📏 Form Guide

Rio Ave

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Rio Ave prepare for this match after a 2-2 Primeira Liga draw versus Estrela Amadora.

In that match, Rio Ave had 39% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Rio Ave, the goals were scored by Aderllan Santos (12') and Marios Vrousai (99'). Estrela Amadora got 18 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Leo Cordeiro (43') and Kikas (88') scored for Estrela Amadora.

Their latest results reveal that much respect should be given to the Rio Ave defence. Rio Ave have been stingy, with the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their previous six clashes standing at 3. That trend might not be continued here, however.

Arouca

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Arouca will go into this game following a 2-1 Primeira Liga win with the eclipse of Boavista in their last game.

In that match, Arouca had 69% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Arouca, the goals were scored by Rafa Mújica (30'), Weverson (39') and Robson Bambu (47' Own goal). Boavista had 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 games involving Arouca, a minimum of three goals have been struck. The average goals scored per game within that spell is 3.17, with the number of goals averaged by Arouca working out to 2.

Coming into this clash, Arouca haven't won against Rio Ave when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head to head clashes going back to 21/04/2017 shows that Rio Ave have won 3 of them and Arouca 2, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

A total of 14 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 7 for Rio Grande and 7 being from Arouca. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was Primeira Liga match day 13 on 10/12/2023 when the final score was Arouca 2-2 Rio Ave.

On that day, Arouca had 65% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The scorers were Cristo González (50') and Jason (62').

Rio Ave got 12 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Aderllan Santos (5') and Emmanuel Boateng (28') scored.

The referee was André Narciso.

ℹ️ Team News: Rio Ave

The Rio Ave manager Luís Freire will be grateful to have no fitness worries at all before this game thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from.

In our view, Rio Grande will probably use a 3-4-3 formation, handing starts to Jhonatan, Miguel Nobrega, Patrick, Aderllan Santos, Costinha, Mateo Tanlongo, Joao Teixeira, Marios Vrousai, Joca, Abdul-Aziz Yakubu and Fabio Ronaldo.

🗞️ Team News: Arouca

Thanks to a fully healthy squad available to choose from, the Arouca manager Daniel Sousa has zero fitness concerns at all coming into this clash.

It’s our belief that Arouca seem most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system, giving starts to I. De Arruabarrena, Tiago Esgaio, Robson Bambu, Francisco Montero, Weverson, Pedro Santos, David Simao, Jason, Cristo Gonzalez, Morlaye Sylla and Rafa Mujica.

💭 Prediction

Here is a game where Arouca will have their work cut out to be putting a goal past this Rio Ave side who we think will likely be able to grind out a win.

We’re therefore seeing a highly competitive game with a 1-0 victory for Rio Ave when the referee blows for full-time.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 19:09 19/04/2024