Aves vs Famalicao
Portuguese-Primeira Liga
Date: Saturday, 31 August 2019
Kick-off at 16:30 UK / CET
Venue: Estádio do CD das Aves (Vila das Aves).
TEAM NEWS
DESPORTIVO AVES
Predicted lineup (4-2-3-1): Beunardeau; Milos, Simunec, Mehremic, Afonso Figueiredo; Claudio Falcao, Ruben Oliveira; Ruben Macedo, Welinton Junior, Kahraba; Mohammadi
Not available:
Doubtful: Yamga (injured)
FAMALICAO
Predicted lineup (4-3-3): Rafael Defendi; Lionn, Perez, Patrick, Tymon; Gustavo Assuncao; Ruben Lameiras, Goncalo Rodrigues, Pedro Goncalves, Fabio Martins; Toni Martinez
Not available:
Doubtful:
DESIGNIVO AVES VS FAMALICAO BETTING TIPS
Aves were beaten 5-1 at Rio Ave last weekend and will have to perform much better on Saturday if they want to release anything from the Famalicao team who have started the season brightly. The 1005 visitors started life at the top of the end for the last time when they drew 1-1 at Vitoria Guimaraes but Famalicao remained second in the table behind Sporting.
The appearance of the two teams over the past month shows that we will see the scores of the two teams on Saturday and the pair head to head makes Aves the favorite to claim all three points.
Aves may only have won one match so far this season but it arrived in their only home game so far against Maritimo, which ended 3-1. Both teams have scored in each of the last five matches of Aves, against Rio Ave, Maritimo, Boavista, Gil Vicente and Nacional, while Famalicao has only failed to score in one of their last five matches, which is why we expect both teams to score on Saturday.
Despite losing four of their last six matches in all competitions, Aves have a good home record and are unbeaten in their last seven matches at the Estádio Clube Desportivo das Aves, where the five matches ended in victory. Aves have won their last two home matches and both teams have scored on each occasion, beating Maritimo 3-1 and Nacional 2-1.
Both teams scored in Falamicao's last away match against Vitoria Guimaraes and after taking four points from their two away games so far this season, visitors will be expected to take at least one point on Saturday and this is where we feel their fall could be. Aves headed into the game with a heavy defeat and will try to respond positively, while Famalicao surprised many with a good start to the season and the pressure is on the visitors to keep running against teams that have lost two of their three league matches so far.
We are confident that both teams will score on Saturday and have estimated the final score of 2-1 for Aves. Aves have never lost at Famalicao before and have collected all three points in their only previous home match this season. Both teams have looked forward and each will get a chance to score this weekend, that's for sure, but we support Aves to perform well and collect all three points.
