Rio Ave hosts Tondela in round 18 of Portuguese Primeira Liga. The match will be played on Tuesday, February 9th at Estádio do Rio Ave (Vila do Conde)
Rio Ave showed a perfect game in the previous season. Then the team managed to climb to 5th place in the final standings. And it even tried its hand in the Europa League, where only Milan, which won in the last round of qualification only in a penalty shootout, did not let the Portuguese into the group round. But the game in the current tournament is not so good, especially in winter. The modest Estoril knocked Rio Ave out of the cup. And the hosts managed to beat only Portimonense in the last 11 rounds of the championship. Against the general background, a goalless home draw with Nacional in the last round is perceived, if not as a success, but at least as a quite decent result.
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Tondela mostly fights for survival in Primeira. It was like this almost all the time after the promotion to the elite division, except for the 2017/18 season, which brought 11th place. For example, Gold and Greens were only 14th in the last season. But at the same time, the club's management decided to bet on Paco Ayestaran. He is already a rather experienced but not particularly successful specialist from Spain. And Tondela shows relatively good results. Yes, there are still a lot of defeats. But the team alternates them with victories. Gold and Greens managed to beat Famalicao, Boavista, and Farense in January. But it is worth mentioning that all victories were gained at home. On the road, the team lost five times in a row in the championship and finished the fight for the cup. However, the latter did not come as a surprise because Tondela played against the strong and ambitious Porto at Dragao.
Rio Ave has been showing a weak game for virtually the entire current season, but Tondela does not know how to win away. And we think the upcoming match won’t please the fans with spectacular football and a large number of goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
