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Sporting Braga vs Rio Ave – Head to head record, results & stats

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Sporting Braga

D W L D W
56
meetings
128 goals total
Last: 08 Feb 2026
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Rio Ave

D L W D L
25
Sporting Braga wins
18
Draws
13
Rio Ave wins
45% 32% 23%
82
Goals scored
46

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Match averages

2.26
Avg goals / game
40%
Both to score
38%
Over 2.5 goals
22 / 16
Clean sheets (Sporting … / Rio Ave)

Biggest wins

All meetings (50)

Date Home Score Away Result Competition
08 Feb 2026 Sporting Braga 3 - 0 Rio Ave W Portuguese Primera Liga
31 Aug 2025 Rio Ave 2 - 2 Sporting Braga D Portuguese Primera Liga
02 Mar 2025 Rio Ave 2 - 1 Sporting Braga L Portuguese Primera Liga
29 Sep 2024 Sporting Braga 4 - 0 Rio Ave W Portuguese Primera Liga
09 Mar 2024 Rio Ave 0 - 0 Sporting Braga D Portuguese Primera Liga
07 Oct 2023 Sporting Braga 2 - 1 Rio Ave W Portuguese Primera Liga
05 Mar 2023 Sporting Braga 2 - 0 Rio Ave W Portuguese Primera Liga
11 Sep 2022 Rio Ave 2 - 3 Sporting Braga W Portuguese Primera Liga
17 Apr 2021 Rio Ave 0 - 0 Sporting Braga D Portuguese Primera Liga
22 Dec 2020 Sporting Braga 3 - 0 Rio Ave W Portuguese Primera Liga
30 Jun 2020 Rio Ave 4 - 3 Sporting Braga L Portuguese Primera Liga
02 Dec 2019 Sporting Braga 2 - 0 Rio Ave W Portuguese Primera Liga
03 Mar 2019 Rio Ave 1 - 2 Sporting Braga W Portuguese Primera Liga
06 Oct 2018 Sporting Braga 1 - 1 Rio Ave D Portuguese Primera Liga
13 May 2018 Rio Ave 1 - 0 Sporting Braga L Portuguese Primera Liga
06 Jan 2018 Sporting Braga 2 - 1 Rio Ave W Portuguese Primera Liga
18 Nov 2017 Rio Ave 1 - 0 Sporting Braga L Portuguese Cup
02 Feb 2017 Rio Ave 1 - 0 Sporting Braga L Portuguese Primera Liga
29 Dec 2016 Sporting Braga 1 - 2 Rio Ave L Portuguese League Cup
22 Aug 2016 Sporting Braga 1 - 1 Rio Ave D Portuguese Primera Liga
02 Mar 2016 Rio Ave 0 - 0 Sporting Braga D Portuguese Cup
04 Feb 2016 Sporting Braga 1 - 0 Rio Ave W Portuguese Cup
27 Jan 2016 Rio Ave 0 - 0 Sporting Braga D Portuguese League Cup
24 Jan 2016 Sporting Braga 5 - 1 Rio Ave W Portuguese Primera Liga
21 Aug 2015 Rio Ave 1 - 0 Sporting Braga L Portuguese Primera Liga
29 Jul 2015 Rio Ave 0 - 0 Sporting Braga D International Club Friend…
30 Apr 2015 Rio Ave 1 - 1 Sporting Braga D Portuguese Cup
07 Apr 2015 Sporting Braga 3 - 0 Rio Ave W Portuguese Cup
28 Feb 2015 Rio Ave 0 - 2 Sporting Braga W Portuguese Primera Liga
04 Feb 2015 Rio Ave 0 - 2 Sporting Braga W Portuguese League Cup
27 Sep 2014 Sporting Braga 3 - 0 Rio Ave W Portuguese Primera Liga
16 Apr 2014 Rio Ave 2 - 0 Sporting Braga L Portuguese Cup
26 Mar 2014 Sporting Braga 0 - 0 Rio Ave D Portuguese Cup
21 Mar 2014 Rio Ave 1 - 1 Sporting Braga D Portuguese Primera Liga
13 Feb 2014 Rio Ave 2 - 1 Sporting Braga L Portuguese League Cup
03 Nov 2013 Sporting Braga 0 - 1 Rio Ave L Portuguese Primera Liga
18 Feb 2013 Rio Ave 1 - 1 Sporting Braga D Portuguese Primera Liga
23 Sep 2012 Sporting Braga 4 - 1 Rio Ave W Portuguese Primera Liga
22 Jan 2012 Sporting Braga 2 - 1 Rio Ave W Portuguese Primera Liga
13 Aug 2011 Rio Ave 0 - 0 Sporting Braga D Portuguese Primera Liga
21 Mar 2011 Sporting Braga 1 - 0 Rio Ave W Portuguese Primera Liga
30 Oct 2010 Rio Ave 2 - 0 Sporting Braga L Portuguese Primera Liga
12 Oct 2010 Sporting Braga 2 - 1 Rio Ave W International Club Friend…
17 Jul 2010 Sporting Braga 1 - 0 Rio Ave W International Club Friend…
13 Mar 2010 Sporting Braga 1 - 0 Rio Ave W Portuguese Primera Liga
03 Feb 2010 Sporting Braga 5 - 6 Rio Ave L Portuguese Cup
24 Oct 2009 Rio Ave 1 - 1 Sporting Braga D Portuguese Primera Liga
01 May 2009 Rio Ave 0 - 0 Sporting Braga D Portuguese Primera Liga
20 Dec 2008 Sporting Braga 1 - 0 Rio Ave W Portuguese Primera Liga
29 Oct 2008 Rio Ave 1 - 0 Sporting Braga L Portuguese League Cup

By venue

At Sporting Braga 18W 3D 3L
At Rio Ave 10W 12D 4L

Competitions faced in

Year-by-year

Year Sportin… D Rio Ave
2026 1 0 0
2025 0 1 1
2024 1 1 0
2023 2 0 0
2022 1 0 0
2021 0 1 0
2020 1 0 1
2019 2 0 0
2018 1 1 1
2017 0 0 2
2016 2 3 1
2015 3 2 1
2014 1 2 2
2013 0 1 1
2012 2 0 0
2011 1 1 0
2010 3 0 2
2009 0 2 0
2008 1 0 1
First meeting
19 Oct 2003

About this head-to-head

Sporting Braga and Rio Ave have met 56 times on record. Sporting Braga lead with 25 wins, Rio Ave have won 13 times and the two clubs have drawn 18 matches between them. Their first recorded meeting was on 19 October 2003.

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Across their recorded meetings, Sporting Braga have found the net 82 times against Rio Ave, while Rio Ave have scored 46 times in reply — a combined 128 goals shared between the two sides. Their most recent fixture was played on 08 February 2026, the latest chapter in a rivalry stretching back to 2003. Follow every upcoming Sporting Braga versus Rio Ave clash on SportScore for live scores, starting lineups, minute-by-minute commentary and a head-to-head record that updates automatically once the full-time whistle blows.