Portimonense - Rio Ave Prediction, Picks and Tips
The 14th day of the First League of Portugal begins this Friday when at the Municipal Stadium of Portimao, one of the teams committed to the issue of permanence such as Portimonense, receives a visit from a Rio Ave that wants to discount difference with the teams that are in UEFA qualifying positions.
Unfortunately, those led by António Folha could not recover from the early goal in their last game when they visited Vitória Guimaraes and thus fell 2-0 in the end, in a result that cut a run three games without defeats by the Portuguese First League. But the most worrisome of this result is that the cast of Portimonense was complicated with the issue of permanence, since they are currently in 16th place in the Portuguese league, with eleven points, only three points more than the penultimate classified that is Pacos de Ferreira, and therefore, in order to have no problems with that area, it is time to continue maintaining that regularity shown in his last games as a local, where the Portimao team comes to beat who was one of the leaders such as Famalicao, thus adding their third game without defeats to their fans, and here is included the draw to a goal just before Rio Ave in play that corresponded to the group stage of the Taca da Liga.
For their part, those led by Carlos Carvalhal have lifted their actions in these last days, and so last weekend they took advantage of their status as homeowners and defeated Gil Vicente by a minimum difference, in a result that led him to add eighteen points, five points less than the fourth ranked Sporting Lisboa, who is the last to qualify for a UEFA competition. In addition, it must be said that the victory against Gil Vicente allows Rio Ave to add a run of three victories in his last four games, and this Friday he will want to continue on that path and thus cut distances with the Lions. But one thing to keep in mind is that these three wins came at home, and if we take into account their performance as a visitor, Rio Ave has fallen in the last two outings (although what "saves" it is that these falls were before Portuguese football top teams such as Benfica and Sporting Braga), but being wider has only been able to score a victory in their last five official games as a visitor. But anyway, this Friday he wants to change the productivity in his games away from home and what better for them than to face a Portimonense against whom they have not lost in their last four direct confrontations where three of them ended up in victories.
Our recommendation tip for Portimonense - Rio Ave: BTS / YES @ 1.62