Sporting Braga vs Rio Ave betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on September 29th, 2024

A football match between Sporting Braga and Rio Ave of the Liga Portugal will take place in Portugal on Sunday, September 29th, 2024, at 19:30h (UTC), check the Sporting Braga vs Rio Ave betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Sporting Braga vs Rio Ave will occur

The game takes place in the Estádio Municipal de Braga stadium, in the city of Braga, with a capacity for 30286 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can find all the follow-up to the match live on Betarena, bringing odds, events, statistics, and more to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Sporting Braga vs Rio Ave betting tip 2024/2025

The Liga Portugal has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.87 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.35 goals per match played.

Sporting Braga last match

The last match ended in a win for the Sporting Braga team. On that occasion they met Nacional for the Liga Portugal, and the match ended 0-3. Coach C. Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal's lined up a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The odds of 1.75 before the match made clear the favoritism of the team before the match, a condition that was ratified with the final positive result.

While a good part of the team did not have an eye-catching performance, Roger Fernandes called the responsibility. It appeared very well in the contest's central moments, becoming the great name of victory for Sporting Braga.

Rio Ave last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Rio Ave, who used a 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the Estoril team with a final score of 2-2.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.40 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Sporting Braga vs Rio Ave h2h

Sporting Braga was in 4th place when they last played Rio Ave who was 14th place in Liga Portugal. Sporting Braga played using the 4-4-2 formation while Rio Ave responded with a 3-4-3 arrangement.

During the football season of 2023/2024, these Liga Portugal teams played against each other on 09-03-2024 in a duly contested game that ended in a 0-0 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Curiosity about previous games

The two teams had very different results in their previous games. While Sporting Braga thrashed in a game that was not expected to be so easy, against Nacional, Rio Ave drew in a match against Estoril. Let's see how this previous result can interfere with the morale of the teams for this game.

It is important to note that much of this opposing scenario is due to the performance of Roger Fernandes, who had a brilliant performance and was key in the impressive team victory.

Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Considering the home team Sporting Braga, standing in 7th place with 11 points in the Liga Portugal competition in Portugal. Their performance statistics have been such as 3 wins, 1 loss and, 2 draws.

In the 7th round, the team has the same points compared to Famalicão who occupies position 6.

Sporting Braga analysis

Sporting Braga at the end of round 6 in Liga Portugal had 8 goals scored and 4 conceded.

In their recent matches, Sporting Braga defensive style seems to involve a significant number of fouls, which is higher than the league average. However, their low number of yellow cards, below the league average of three, suggests that their fouls are strategic, aimed at obstructing the opponent's attacking play and limiting their momentum.

The average shooting on goal for the Sporting Braga team in the league is not the best. There are only 3.33 per game. This turns out to be another good indication that the team does not usually score many goals or give much work to the opposing goalkeepers.

The Sporting Braga team seeks to control the game by trying to achieve an average ball possession of 60%. This is based on the observation that ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents.

In comparison to Rio Ave 504 attacks and 5 goals, Sporting Braga has had 724 attacks and 8 goals.

Best goalscorer from Sporting Braga

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez. He has already scored 2 times this season and has helped Sporting Braga come away with the positive result on several occasions.

Rio Ave

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Rio Ave arrives in this game with 7 points, and in 11th place in the Liga Portugal, having won twice in total and lost 3 times, making a total of 1 draw.

Rio Ave analysis

Rio Ave shows a negative ratio between goals made and conceded, with 5 made and 8 conceded after 6 rounds of the league.

The team is not scoring many goals, averaging 0.83 goals per game. Moreover, it will be going to play on a difficult field, so the outcome of the match may seem one-sided. But soccer, you know, is unpredictable.

Increasingly more in tune with his teammates, Omar Richards, who arrived at the club this season, made another fine performance in the team's last game. The midfielder was very good in the game against Estoril, being a key piece for Rio Ave.

Best goalscorer from Rio Ave

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight C. Fernandes Silva. With 3 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Rio Ave team achieving several victories this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Since Rio Ave has an average of 0.33 goals per game when playing away from home, the market for under 2.5 goals can also be a good alternative. This option can be very good, considering that Rio Ave does not concede goals playing outside their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.1.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The corners market can help a favorable return on your bets, the average team corners per game are 6.75 corners.

Sporting Braga is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 7.33 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Sporting Braga in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.33 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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