FC Porto vs Rio Ave – Following a 1-2 Primeira Liga victory over Sporting Lisbon, Porto will be looking for more of the same, encouraged by their previous performance.

In that game, Porto had 44% of the possession and two of its ten shots on goal were successful. Mateus Uribe and Pepê Aquino scored for Porto in the 60th and 94th minutes, respectively.

Only one of Sporting CP’s five shots on goal were successful. Sporting Lisbon scored in the 97th minute through Youssef Chermiti.

The Porto backline has shown a lot of resiliency, according to their most recent results. The number of goals that have been scored against Porto in their past six games stands at 2, demonstrating their tough defense.

Of course, there’s no guarantee that pattern will continue into this game. Porto has won all four of their home league games entering this matchup.

Rio Ave enters this match with a victory over Estoril in the Primeira Liga by a score of 2-0.

Rio Ave had 49% of the game’s possession and 2 of its 9 shots on goal were successful. Joo Graça (95′) and André Pereira (65′) scored goals for Rio Ave. Three of Estoril’s 16 efforts on goal were on target.

Recently, it has been increasingly common for at least one team in games involving Rio Ave to keep a perfect record. It has occurred five times, as can be seen by looking at their last six games.

Rio Ave scored three goals over those matchups, while the opposing teams combined for five goals.

Rio Ave had lost their previous three league games on the road without a victory going into this encounter.

FC Porto vs Rio Ave – Betting Analysis

Looking at their previous head-to-head matches going back to April 26, 2019, we can see that Porto has won three of them and Rio Ave. has won one, with the total number of games that have been drawn standing at two.

Together, they scored 16 goals throughout this time, with Drages scoring ten and Rio Grande scoring six. That equals 2.67 goals per game on average.

The teams’ most recent league encounter took place on Match Day 4 of the Primeira Liga on August 28, 2022, with Rio Ave defeating Porto 3-1.

Rio Ave had a 32% possession advantage and six shots, four on goal with three of them being successful. Pedro Amaral (33′) and Abdul-Aziz Yakubu (22′, 43′) both scored goals.

Porto, on the other hand, made 27 attempts at goal, with ten on target and only one of them succeeding. The goal was scored by Toni Martnez at 93′. Tiago Martins acted as the official.

We believe that Rio Ave should have enough opportunities to dismantle this Porto team, but that won’t likely be enough to avoid a loss.

What are the best odds for the game?

Checking out the betting prices for the game in the WDW market, a victory for Porto is available for 1.18, a bet on the draw is 7, and betting on the winning team to be Rio Ave can be had at 17.

Those are the best of the returns being offered at this very moment.

FC Porto vs Rio Ave – Head-to-Head

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Our Prediction: Home to Win

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