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Rio Ave vs Sporting Prediction & Betting tips
The 11th day of the Primeira Liga de Portugal closes at the Estádio do Rio Ave in Vila do Conde, when an always candidate for the title as Sporting Lisboa, is preparing to visit one of the protagonists of the current season 2018/19 of the football of Portugal as it is Rio Ave.
Rio Ave:
Those led by José Gomes arrive motivated to this game, after the excellent victory achieved last weekend when they beat 7-0 to a modest cast as Silves FC in game corresponding to the fourth round of the Taca de Portugal, leaving in clear that it is in its best moment and that the defeat by 2-1 in its visit to Desportivo Aves was of side.
Regarding their participation in the Primeira Liga, the Vila do Conde cast has only lost one game in their last nine games where five were victories, and thus they are in fifth place in the standings with 18 points, thanks to the five victories , three draws and two defeats in the ten games that are played in the Liga Lusa.
Sporting Lisbon:
On the other hand, those led by Marcel Keizer also arrive very motivated to this commitment after an excellent victory by 1-6 in his visit to Qarabag and in this way secured his qualification to the next stage of the UEFA Europa League, where in the last match against Vorskla of Ukraine will go in search of the first place of the group.
As for Portuguese football, the Lions are also advancing to the next round of the Taca de Portugal by scoring 1-4 on their visit to the modest Lusitano FCV, with these results Sporting Lisbon adds a streak of five games without losing where four they were victories.
As for their participation in the Primeira Liga de Portugal, they come from beating Chaves 2-1 and with that they added their third consecutive victory that places them in fourth place in the standings with 22 points, two points less than the leader FC Oporto , so this Monday they seek to continue on the path of success and not only improve their performance away from home, which is where it costs the Lions to get good results, since they only add two victories in their five starts where others two ended in defeats; and on the way to keep his winning streak in his last three games against Rio Ave, where one of them was in this scenario.
Now if we want to be more extensive, of the last nine confrontations, seven were wins for Sporting Lisboa for just one of Rio Ave, when they got their last five visits to Vila do Conde.
Rio Ave vs Sporting head to head matches
18.03.18 PL Sporting Rio Ave 2 : 0
27.10.17 PL Rio Ave Sporting 0 : 1
18.02.17 PL Sporting Rio Ave 1 : 0
18.09.16 PL Rio Ave Sporting 3 : 1
08.02.16 PL Sporting Rio Ave 0 : 0