GUIMARAES VS RIO AVE PREVIEW & PREDICTION
Vitória Guimarães and Rio Ave meet in Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques, in a match for the 29 th round of the Primeira Liga. Vitória Guimarães won away by (0-1), the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 11-27-2017. The history of direct confrontations played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 5 matches won 3, drew 1 and lost 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a game in this stadium, in 19 -03-2017, for the Primeira Liga, Vitória Guimarães won by (3-0). Rafael Martins (60 ‘), Hernâni (70’) and D. Texeira (90 ‘) scored the goals of Vitória Guimarães. Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and abroad.
Guimarães:
The home team is currently in the 10 th position of the league, with 33 points won, after 10 wins, 3 draws and 15 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Desportivo Aves, by (2-1). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Benfica, by (2-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses in away matches, with 19 goals scored and 33 conceded; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 21 goals scored and 24 conceded. For the championship, Vitória Guimarães won 17 points out of 30 possible points, after 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 10 home matches. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it has not been very strong defensively. In 28 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 14 games in which he suffered the first goal.
The Vitoria de Guimarães arrives at this game without great motivation, after the defeat against the champion and leader Benfica, by 2-0, thus adding the sixth defeat in the last 10 games by the Portuguese league. Normally the trainer José Peseiro plays with four players in the defensive sector, three in the middle and three in the most offensive sector. In addition, and when playing at home, the team opts for a more supported style of play, preferably using the right flank to attack their enemies: Sturgeon offers great depth to his team. It is important to underline that the Brazilian Raphinha is the best marker of the team, with 14 goals scored. For this game the home coach can not count on Rafael Martins and Celis, players recovering from injury.
Rio Ave:
The away team is currently in the 5 th position of the league, with 43 points won, after 13 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Sporting Lisboa, by (2-0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Estoril, by (2-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses in away matches; against 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses at their stadium. For the championship, Rio Ave conquered 10 points out of 30 possible points, after 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses in the last 10 home matches.
For this competition, it registers a sequence of 5 defeats in the last matches as a visitor. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-1 (6 out of 14 matches). In 28 matches in this competition, they have only had 2 comebacks in the 12 matches they suffered in the first goal.
The Rio Ave comes to this game with a home win over Estoril, 2-0, returning to the triumphs after the defeat against Sporting Lisbon. The visiting club plays in a tactical system different from the one of the adversary, that is, in 4-2-3-1, however, it privileges the maintenance of the ball possession and the paused attacks: Chico Geraldes is the great responsible for creating and organize the offensive process. It is important to point out that the Rio Ave team possesses great quality in offensive set pieces and direct free throws. Hélder Guedes is the best score of the visitors, with 9 goals scored. For this game coach Miguel Cardoso can count on all his players.
PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.87
