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Rio Ave

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Rio Ave will be wanting a better result here after the 2-0 Primeira Liga defeat last time out to Porto.

In that match, Rio Ave had 28% possession and 0 shots on goal with 0 of them on target. At the other end, Porto had 23 shots on goal with 12 of them on target. Galeno (1') and Nico González (30') scored for Porto.

It has been seldom in recent games where Rio Ave have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Rio Ave have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 9 goals on the way. That trend might not be carried forward into this match, however.

Their prior results show that Rio Ave:

• are unbeaten in the league by Arouca in their previous 8 games. A decent run, indeed.
• are winless against Arouca in their previous 2 league matches.
• are undefeated in their last 13 league matches at home. So impressive.

Arouca

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Arouca go into this match following on from a 1-0 Primeira Liga win with the downing of Nacional in their previous match.

In that match, Arouca had 47% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Arouca was Henrique Araújo (27'). For their opponents, Nacional got 14 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The strike force from Arouca have made hard work of scoring goals in their past six clashes, contributing the disappointing return of just 3. In those matches, Arouca have also seen the overall goal tally against them equal 12.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Arouca:

• haven't beaten Rio Ave in games played away from home for the previous 4 league games. Not the best of away records.
• have not won away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 26/05/2021, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Rio Ave winning 2 of those games, Arouca 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

A combined sum of 13 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 5 of them from Rio Grande and 8 being from Arouca. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The last league meeting between these clubs was Primeira Liga match day 30 on 19/04/2024 and the score finished Rio Ave 1-1 Arouca.

In that game, Rio Ave managed 40% possession and 5 shots at goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Joca (36').

On the other side, Arouca got 19 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Rafa Mújica (47') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Bruno Vieira.

📰 Team News: Rio Ave

We think that Rio Grande may well kick off with a 3-4-3 system in the match and select Jhonatan, Renato Pantalon, Aderllan Santos, Jonathan Panzo, Joao Tome, A. Oudrhiri Idrissi, Joao Novais, Marios Vrousai, Kiko Bondoso, Clayton and Tiago Morais.

🗞️ Team News: Arouca

We believe Arouca seem likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Nico Mantl, Tiago Esgaio, Matias Rocha, Chico Lamba, Weverson, David Simao, Taichi Fukui, Jason, Cristo Gonzalez, Morlaye Sylla and Henrique Araujo.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, Arouca will need to push hard to breach the defence of this Rio Ave lineup who we reckon should end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We’ve gone for a very competitive game with a 1-0 winning score for Rio Ave when all is said and done.

A close call.

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Peter Guest, 16:01 01/09/2024