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Rio Ave and Benfica Lisbon are two teams that did not convince after the restart of the Primeira Liga. The guests have so far not made more than two draws, which means that the gap to the first Porto table has increased again by one to two points.
Since four rounds of games, only points have been shared, which has resulted in the longest losing streak in the entire course of the season for the capital. Of course, this is of little use to defending the title.
The home side started with a surprising home defeat against the relegation-threatened kickers from Pacos de Ferreira, but achieved a deserved away win at Moreirense on the previous day. The kick-off at the Estadio dos Arcos is at 21:15 p.m. on June 17. Spectators are still not admitted.
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Rio Ave:
The Vilacondenses are currently ranked sixth, one place better than last year’s final settlement. Ave’s kickers can still have legitimate chances of participating in the next edition of the Europa League.
However, the first appearance at Heimpleite against Pacos de Ferreira after the restart did not point in this direction. Above all, the flood of three goals in the home game was unusual. The Rioavista defensive is usually the best part of the team. Only three teams in the Primeira Liga allow fewer goals to be conceded.
The defense is particularly strong on their own territory: This can be seen from the fact that top teams such as Porto or Sporting only managed to score one goal in their guest appearances. In addition, the green-whites only had to concede more than one goal in three of their 13 home games.
The second appearance after the game resumes can also encourage. Rio Ave won 1-0 last Friday at Moreirense. The threesome was earned playfully and the team of coach Carlos Carvalhal acted significantly improved compared to the screwed-up home start.
Among other things, this was the case for the team’s top scorer in the person of Iranian Mehdi Taremi. The attacker came from Al-Gharafa from QSL in Qatar before the season and has already scored nine goals this season. The national player of his country has now again scored the decisive goal against Moreirense.
Matheus Reis de Lima can also play again in the defense network. The 25-year-old picked up a yellow-red card when the game resumed, which is why he was recently missing in Moreirense.
For the Benfica players, this is bad news, at least from a health perspective, because the South American is a real predator with eleven yellow cards in 22 league appearances.
Benfica:
On the first day of the game after the end of the season suspension, everything was actually perfectly arranged for Benfica: the worst competitor in the race for the championship, who has been called Porto as usual in recent years, had suffered a surprising bankruptcy at the newcomer Famalicao the day before it started.
A win in the home game against Tondela would have taken Lisbon back to the top of the table, but nothing more than a goalless draw ultimately came out. Last Wednesday evening it was only enough for a 2-2 at Portimonense.
An opponent who really belongs in the beatable drawer because he is a hot relegation candidate in the Portuguese upper house as the penultimate. The only hope is that Pizzi, the outstanding player of the season with the 37-time champion, will apparently return to operating temperature.
The 30-year-old met in Portimao and put on his team’s second goal. Herewith he showed once again his impressive abilities as an executor and passer. Pizzi is currently in the top of the Primeira Liga in both rankings! At the moment, the offensive player from Braganza is particularly challenged.
His fellow striker Carlos Vinicius, with whom he shares the top scorer, is a little out of shape and Haris Seferovic injured himself before the season break. The Confederation can emerge again, but more than short missions are currently not possible. At 100 percent, the top scorer of the past season is not yet back in the Primeira Liga.
Regardless of his current condition, it can be said that the striker could not build on his great performances from the previous year this season. The 28-year-old has just two goals this season. No wonder that Pizzi has scored three of the last four league goals on the Benfica side.
Rio Ave vs Benfica head to head matches
14.01.20 TP Benfica Rio Ave 3 : 2
02.11.19 PL Benfica Rio Ave 2 : 0
12.05.19 PL Rio Ave Benfica 2 : 3
06.01.19 PL Benfica Rio Ave 4 : 2
15.09.18 CUP Benfica Rio Ave 2 : 1