📏 Form Guide

Boavista

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Boavista will be hoping for a better result after the 6-1 Primeira Liga loss in their previous game against Sporting Lisbon.

In that match, Boavista had 29% possession and 4 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. The only player to score for Boavista was Gaius Makouta (3'). Sporting CP had 23 shots at goal with 11 of them 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 fixture, Rio Ave drew 1-1 in the Primeira Liga tie with Farense.

In that game, Rio Ave had 61% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Rio Ave was Emmanuel Boateng (50'). Farense got 14 shots on goal with 7 of them 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.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 25/07/2020 tells us that Boavista have won 1 of these and Rio Ave 3, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

A total of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 6 of them for As Panteras and 10 belonging to Rio Grande . That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The last league encounter between these clubs was Primeira Liga match day 10 on 05/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Rio Ave 2-0 Boavista.

In that match, Rio Ave had 39% possession and 11 shots on goal with 3 on target. The goals were scored by Fábio Ronaldo (37') and Emmanuel Boateng (47').

For their opponents, Boavista got 10 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Cláudio Pereira.

📰 Team News: Boavista

César (unknown injury) and Augusto Dabó (unknown injury) are not available for Boavista gaffer Ricardo Paiva.

We are thinking that As Panteras may well employ a 3-2-4-1 system in the match and select Joao Goncalves, Ibrahima, Chidozie Awaziem, Filipe Ferreira, Pedro Malheiro, S. Onyemaechi, Salvador Agra, Sebastian Perez, Gaius Makouta, Bruno Lourenco and Robert Bozenik.

ℹ️ Team News: Rio Ave

With a completely injury-free squad available for selection, the Rio Ave manager Luís Freire has no fitness worries to report before this match.

There’s a good chance that Rio Grande could decide to elect for a 3-4-3 lineup, settling for Jhonatan, Renato Pantalon, Aderllan Santos, Josue, Costinha, A. Oudrhiri Idrissi, Adrien Silva, Fabio Ronaldo, Joca, Abdul-Aziz Yakubu and Umaro Embalo.

🧠 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, 17:03 30/03/2024