📊 Form Guide

Rio Ave

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Rio Ave go into this match following a 0-0 Primeira Liga drawn result vs Boavista.

In that match, Rio Ave had 53% possession and 11 shots on goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Boavista had 11 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

Luís Freire's Rio Ave have scored 5 times over their preceding 6 outings. The corresponding number of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures is 6.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Rio Ave:

• have not lost a league tie with Gil Vicente in their last 3 matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 8 home league matches. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

Gil Vicente

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Famalicão in Primeira Liga action, Gil Vicente and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Gil Vicente managed 55% possession and 12 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Gil Vicente was Murilo (72'). Famalicão had 16 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Jhonder Cádiz (45') and Chiquinho (68') scored for Famalicão.

Throughout their 6 most recent matches, Vítor Campelos's Gil Vicente have slotted home a total of 6 times thus earning them a goals per game average of 1.

Ahead of this clash, Gil Vicente haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 05/07/2020 tells us that Rio Ave have won 1 of these & Gil Vicente 3, with the number of draws standing at 2.

In all, 14 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 5 for Rio Grande and 9 netted by Gilistas. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The previous league encounter between these sides was Primeira Liga match day 11 on 12/11/2023 when it finished Gil Vicente 1-1 Rio Ave.

In that game, Gil Vicente had 58% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Their only player to score was Miguel Monteiro (66').

Rio Ave had 19 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Miguel Nóbrega (56') was the scorer.

The referee was Miguel Nogueira.

📋 Team News: Rio Ave

The Rio Ave manager Luís Freire does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this match thanks to a completely injury-free group ready to go.

We are thinking that Rio Grande will possibly use a 3-4-3 formation for this one, utilising Jhonatan, Renato Pantalon, Patrick, Aderllan Santos, Costinha, Mateo Tanlongo, Adrien Silva, Fabio Ronaldo, Joca, Abdul-Aziz Yakubu and Umaro Embalo.

📰 Team News: Gil Vicente

Gil Vicente boss Vítor Campelos has to currently contend with reduced team options. Kiko (unknown injury), Stanislav Kritsyuk (unknown injury) and Zé Carlos (unknown injury) will not be playing here.

We are inclined to think that Gilistas might make use of a 4-3-3 lineup, choosing Andrew, Alex Pinto, Gabriel Pereira, Ruben Fernandes, Leonardo Buta, Maxime Dominguez, Mory Gbane, Martim Neto, Tidjany Toure, Depu and Felix Correia.

✨ Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Gil Vicente will need to put in a solid display to register a score against this Rio Ave side who we reckon will end up scoring and staying ahead.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very even match with a 1-0 advantage for Rio Ave after 90 minutes.

Should be interesting.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 14:06 06/04/2024