Braga vs Rio Ave Predictions and Betting Tips

this Portuguese Serie A Returning with a new schedule braga Sunday at home against Rio Ave. Sotiris Siledopoulos’ side have lost their last five visits to the Braga Municipal Stadium since December 2019 and will look to end a miserable seven-year run ahead of the weekend.

Braga showed their dominance last Monday with a 4-0 victory over AVS at the CD das Aves Stadium.

Carlos Vicens’ side has now gone on a five-match unbeaten run in all competitions, with four wins and a draw, having failed to win in four of their previous five games.

Braga have 36 points from 20 La Liga games so far and are in fifth place, one point behind fourth-placed Gil Vicente in the divisional league qualifiers.

Elsewhere, Rio Ave were left empty-handed again with a 3-0 defeat to Arouca at the Arcos Stadium last Sunday.

Celedopoulos’ side have now lost three games, conceding nine goals and failing to score, and have won just one of their last seven games since December 13.

The poor results have seen Rio Ave drop to 13th in the La Liga standings, on 20 points with Nacional and Arouca, and three points above the dreaded bottom three.

Braga vs Rio Ave head-to-head matches and key statistics

In the past 53 meetings between the two sides, Braga has won 22 times, maintaining the best record in the history of this game.
Rio Ave recorded 12 wins during this period and shared the spoils 19 times.
Braga are unbeaten in their last seven home games against Rio Ave, including five wins since a 1-1 draw in October 2018.
Rio Ave has failed to win 9 out of 11 away games in all competitions this season, with 4 losses and 6 draws so far.
Since losing 1-2 to Fife on January 14, Braga has kept five clean sheets in the last five games while scoring 11 goals in five games.