BragaAttacking momentumRio Ave
Preview
- In week 21 of the 2025-2026 Primeira Liga, Sporting Braga face Rio Ave on 2026-02-08 (kick-off 18:00 GMT) at Estádio Municipal de Braga.
- With the data available to us, Vicens and Sotiris Sylaidopoulos have not met as managers before.
- With 36 points, Sporting Braga sit 4th, while Rio Ave have 20 points to occupy 13th.
- No absentees for either Sporting Braga or Rio Ave.
- Forecasting a three-man defense for Sporting Braga (3-4-3), while Rio Ave are predicted to deploy a 3-4-3.
- Sporting Braga won 4-0 against AVS, while Rio Ave lost their fixture 0-3 vs Arouca.
- Form edge goes to Sporting Braga (4-1-0) against a faltering Rio Ave (1-0-4) from their past 5 matches.
- Sporting Braga have clearly got the edge H2H: in 49 meetings, they've beaten Rio Ave 22 times, with 16 draws and only 11 losses.
- We predict Sporting Braga to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (5-2-2) and 2.11 goals/game.
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Odds
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Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Braga
Rio Ave
Events
| 4' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 45' | Gustavo Mancha | ||
HT 1 - 0 | |||
| 62' | |||
| 70' | |||
| 70' | |||
| 73' | 2 - 0 | ||
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| 87' | L. Lelo | ||
| 89' | |||
| 90+3' | 3 - 0 | ||
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Commentary
Braga is going head to head with Rio Ave on 8/2/2026 18:00 GMT at Estádio Municipal de Braga for the Portugal Primeira Liga. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Braga v Rio Ave H2H statistics!