Boavista will take to the pitch with away team Rio Ave at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI in this Primeira Liga meeting on Saturday.
All Boavista v Rio Ave game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
Boavista
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Boavista will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 6-1 Primeira Liga loss in their previous game against Sporting Lisbon.
In that game, Boavista had 29% possession and 4 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Boavista was Gaius Makouta (3'). For their opponents, Sporting CP got 23 shots at goal with 11 on target. Viktor Gyökeres (45', 68', 79'), Paulinho (54', 95') and Nuno Santos (88') scored for Sporting Lisbon.
Matches featuring Boavista have proved to be lively ones recently with high scoring expected. Over their past half dozen games alone, a grand total of 20 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 6 of these being chalked up by Boavista. Let’s see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.
Rio Ave
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In their last game, Rio Ave drew 1-1 in the Primeira Liga match with Farense.
In that match, Rio Ave managed 61% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Rio Ave was Emmanuel Boateng (50'). For their opponents, Farense got 14 shots at goal with 7 on target. Fabrício Isidoro (31') was the scorer for Farense.
Throughout their 6 most recent matches, Luís Freire's Rio Ave have slotted home 6 times thus earning them a goals per game average of 1.
Analysis of their past results shows that Rio Ave:
- have not emerged victorious against Boavista when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 17 league matches. Their travelling supporters must be so depressed.
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Head to head
Inspecting their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 25/07/2020 shows that Boavista have won 1 of them and Rio Ave 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.
A sum of 16 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 of them from As Panteras and 10 coming from Rio Grande . The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.
The last league fixture featuring the two was Primeira Liga match day 10 on 05/11/2023 when it ended Rio Ave 2-0 Boavista.
In that match, Rio Ave had 39% possession and 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Goals were scored by Fábio Ronaldo (37') and Emmanuel Boateng (47').
At the other end, Boavista got 10 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Cláudio Pereira.
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Team News: Boavista
Augusto Dabó (unknown injury) and César (unknown injury) won’t be available for Boavista gaffer Ricardo Paiva.
It’s our opinion that As Panteras should make use of the 3-4-2-1 system for the game and select João Gonçalves, Chidozie Awaziem, Rodrigo Abascal, Bruno Onyemaechi, Pedro Malheiro, Sebastián Pérez, Gaius Makouta, Filipe Ferreira, Miguel Reisinho, Salvador Agra and Robert Bozenik.
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Team News: Rio Ave
With a fully injury-free squad available for selection, the Rio Ave manager Luís Freire has zero fitness concerns to speak of before this clash.
It’s our belief that Rio Grande might utilise a 3-4-3 lineup by sending out Jhonatan, Josue Sa, Aderllan Santos, Patrick William, Costinha, Amine Oudrhiri, Adrien Silva, Joao Teixeira, Joca, Abdul-Aziz Yakubu and Umaro Embaló.
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Prediction
Our thinking is that Rio Ave and Boavista should play out a closely-fought contest here.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. We’re therefore seeing a 1-1 score draw at the end of this one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
07:06 29/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Boavista
Formed: 1903
Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (28,263)
Captain: Sebastián Pérez
Chairman: Vítor Murta
Manager: Ricardo Paiva
Competitions: Primeira Liga position 10
⭐ Star Man: Róbert Boženík
Mostly playing in the Striker position, Róbert Boženík was born in Terchová, Slovakia. Having made a first senior appearance for MŠK Žilina in the 2018 - 2019 season, the gifted Forward has scored 8 league goals in the Liga Portugal 2023 - 2024 season to date coming from a total of 25 appearances.