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Sporting - Rio Ave Prediction, Picks and Tips  


 
  
Sporting Lisboa and Rio Ave face at Estádio José Alvalade, in a match for the 14th round of the Primeira Liga. The history of head-to-head matches at this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 7 matches won 4, drew 1 and lost 2. But the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium, on 26‑ 09‑2019, for the League Cup, Rio Ave won by (1‑2). Bruno Fernandes (35 ') scored the goals of the match, for Sporting Lisboa, and Ronan (32') and Lucas Piazón (83 '), for Rio Ave.
 

 
 

 
 
   
The home team is currently in 1st position, with 35 points won, after 11 victories and 2 draws. In the penultimate match, they won at home against Sporting Braga by (2‑0). In the last match, they won away against Nacional by (0‑2). In the last match they played, for the Taça de Portugal, they lost to Marítimo by (2‑0). In their last 6 home games for the championship, Sporting Lisboa won 5 and drew 1, thus conquering 16 points out of 18 possible.

In this competition, they have won the last 5 home matches and have not lost any of the last 13 they played. His attack has scored regularly as he has scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that tends to score many times first: it opened the scoring in 11 of its last 13 games for the Primeira Liga, of these 11 it reached the break with a lead in 7 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 'in 9 There is 1 period that stands out in the last 11 home matches for all competitions: they have scored 8 of their 21 goals between minutes (76' ‑ 90 ').

Sporting Lisboa is doing a good campaign in this edition of the NOS league and reaches the fourteenth round of the league at the top of the qualifying table, with 35 points, four more than rivals FC Porto and Benfica. On the last day, the team led by coach Rubén Amorim added the fourth consecutive victory in the championship, winning in the visit to the Nacional stadium (2x0), with goals from Nuno Santos (43 ') and Jovane Cabral (90') , in an especially difficult game, due to the poor state of the field. Last Monday, however, Sporting Lisboa was surprised by Marítimo (2x0) and was eliminated in the round of 32 of the Portuguese Cup, a competition in which they had legitimate aspirations to reach the final and fight for the trophy .
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 The visiting team is currently in 9th position, with 14 points won, after 3 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost away against Paços de Ferreira by (2‑0). In the last match, they won at home against Portimonense by (3‑0). The team comes to this match after a home loss against Estoril by (1‑2). For the championship, Rio Ave conquered 6 points out of 21 possible, after 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 losses in the last 7 matches they played as a visitor.

For this competition, they have not won any of the last 4 away matches. In his away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since in 29 of the last 45 he played there were less than 3 goals. In 13 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 6 times and never managed to come back. In the last 11 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 5 of their 8 goals between minutes (76' ‑ 90 ').

Rio Ave started this championship as one of the main candidates to fight for a qualifying position for European competitions, as in last season, but it has disappointed expectations a lot. Heading into the fourteenth matchday, coach Pedro Cunha's team is in ninth place in the qualifying table, with 14 points, like Marítimo and Moreirense, so they have an advantage of only three for the relegation zone. Last weekend, Rio Ave finally returned to victories and did so in style, beating Portimonense at home 3x0 (goals from Pelé, 51 ', Meshino, 54', and Carlos Mané, 78 '). Last Tuesday, the team played in the round of 32 of the Portuguese Cup and was eliminated by Estoril (1x2), current leaders of the second division.

 


 


Our recommendation tip for  Sporting - Rio Ave :    Sporting to win @ 1.47