Portugal - Liga PortugalStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Rio Ave and Sporting CP, taking place on Sunday, 25 February 2024, at Estádio do Rio Ave in Vila do Conde.
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Rio Ave, Recent FormThe Rio Ave players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their away fixture against Famalicão recently, that ended in a 2-1 defeat. They achieved 51% possession in that match and had 12 strikes at goal, with 4 hitting the target, up against Famalicão's tally of 15 efforts at goal, 6 of which were on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 4 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 7, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They have scored in 10 of their 11 home games this season.
They have been performing well at Estádio do Rio Ave recently and are unbeaten in their last 6 home games.
Sporting CP, Recent FormSporting CP will be very happy having secured 3 points in their last match with a significant 2-0 away win against Moreirense. In that game they recorded 62 % of the possession, with 17 attempts on goal, 6 on target. Their opponents found the target on 0 of their 5 shots on goal.
Their boss Rúben Amorim will be rightly happy with his team of late, having seen them score 28 goals in their last 6 matches while only letting 3 over their own goal line. Their goal scoring streak now stands at 29 games in a row, and they are currenlty on a run of 3 consecutive clean sheets.
They are showing impressive league form with a run of 8 straight wins in a row and are also unbeaten in their last 8 games.
With 6 goals scored in Sporting CP's last 6 outings in the league, Francisco Trincão has shown a great run of form in finding the back of the net.
Last time these two teams met in the league it resulted in an unsurprising 2-0 win for Sporting CP.
Sportinguistas will be looking to extend their current run of 4 clean sheets against Rio Ave. Sportinguistas will be looking to extend their current run of scoring against Rio Ave having scored at least 1 goal in each of their previous 13 meetings. The Sporting CP defence tends to hold pretty firm when they visit Vilacondenses in the league, with Sporting CP conceding just 1 goal in their last 3 meetings.
In the last 2 league meetings between the teams at Estádio do Rio Ave, Sporting CP has taken all 3 points and has not lost away to Rio Ave in 5 games.
With no real injury worries, Rio Ave manager Luís Freire will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
With only João Paulinho (Tendon) and Jeremiah St. Juste (Muscle) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Rúben Amorim will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Rio Ave Playing at home | Sporting CP Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | Goals scored | 2.3 |
| 1.3 | Goals conceded | 1.2 |
| 59' | Time first goal scored | 32' |
| 49' | Time first goal conceded | 56' |
| 2.7 | Yellow cards | 2.9 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.8 | Subs used | 4.1 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 5-2 |
| 4-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-2 |
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