GolVolt — Rio Ave vs Sporting Braga: preview, line-ups, chances

Today

Liga Portugal Matchday 11

Rio Ave

21:30 Sun 8 Nov · your time in 6 days 8 h

Sporting Braga

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Stadium: Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube, Vila do Conde

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

What's at stake

Rio Ave: a match about staying up

37%after a loss 23%after a win

Relegation risk: 37% after a defeat, 23% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).

Defence

Rio Ave concede 2.4 goals per match

Rio Ave2.4 Sporting Braga1.2

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Sporting Braga concede 1.2.

Last time

Last meeting, 8 February: Sporting Braga – Rio Ave 3:0

WLDW

Ricardo Horta: 2 goals.

What's at stake

Sporting Braga: a match for Europe

12%after a loss 25%after a win

Chances of Europe: 12% after a defeat, 25% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).

Players to watch

Liga Portugal, this season.

Jalen Blesa

Rio Ave · forward

3goals 1assist 7.07avg rating

Last match, Academico Viseu: rating 6.7.

Pau Víctor

Sporting Braga · forward

5goals 1assist 6.96avg rating

Last match, Famalicão: 1 goal, rating 7.4.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.

“This set-up” is Rio Ave at home and Sporting Braga away, as in this match.

Rio Ave

at home · 10

2W3D5L1.2scored per match2.4conceded per match

Sporting Braga

away · 10

2W5D3L0.8scored per match1.1conceded per match

Head to head

4 meetings since 2024.

Last time · 8 Feb 2026 · Liga Portugal Sporting Braga 3:0 Rio Ave Grillitsch 4' · Horta 73', 90+3'

1wins

1 draw3.5 goals per match · both scored in 2 of 4

2wins

Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Rio Ave (4-2-3-1, last: Academico Viseu) · Sporting Braga (4-2-3-1, last: Famalicão).

Official around 20:30, Sun 8 Nov

EGVan Der Gouw MVVrousai GMMancha ANNtoi JTTomé GLLiavas DNNascimento DBBezerra MPPatrício SCClemmensen JBBlesa BEBernardo VGGómez ABBarisic SBBarcia DTTravassos VCCarvalho JMMoutinho MDDorgeles RHHorta GMMartínez FNNavarro

Rio AveSporting Braga

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Coaches

Vasco Freire De SeabraRio Ave Franclim Pereira da Silva Maia CarvalhoSporting Braga

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

What this match changes in the season

Each club's chance in its part of the table, after each result.

today after a defeat after a draw after a win

Rio Ave relegation risk today 32%

after a defeat: 37%
after a draw: 30%
after a win: 23%

Sporting Braga European-place chance today 20%

after a defeat: 12%
after a draw: 16%
after a win: 25%

Rio Ave: 14 percentage points of relegation risk between a win and a defeat.

From 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. How we count

Pro analysisGolVolt ProPro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.

Pro analysis

GolVolt Pro

Pro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.

Volt matchup

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