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Farense vs Rio Ave Live Stream, Predictions
Rio Ave are the guests at Estádio de São Luís on Saturday for the Primeira Liga fixture with home side Farense.
All Farense v Rio Ave game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below (plus the best game odds).
📊 Form Guide
Farense
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Farense will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 2-1 Primeira Liga defeat last time out to Vizela.
In that game, Farense managed 37% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Farense was Zé Luís (17'). Vizela got 16 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Sava Petrov (72') and Alberto Soro (85') scored for Vizela.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Farense haven’t conceded. The reality is that Farense have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 10 goals along the way. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, though.
Analysis of their past results shows that Farense:
- have not beaten Rio Ave in home games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
- are without a win at home for the past 3 matches in the league.
Rio Ave
DWLDDD
Previously, Rio Ave drew 0-0 in the Primeira Liga match with Braga.
In that game, Rio Ave had 54% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, SC Braga had 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target.
Luís Freire's Rio Ave have managed to stick the ball in the net 5 times in the course of their latest 6 matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those same matches equals 5.
👥 Head to head
Looking at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 18/05/2003 shows us that Farense have won 1 of them & Rio Ave 4, with the number of draws being 1.
An aggregate of 16 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 6 from Farense and 10 created by Rio Grande . That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.
The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was Primeira Liga match day 9 on 29/10/2023 when it ended Rio Ave 3-4 Farense.
On that day, Rio Ave managed 52% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorers were André Pereira (42') and Costinha (62').
Farense got 13 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Mohamed Belloumi (4'), Artur Jorge (33' Own goal), Bruno Duarte (45'), Cláudio Falcão (89') and Rui Costa (93') scored.
The match was refereed by Tiago Martins.
📰 Team News: Farense
The Farense manager José Mota has no fitness concerns at all coming into this game thanks to a completely healthy squad to choose from.
We are thinking that Farense will possibly opt for a 4-3-3 system in the match, utilising Ricardo Velho, Pastor, Goncalo Silva, Igor Rossi, Talys Oliveira, Facundo Caseres, Claudio Falcao, Fabricio Isidoro, Mohamed Belloumi, Ze Luis and Marco Matias.
ℹ️ Team News: Rio Ave
Due to a fully healthy group available to select from, the Rio Ave boss Luís Freire doesn’t have any fitness worries to report ahead of this clash.
We’re of the thinking that Rio Grande will likely elect for a 3-4-3 lineup, giving starts to Jhonatan, Renato Pantalon, Helder Sa, Aderllan Santos, Costinha, A. Oudrhiri Idrissi, Adrien Silva, Umaro Embalo, Joca, Abdul-Aziz Yakubu and Fabio Ronaldo.
🧠 Prediction
Our feeling is that Rio Ave and Farense won’t have much between them here, and goals could be hard to come by.
There should be little in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. That’s why we have predicted a very competitive game with a 0-0 scoreline when the referee blows the final whistle.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 17:01 16/03/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Farense
Formed: 1910
Stadium: Estádio de São Luís (12,000)
Captain: Fabrício Isidoro
Chairman: João Rodrigues
Manager: José Mota
Competitions: Primeira Liga position 12
⭐ Star Man: Bruno Duarte
Mostly played in the Striker position, Bruno Duarte was born in São Paulo, Brazil. Having made his senior debut playing for Vitória Guimarães in the 2019 - 2020 season, the goalscoring Forward has scored a sum of 8 league goals in this Liga Portugal 2023 - 2024 season so far coming from a total of 24 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 62 | WWDWW |
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25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 61 | DWWLW |
3 |
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25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 55 | LWDWW |
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25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 50 | LWWWD |
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25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 47 | DDLWW |
6 |
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25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 39 | WLWDL |
7 |
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25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 34 | WLWWL |
8 |
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25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 28 | LWDDD |
9 |
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25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 28 | WLDLD |
10 |
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25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | -13 | 28 | WLLDW |
11 |
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25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | -15 | 27 | LWWDL |
12 |
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25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 26 | DLLLL |
13 |
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26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 26 | LDLWD |
14 |
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26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -7 | 25 | LDLLW |
15 |
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25 | 4 | 12 | 9 | -9 | 24 | WLDDD |
16 |
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26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -29 | 23 | DLDLL |
17 |
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25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -23 | 21 | WLDDW |
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25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -30 | 19 | LWDLD |
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Casa Pia |
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Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 51 |
Time first goal conceded | 25 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 4.7 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 0.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 24 |
Time first goal conceded | 44 |
Yellow cards | 3.2 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.9 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Bruno Duarte | 8 |
Mohamed Belloumi | 5 |
Mattheus Oliveira | 4 |
Cláudio Falcão | 3 |
Fabrício Isidoro | 3 |
Emmanuel Boateng | 6 |
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu | 4 |
Aderllan Santos | 2 |
Costinha | 2 |
Leonardo Ruiz | 2 |
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Portimonense |
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