Sporting CP vs Rio Ave
Portuguese-Primeira Liga
Date: Saturday, 31 August 2019
Kick-off at 19:00 UK / CET
Venue: Estádio José Alvalade (Lisabon).
TEAM NEWS
SPORTING CP
Predicted lineup (4-2-3-1): Renan Ribeiro; Thierry Corriea, Coates, Mathieu, Acuna; Wendel, Doumbia; Raphinha, Bruno Fernandes, Vietto; Luiz Phellype
Not available: Ristovski (Injured), Jefferson (Disliked), Viviano (Disliked)
Doubtful: Jovane Cabral (Injured), Battaglia (Injured), Rosier (Injured)
RIO AVE
Predicted lineup (4-2-3-1): Kieszek; Junio, Nelson Monte, Messias, Matheus Reis; Tarantini, Filipe Augusto; Nuno Santos, Diego Lopes, Taremi; Bruno Moreira
Not Available: Nadjack (Injured)
Doubtful:
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Sporting claimed all three away points at Portimonense last weekend to rise to the top of the Primeira League, while Rio Ave defeated Aves 5-1 at home to take their first points of the new season.
All statistics show victory for Sporting this weekend and we support the hosts to also keep a clean sheet in the process, despite the fact they haven't done it this season.
Sporting have won their last six meetings with Rio Ave, home and away between 2017-19, with the pair meeting one time at Taca de Portugal during that period and five other meetings arriving in the Primeira League. Sporting also maintained four clean sheets in the six wins, winning 3-0, 2-0, 1-0 and 1-0 with the three wins coming at home matches against Rio Ave.
Sports topped the Primeira League table and have never lost this season, starting with a 1-1 draw at Maritimo and then beating Braga 2-1 and Portimonense 3-1. Rio Ave has lost three of their last five matches in all competitions all of which arrived far from home and the two meetings made Saturday guests fail to score, 1-0 against Famalicao and 1-0 against Chaves.
Sporting has a fantastic winning percentage of 65% against Rio Ave and has managed to keep a clean sheet in 60% of the pair's last ten meetings covering back to 2015. Rio Ave has played fewer games than the majority of Primeira Lga's teams. season and heading into this game behind the 5-1 win against Aves but Sporting has grown in confidence and certainly because of the clean sheet this season.
We are confident that Sporting will win to zero and estimate the final score 2-0. Sporting are unbeaten and are top of the Primeira Liga table towards a home match against the team they have defeated on each of the last six occasions. Rio Ave does not have the best record against Sporting and certainly will not be given a lot of time and space because they were at home for Aves last time, but the visitors keep things tight enough behind and not concede. too many goals.
Sporting CP vs Rio Ave Head-to-head (h2h)
Sporting CP won fourteen major wins from eighteen home matches since 1999.
Rio Ave won last time in 2012 at the host venue.
Three matches were tied and guests only had one win at home.
The last ten clashes at home gave Sporting CP seven clean sheets.
