Rio Ave vs FC Porto Prediction & Betting Tips (28 August)

Rio Ave played in the first half of the table last season and managed to do great things by finishing in particular an honorable 12th place and will try to do as well or even better this season. Like many top-division teams, the hosts took part in the first round matches of the Portuguese League Cup but failed to qualify further after losing 2-0 at Arouca.

The championship started not too badly with in particular a precious success against Chaves 2-0 but a defeat during the previous day on the lawn of Estoril 2-0.

Indisputable holder in the bars, Jhonatan Luis da Siqueira is currently on the floor (injured) and will probably be OUT for this poster. For the rest, the group will a priori be complete with in particular the presence of the Colombian striker, Leonardo Ruiz (4 goals last season) and Ze Manuel who returned from loan from Nacional, concluding at the same time (6 achievements). The two players mentioned were scorers on the first day. However, rather interesting last year, Paulo Pereira (25 appearances) left the club at the end of last season (return to Valladolid, loan). For the rest, the group remained practically similar (no important arrivals or important departures).

Opposite, FC Porto should recover its valiant Pepe (ex-Real Madrid) from suspension while the member of the attacking duo with Mehdi Taremi (22 achievements, 7 assists last year), Evanilson is still on the floor following his thigh injury. He is not the only one to squat in the infirmary since Gabriel Veron (rotation, 17 appearances last season) is also stuck in care. During the transfer window, the leaders opted for the young Iberian crack, Fran Navarro (ex-Gil Vicente, 17 pawns, 2 assists last year in Liga BWIN) without forgetting the loan Nico Gonzalez (FC Barcelona) and the Argentine crack , Alan Varela from Boca Juniors. On the other hand, on the departure pontoon, recently it was Otavio who took off (Al-Nassr) thus joining Uribe (Al-Sadd), Wilson Mafana (Granada), Fernando Andrade (Casa Pia) without forgetting the defender, Conceicao (Zürich).