Sporting CP welcome the visitors Rio Ave F.C. in the Portuguese Taca de Portugal – 1/8 Finals. The match will be held on Wednesday, December 19th, at the Estadio Jose Alvalade (Lisabon).
Sporting CP are blistering this season, registering only 2 defeats in 13 matches and deservedly claiming for the gold medals, which are normally played between the big four – Porto, Braga, Benfica, and Sporting themselves. Currently, Marcel Keizer’s men are 2 points behind Porto, 1 point ahead of Braga, and 2 points ahead of Benfica. 5 Sporting’s last matches see their smashout wins, the team feature 21 scored goals in 5 matches and miss under 1 goal per game. The ‘Lions’ are rightly the most effective team in the league, registering 30 goals made and 14 goals allowed.
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Rio Ave F.C. are currently 6th in the standings, 10 points off the Europa League zone. Their tally counts 13 points attained after 5 wins and 4 draws. Their latest record reads: a draw against Belenenses, 2:2; defeats to Vitoria de Guimaraes, 2:3, to Aves, 1:2, to Sporting, 1:3, and a cup win over Silves, 7:0. The goal difference is 22 to 21. The ‘Rioavistas’ do not win much in outings, their last win goes back yet to the October cup match against Torreense (1:5).
Both sides are very effective now, but Rio Ave often lose on their travels. Therefore, the bet is quite obvious here. Sporting should get a confident win on Wednesday – their performance is really great these days. No visiting team kept a clean sheet at the Estadio Jose Alvalade so far, and the coming encounter will see something similar. In their head-to-heads’ history, Sporting are normally victorious over Rio Ave, apart from the defeat in 2016, but the ‘Lions’ were struggling that time indeed.
Prediction for the match: Sporting to win with -1.0 handicap.
