Rio Ave
Sporting CP
On Saturday evening 18th January, Rio Ave will go head to head with Sporting CP for their Portugal Primeira Liga football match clash.
Our expert tipsters analyze h2h statistics, forms and other match trends to give you the best bets and predictions
Rio Ave attack is poor as it below expected with an average goal of 1.0 per match, Rio Ave have scored 5 in their last 5 matches
Rio Ave have a good defense, they have conceded little amount of goals in their last matches with an average of 1.2 goals conceded per game in their las 5 matches. Nevertheless, In the last total of 17 matches played, they have won 5 matches , drawn 5 matches and recorded 7 loses, they have also won 4 home matches and recorded 0 loses while at home in the last 8 matches they played
The away team Sporting CP have a very good offensive momentum as they look more of attacking playing team, recently with an average number of 1.8 goals per game in their last 5 games they have been a good in attcking aspect
In as much as their defense is not too poor but it is not as expected. For their past 5 games Sporting CP have conceded 8 goals which is not convincing for any good team. Also, In their last 17 games, this away team have won 13 and lost 2 matches, they have also won 6 of their 9 away matches they played while recorded 1 loses and draw while on the road
Rio Ave have won just one matches, drawn 2 and lost 2 matches in the last 5 matches in this competition. In other hand the away team Sporting CP have recorded 2 wins, drawn 2 and lost just one matches for their last 5 matches in this competition
Sporting CP have won 93% of their encounter as they have recorded more wins when these two team met in the past.
In as much as a Draw is likely to occur in this match, We are backing Sporting CP positively for this match. Sporting CP have 45% to win this match while 10% for Rio Ave to win and 45% for both teams to settle for a draw. Furthermore for Poisson distributions Sporting CP with 74% poisson distribution are stronger to compare Rio Ave with 26%, having more poisson distribution is one of the reason we are predicting that Sporting CP will win this match