Rio Ave hosts Pacos de Ferreira in round 25 of Portuguese Primeira Liga. The match will be played on Friday, March 13th at Estádio do Rio Ave (Vila do Conde)
Rio Ave doesn’t lose in the last nine matches of the championship. And the team won in five of them, having tied with Sporting and Porto in this segment. Rio Ave is sixth in the standings and lags only four points behind the fifth place providing a ticket to the qualification of the Europa League. Given that Sporting, which takes 5th place, is not in the best condition right now, this is a chance for Rio Ave to play in the European Cup in the fall.
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Pacos de Ferreira is not up to European cups. It tries to stay in the highest division. The team won only five times in 24 championship rounds. 14 matches were lost. Having 22 points, de Ferreira takes 17th place in the standings. And this is only one place ahead of the relegation zone. In the last seven rounds of the championship, the Beavers even gained two victories. They beat the last Aves and the debutant of the league, Famalicao. But the remaining five losses leveled their achievements.
Pacos shows a disgusting game away. Eight of 12 away matches were lost. And the team scored only eight points in them. In half of these games, the Beavers did not even manage to score a goal. And I don’t think that they will score in Vila do Conde. Rio Ave certainly does not have a perfect defensive line. Nevertheless, it conceded 23 goals in 24 matches of the championship. And this is the 3rd indicator of the championship in terms of the defensive reliability. But even if the visitors manage to somehow score, they probably will not earn points. Rio Ave is in great shape now. It got close to the leaders. And it has a chance to compete for tickets to the Europa League. The class of the hosts is much higher than that of the visitors and it will manifest itself in this match, which Rio will probably win.
Prediction for the match: Rio Ave to win
