutinho MID1
1
-
S Banza FWD1
-
Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5212
JhonatanClaytonV GomesClayton
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Jhonatan GLK5
-
R Pantalon DEF5
-
A Santos DEF5
1
-
Amine MID5
-
O Pohlmann MID5
-
J Novais MID5
-
Clayton FWD52
2
-
T Morais FWD5
-
M Vrousai  FWD5
-
J Tomé DEF4
-
V Gomes MID41
-
K Bondoso FWD4
-
J Panzo DEF3
1
-
P William DEF31
2
-
J Graça MID3
-
F Ronaldo FWD3
-
O Richards DEF2
-
B Aguilera MID2
-
M Nóbrega DEF1
-
A Hassan FWD1
-