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

Sun 2nd Mar, 00:00 BST, Estadio Dos Arcos, Vila do Conde

Sunday morning at the Estadio Dos Arcos, and it’s a Liga NOS clash between Rio Ave and Sporting Braga. Armando Evangelista and Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal will be doing all they can to guide their side to victory. For each and every Liga NOS match, KickOff explores the statistics for seventeen major betting markets. Important stats, including head-to-head results, are then brought forward alongside odds from leading bookmakers.


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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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Rio Ave
30%
--
Draw
26%
--
Braga
44%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Braga 1-0
11%
--
Braga 2-1
9%
--
Rio Ave 1-0
9%
--
Braga 2-0
8%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Rio Ave 2-1
7%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Rio Ave 2-0
5%
--
Braga 3-1
4%
--
Braga 3-0
4%
--
Rio Ave 3-1
3%
--
Braga 3-2
2%
--
Rio Ave 3-2
2%
--
Rio Ave 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
48%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
52%
--
Home 1st Goal
45%
--
Away 1st Goal
51%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
52%
--
BTTS - No
48%
--
BTTS - Home Win
14%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
20%
--
Home/draw
56%
--
Away/draw
70%
--
Home/away
74%
--
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
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
48%
--
Away DNB
63%
--
Rio Ave win to nil
16%
--
Braga win to nil
25%
--
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Rio Ave have played 22 matches so far this season and are in 11th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 5 and won 1. Rio Ave have conceded 29 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 5 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Rio Ave have played 11 games at home, winning 4, drawing 6 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 17 goals, conceded 16 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Braga lay in 4th place on 44 points in the Liga NOS league table having played 22 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 5 and losing 2 games. They have scored 33 goals and kept 11 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Braga have conceded 13 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Braga have played 11 away games, winning 8, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Rio Ave
Braga
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
S. Lisbon2216424152 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
3-1A
l
 
2-4F
Apr 6
2
Benfica2216243250 
Mar 16
l
 
5-0A
May 17
w
 
1-2F
3
Porto2214442846 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-0A
Mar 9
l
 
2-1A
4
Braga Away2213541844 
Mar 2
l
 
4-0A
-
-
5
Santa Clara221228238 
Apr 19
l
 
1-0A
May 4
w
 
0-2F
6
Casa Pia22967133 
d
 
2-2A
Mar 30
l
 
1-2A
May 11
7
V. Guimaraes227105531 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 27
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
8
Estoril22877-631 
d
 
2-2F
Feb 22
d
 
2-2F
Apr 19
9
Famalicao226106028 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 9
d
 
3-3A
Apr 27
10
Moreirense227510-526 
w
 
3-2F
Apr 13
w
 
3-1F
w
 
1-2A
11
Rio Ave Home22688-1226 
-
-
w
 
4-0F
Mar 2
12
Arouca226610-1324 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
Mar 30
w
 
1-2F
13
Nacional226511-923 
w
 
2-1F
May 11
Feb 21
w
 
0-3F
14
Gil Vicente225710-1122 
May 17
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
15
Estrela Amadora225512-1520 
May 4
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
16
AVS223109-1519 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
Apr 13
w
 
