Rio Ave vs Vitória Guimarães Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Rio Ave

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Rio Ave head into this game following on from a 1-1 Primeira Liga stalemate against Vizela.

In that match, Rio Ave managed 47% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Rio Ave was Abdul-Aziz Yakubu (4'). Vizela had 19 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Samuel Essende (37') scored for Vizela.

In their prior 6 games, Luís Freire's Rio Ave have scored 8 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.33.

Leading up to this clash, Rio Ave:

• haven't won against Vitória Guimarães in their previous 3 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 10 league matches at home. It's been impressive.

Vitória Guimarães

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Vitória Guimarães head into the game following on from a 1-0 Primeira Liga win to beat Boavista in their previous outing.

In that game, Vitória Guimarães managed 54% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Vitória Guimarães was Tomás Händel (11'). Boavista had 7 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

Álvaro Pacheco's Vitória Guimarães have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 7 times throughout their previous 6 matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes adds up to 6.

Heading into this fixture, Vitória Guimarães remain unbeaten by Rio Ave in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels stretching back to 27/01/2020, there has been little between the sides with Rio Ave winning 2 of those games, Vitória Guimarães 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

A combined total of 9 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 from Rio Grande and 4 for Os Vimaranenses. That is an average goals per game value of 1.5.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Primeira Liga match day 15 on 23/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Vitória Guimarães 1-0 Rio Ave.

On that day, Vitória Guimarães had 47% possession and 8 shots at goal with 3 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Tiago Silva (63').

Rio Ave got 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by António Nobre.

🗞️ Team News: Rio Ave

The Rio Ave boss Luís Freire doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this match owing to a completely injury-free squad to choose from.

It’s our opinion that Rio Grande will probably use a 3-4-3 system for the game with Jhonatan, Miguel Nóbrega, Aderllan Santos, Patrick William, Costinha, Mateo Tanlongo, Joao Teixeira, Umaro Embaló, Emmanuel Boateng, Abdul-Aziz Yakubu and Joca.

📋 Team News: Vitória Guimarães

Vitória Guimarães boss Álvaro Pacheco has multiple availability issues to deal with. Telmo Arcanjo (Cruciate ligament tear) and João Mendes (Broken ankle) are those who can’t be considered.

We’re of the thinking that Os Vimaranenses will likely make use of a 3-5-2 system with a starting lineup of Bruno Varela, Tomas Ribeiro, Toni Borevkovic, Manuel Jorge Silva, Miguel Maga, Tomás Händel, Nuno Santos, Andre, Bruno Gaspar, Jota Silva and Kaio César.

🧠 Prediction

In our view, Vitória Guimarães and Rio Ave should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.

A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. That’s why our selection here is for a very close game with a 1-1 score at the conclusion of the game.

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

Lucas Pereira, 19:15 30/04/2024