Rio Ave welcome the visitors Vitoria de Setubal in the Portuguese Primeira Liga – Round 17. The match will be held on Sunday, January 13th, at the Estadio do Rio Ave (Vila do Conde).
Rio Ave, having held the 4th line in the standings by November, have attained only 1 point in 7 previous rounds. Their tally is still fine not to descend to the relegation zone, so, presently they keep the 10th position. If it keeps going that way though, the bottom-placed Aves and Chaves will gladly take the hosts aboard.
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Vitoria de Setubal feature a similar situation, i.e. in their 5 latest rounds, they racked up only 1 point as well, drawing at home against the rock-bottom Chaves. The guests currently take the 12th place in the table. In their 2 previous outings, they conceded, one of the defeats was to the 14th Boavista that count only 4 wins in this campaign (including the one over Vitoria).
Both sides undergo a crisis these days. The home match factor will most likely be decisive in the coming clash. The thing is that even in their best times, Vitoria struggled a lot when visiting Rio Ave. In their 10 previous league travels to Vila do Conde, they managed to get just 1 point, conceding in 9 matches. In 7 of these 10 encounters, Vitoria did not contrive to find the net. Rio Ave will probably make use of this bonus in the form of the very comfortable visitors and will move on from the dead point, getting first results after 3 successive losses. It is noteworthy that in these 3 matches, Rio Ave faced Benfica, Porto, and the fifth-placed Moreirense. Vitoria are just 12th in the table.
Prediction for the match: Rio Ave to win home.
