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Sporting Braga will host Rio Ave at the Estadio Municipal de Braga on Sunday in another round of the 2024-25 Primeira Liga campaign. The home side have had mixed results in the league this season but remain in contention for continental football as they sit seventh in the table with 11 points from seven matches.
They beat newly-promoted Nacional 3-0 in their last league outing, featuring goals from three different players in the final 15 minutes of the game including summer arrival Amine El Ouazzani who came off the bench to score his fifth goal for the club.
Meanwhile, Rio Ave have struggled for results in the league this season, although they remain on course to avoid the drop. They played out a 2-2 draw against Estoril Praia in their last match, with Kiko Bondoso and Clayton getting on the scoresheet in either half to hand the Vilacondenses a two-goal lead before their opponents leveled the scores midway through the second half.
The visitors now sit 11th in the league table with seven points picked so far and will be looking to return to winning ways this weekend.
Sporting Braga vs Rio Ave Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- There have been 73 meetings between Braga and Rio Ave. The home side have won 32 of those games while the visitors have won 21 times.
- There have been 20 draws between the two teams including their most recent matchup which ended goalless.
- The hosts are undefeated in their last six games in this fixture.
- Rio Ave have scored just one goal in their last four visits to the Estadio Municipal de Braga.
- Os Arcebispos have scored eight times in the Portuguese top flight this season, the joint-second-fewest of any team in the top half of the pile.
Sporting Braga vs Rio Ave Prediction
Braga are on a run of back-to-back victories and have lost just one of their 13 games this season. They have won three of their last four games on home turf and will be hopeful of a favorable result here as well.
Rio Ave are on a run of consecutive winless outings and have won just one of their last four matches. They are without a win on the road all year and could see defeat this weekend.
Prediction: Sporting Braga 2-0 Rio Ave
Sporting Braga vs Rio Ave Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Sporting Braga to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Four of the visitors' last five matches have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just two of their last six matchups)
