Rio Ave hosts AC Milan in the Europa League qualification final. The match will be played on Thursday, October 1st at Estádio do Rio Ave (Vila do Conde)
Rio Ave is the middle peasant of Portuguese football, and many can get a handle on this team. If this Rio Ave played with some middle peasant of the Russian championship such as Rubin or Rostov, the Russian team would obviously be closer to victory, not to mention Milan. Rio Ave’s start of the season was not very convincing. In the national championship, the hosts started with two draws with teams that are frankly not at the top level. As for the qualifying adventures of the Portuguese team, the men of Mario Silva were stronger than the Bosnian Borac (2-0) and beat the Turkish Besiktas in a 120-minute duel (2-1). Obviously, Rio Ave can complain about the fate that sends it such powerful rivals in the current qualification. Milan is clearly the strongest team in all of this qualification, and it will certainly not be easy to pass such a test for Rio Ave.
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Milan is finally showing consistently good results. It started back from last season. Or to be more precise, after the New Year. Now Stefano Pioli's squad has a 17-match unbeaten streak, and there were only four draws during this period. In the new season, Milan is only winning. In the national championship, the Rossoneri beat Bologna and Crotone with the same score of 2-0. In the Europa League qualification, they beat Irish Shamrock (2-0) and stubborn Norwegian Bodé/ Glimt (3-2). A couple of Ibrahimovic and Calhanoglu look great at the start of the season - they have already scored three goals each. I strongly doubt that Milan may have any problems in the upcoming match. The Red-Blacks are in great shape and are ready to fight and win in all tournaments.
Of course, the Portuguese will try to queer Milan’s pitch and get into the group stage of this tournament. However, Milan is a clear favorite of this match. And it is worth betting on the visitors. I decided to play it safe with a zero handicap, in case of a protracted showdown, but most likely, Milan will be able to win in 90 minutes.
Prediction for the match: AC Milan to win with 0.0 handicap
