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Benfica vs Rio Ave Prediction & Betting tips
In order to want to take advantage of his status as a homeowner, on Tuesday the cast of Benfica jumps to the engraving of the Da Luz Stadium in Lisbon, when he receives a visit from Rio Ave for the quarterfinals of the Portuguese Cup.
Benfica:
Having fallen in this competition last season against the archrival Sporting Lisboa in the semi-championships, for the current edition, those led by Bruno Lage want the story to be different, even if this is not the goal of the Eagles.
Thus, on Tuesday the cast of Benfica wants to continue on the road of victories, it must be said that the Eagles come from beating Desportivo Aves 2-1 and with that they added a streak of twelve official games without falling where nine of them ended in victories.
As for his participation in the First League of Portugal, the Bruno Lage cast is in first place with 45 points, taking a four-point advantage to his closest pursuer that is FC Porto, so the Eagles can enter calm to this game, and what better than for them to be local here, a condition where Benfica has won his last nine official games, where even the defense did its job, since six of those nine games did not receive any goal, and in this way the confidence is too high to extend a streak of five consecutive victories against Rio Ave.
Rio Ave:
For its part, reaching the quarterfinals of the Taca de Portugal is more than positive for those led by Carlos Carvalhal, although pitifully for his luck, at this stage it is the ugliest since he has to play who he is today for today the best team in Portugal such as Benfica.
There, Rio Ave arrives motivated by his victory last weekend by the minimum difference in his visit to Santa Clara, in a result that excites him with getting into the UEFA competition classification zone, since they added 22 points and so are seven points of the fourth place that is Sporting Lisboa.
Now, it is true that Rio Ave has not fallen in his last three games as a visitor where the last two ended in victories, but now he faces a team that in the role is much superior, and this has been the case every time they have faced, since they have lost their last seven visits to the Estadio da Luz.
Benfica vs Rio Ave head to head matches
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
03.02.18 PL Benfica Rio Ave 5 : 1