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Sporting vs Rio Ave Prediction & Betting tips
With the purpose of leaving behind the losing streak, this Thursday one of the historical teams of Portuguese football such as Sporting Lisboa, jumps to the Jose Alvalade Stadium game gramado, to receive the visit of one of the protagonists of the First League as It is Rio Ave, at stake that corresponds to Group C of the Taca da Liga.
Sporting Lisboa :
Things for Leonel Pontes are not going well, and that last weekend Sporting Lisboa suffered a defeat again when in this same scenario he received the newly promoted Famalicao who defeated him 1-2.
With this result the Lions not only add a four-game streak without victories where three of them ended in losses, but they have distanced themselves a lot from the fight for the title, since they are located in the 7th box with eight points and so the difference with the leader that is just Famalicao is eight points.
Note that this poor performance has also extended to the UEFA Europa League where he could not in his debut visiting PSV, and fell 3-2, and as you can see, if Pontes does not correct the defensive problems, it will Keep going wrong.
Rio Ave :
For their part, those led by Carlos Carvalhal recovered from what was their defeat at home 2-4 against Tondela and thus last weekend defeated Belenenses 0-2 as a visitor.
The season that Rio Ave has been doing is very positive, since that defeat against Tondela has been the only one in its last five games where three of them ended up in victories and eye that here we have to include the 2-3 triumph just before Sporting Lisboa In this same scenario.
Thus, these results have placed Rio Ave in the fourth place of the Portuguese Primeira League adding ten points, six points from the Famalicao leader, but now it is time to put aside his participation in the Primeira League and focus on the Taca da League and for this he aspires to repeat what has been done this season against the Lions, in what was a triumph that cut a string of six consecutive defeats against Sporting Lisboa.
Sporting vs Rio Ave head to head matches
31.08.19 PL Sporting Rio Ave 2 : 3
07.04.19 PL Sporting Rio Ave 3 : 0
19.12.18 TP Sporting Rio Ave 5 : 2
03.12.18 PL Rio Ave Sporting 1 : 3
18.03.18 PL Sporting Rio Ave 2 : 0