0-1F
17
Sporting Farense223613-1815 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
Mar 16
18
Boavista222614-2312 
Apr 6
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
Win / draw / win form
Rio Ave 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
8
Draw
11
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rio Ave1 - 1AVS
Rio Ave2 - 2Porto
Rio Ave0 - 3S. Lisbon
Rio Ave2 - 1Nacional
Rio Ave2 - 2V. Guimaraes
Rio Ave3 - 2Moreirense
Rio Ave2 - 2Casa Pia
Rio Ave1 - 1Famalicao
Rio Ave2 - 2Estoril
Rio Ave1 - 0Arouca
Rio Ave1 - 0Sporting Farense
Rio Ave1 - 1Benfica
Rio Ave2 - 1V. Guimaraes
Rio Ave1 - 1Arouca
Rio Ave3 - 0Gil Vicente
Rio Ave0 - 0Braga
Rio Ave3 - 3S. Lisbon
Rio Ave1 - 0Casa Pia
Rio Ave1 - 1Estoril
Rio Ave2 - 0Portimonense
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HRio Ave1 - 1AVS
ARio Ave1 - 1Arouca
HRio Ave2 - 2Porto
ARio Ave2 - 1Sporting Farense
HRio Ave0 - 3S. Lisbon
ARio Ave1 - 1Gil Vicente
HRio Ave2 - 1Nacional
ARio Ave0 - 1Estrela Amadora
HRio Ave2 - 2V. Guimaraes
ARio Ave0 - 1Santa Clara
HRio Ave3 - 2Moreirense
ARio Ave2 - 0Boavista
HRio Ave2 - 2Casa Pia
ARio Ave0 - 5Benfica
HRio Ave1 - 1Famalicao
ARio Ave0 - 4Braga
HRio Ave2 - 2Estoril
ARio Ave0 - 1AVS
HRio Ave1 - 0Arouca
ARio Ave0 - 2Porto
Braga 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
13
D
3
L
4
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
V. Guimaraes0 - 0Braga
Moreirense1 - 2Braga
Estrela Amadora0 - 1Braga
Benfica1 - 2Braga
Santa Clara0 - 2Braga
AVS0 - 1Braga
Arouca1 - 2Braga
Porto2 - 1Braga
Nacional0 - 3Braga
Gil Vicente0 - 0Braga
Boavista0 - 1Braga
V. Guimaraes2 - 3Braga
Benfica3 - 1Braga
Estoril0 - 1Braga
Portimonense3 - 5Braga
Rio Ave0 - 0Braga
Boavista0 - 4Braga
S. Lisbon5 - 0Braga
Famalicao1 - 2Braga
Porto2 - 0Braga
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABraga0 - 0V. Guimaraes
HBraga2 - 0Gil Vicente
ABraga2 - 1Moreirense
HBraga3 - 0Boavista
ABraga1 - 0Estrela Amadora
ABraga2 - 1Benfica
HBraga1 - 2Casa Pia
ABraga2 - 0Santa Clara
HBraga3 - 3Famalicao
HBraga2 - 2Estoril
ABraga1 - 0AVS
HBraga2 - 4S. Lisbon
ABraga2 - 1Arouca
HBraga2 - 0Sporting Farense
ABraga1 - 2Porto
HBraga4 - 0Rio Ave
ABraga3 - 0Nacional
HBraga0 - 2V. Guimaraes
ABraga0 - 0Gil Vicente
HBraga3 - 1Moreirense
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
7
Braga have not lost to Rio Ave in 7 consecutive league meetings
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
RIO
4
D
2
BRG
2
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
League games at Braga since 2016
Braga
Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
22
5
Games: Scored
9 / 9
5 / 9
Clean sheets
4 / 9
0 / 9
D
2
BRG
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Braga
Braga4 - 0
Braga2 - 1
Braga2 - 0
Braga3 - 0
Braga2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Braga2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Braga5 - 1
Goal Statistics

Sporting Braga's defensive record is to be admired, C. Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Liga NOS outings. An average PG rating of 1.1 for Rio Ave makes sense in this context.

Sporting Braga have been steady in front of goal of late, finding the net in 16 consecutive Liga NOS matches. Their PG of 1.5 against Rio Ave on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Rio Ave 11th Braga 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Rio Ave will score no more than 1 goal
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Braga will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+13
Rio Ave have scored 13% more goals at home than predicted
+1
Braga’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Rio Ave
PG (predicted goals)
Braga
1.1
1.5
Attack rating
RIO
BRG
29%
better
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Games scored15
19
Failed to score7
3
Scored first9
15
Goals scored24
38
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.7
Avg. shots per game8
10
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for15
17
Avg. XG for1.1
1.6
KickOff rating
+29%
Defence rating
RIO
BRG
39%
better
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Games conceded19
11
Clean sheets3
11
Conceded first13
5
Goals conceded36
20
Avg. goals conceded1.6
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded12
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
9
Conversion rate against13%
12%
Avg. XG against1.7
1
KickOff rating
+39%

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

Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
211138
M Vrousai ClaytonM Vrousai Clayton
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Vrousai  DEF2113
3
-
Clayton FWD21112
8
-
T Morais FWD212
1
-
K Bondoso FWD2121
1
-
J Novais MID20
1
-
O Richards DEF191
4
-
O Pohlmann MID1812
-
D Tıknaz MID1712
3
1
M Neto MID1611
5
1
B Aguilera MID162
3
-
C Miszta GLK14
2
-
J Panzo DEF8
2
1
J Graça MID8
-
J Tomé DEF7
-
F. Petrasso DEF5
2
-
A Ndoj DEF5
-
V Gomes MID51
-
V. Ferreira de Sousa FWD5
-
A Luiz FWD4
-
N Abby DEF3
-
K. Zoabi FWD3
-
J Pedro DEF21
-
T. Medina FWD2
-
T. Bakoulas MID1
-
Braga Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20646
R HortaR HortaR Zalazar J Ferreira
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Horta FWD2263
1
-
R Fernandes FWD2232
1
-
A Ouazzani FWD2261
1
-
G Martínez FWD2032
4
-
V Carvalho MID19
3
-
S Niakaté DEF1611
3
-
V Gómez DEF151
1
-
J Ferreira DEF151
6
-
B Arrey-Mbi DEF14
4
1
I Gharbi FWD1421
-
Gorby MID11
3
-
J Moutinho MID111
2
-
A Marín DEF102
-
P Oliveira DEF101
2
-
R Zalazar  MID1024
3
-
R Bambu DEF61
3
-
L Hornicek GLK5
-
F Navarro FWD53
-
F. Chissumba Rodrigues DEF4
-
D. Oliveira Rodrigues MID4
-
U Račić MID2
-
J. Zamith Oliveira Noro DEF1
-
J. Vasconcelos Faria Gonçalves MID1
-
T. Helguera Merello Volante MID1
-