Rio Ave hosts FC Porto in round 31 of Portuguese Primeira Liga. The match will be played on Friday, April 26th at Estádio do Rio Ave (Vila do Conde).
Rio Ave don’t have special motivation. 11 points handicap from relegation zone practically guarantees them a place in the league for the next season; even if Rioavistas want to lose them, none of the outsiders will be able to gain such points for the 4 remaining rounds. The prizes are not in the cards either. The hosting side occupies only the 8th place and 16 points gap from Braga, which ranks 4th, also confirms this fact. In spite of this, Rio won the last two tours.
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Porto shares 1-2 places with Benfica having equal points with them. However, according to additional statistics, the lead officially belongs to the Eagles. Therefore, Porto cannot lose points. The visiting side got knocked out of the Champions League after losing both legs to Liverpool. Now it can throw all its strength into the championship and wait for Benfica's mistake. However, it may not happen at all. In this round, although, the Eagles will play against Braga. Whatever it be, Porto has to take its 3 points in all the remaining 4 rounds of the championship.
Porto won 6 recent head-to-heads with Rio Ave in a row. Most likely, they will win this time as well and probably score more than one goal. Well, at least in order to feel more confident at the end of the match and not to be afraid of a ricochet or any other trouble that could lead to loss of points. By the way, in all 6 matches mentioned, Porto not even once let Rio Ave go without 2 goals scored at the least. This time the situation may repeat too. The still reigning champion has players to score; Herrera scored 5 goals, Brahimi and Marega - 9 each, Soares - 13. By the way, Rio Ave allowed 45 goals - more than all first 12 teams. For Porto, which scored 62 goals in the tournament, such defense is a breeze.
Prediction for the match: Porto to score over 1.5 goals.
