Santa Clara vs Rio Ave
Portugal’s Primera Liga has entered its 16th week, where this week will be opened with a match between Santa Clara who plays host at Rio Ave at Estádio de São Miguel. A very interesting match the article Rio Ave came with bad capital, swallowing successive defeats in the last 2 matches humiliated by Gil Vicente and Marítimo with the same score tipi 0-1.
The Rio Ave defeat was so dramatic they fell against Gil Vicente due to a Sandro Lima penalty goal in the 90th minute and then against Maritimo was also uprooted because the white point goal scored by Getterson 82 minutes. Unlike the home team who successfully embarrassed Desportivo Aves with a thin score of 0 -1 thanks to Fábio Cardoso’s only goal and this result broke Santa Clara’s poor record which failed to win in five consecutive matches.
In the standings Rio Ave is ranked 7th with 19 points then Santa Clara is 14th with 17 points. Both teams are only 2 points adrift, making the match even more prestigious, for Santa Clara beating Rio Ave is a great opportunity for them to enter the top 10 standings and vice versa Rio Ave also has the potential to enter the top 5 because it is 2 points adrift of Vitoria Guimaraes.
In the last season the two teams defeated each other, the first round of Santa Clara was humiliated by Rio Ave 1-3 and then the second round of Santa Clara’s turn to revenge by winning 1-2. However, in this fight it is believed to be different, seeing Santa Clara’s surprise over Gil Vicente and also home advantage most likely Rio Ave will collapse.
Our Prediction: Under 2.5
Odds: 1.67