Rio Ave vs AFS Prediction & Betting Tips (17 April)

With 33 points, Rio Ave can consider a success this evening and thus provisionally take a place in the top 10 while awaiting the results of the main candidates like Alverca, Moreirense and the disappointing Guimaraes. Last weekend, Rio Ave reacted perfectly to its defeat against Alverca 1-2 by winning on the Santa Clara turf 0-2. Before this home defeat against Alverca, the local team had recorded 3 victories against Estoril 1-2, Estrela 2-1 and on the Tondela pitch 0-1. Clearly, Rio Ave has won 4 of its last 5 matches in the league. On the other side of the median, AFS occupies, as it has for many weeks, last place in the ranking.

To maintain itself, AFS must collect 15 points with 5 matches remaining, i.e. a maximum of 15 points to collect. Flat, how can a team with only 1 victory since the start of the season in the 1v, 9d, 19d championship win 5 in the space of 5 matches? Last weekend, at home, the visiting team held Guimaraes to a 1-1 draw, a good week after Gil Vicente's 3-0 disappointment on the pitch. 

During the trip to Santa Clara, only Costa Rican international Brandon Zamora (1 goal in 19 league appearances) was missing due to injury. Even today, he should be forced to forfeit. Hungarian midfielder Tamas Nikitscher unlocked his goal tally last weekend against Santa Clara. Arriving this winter from Portimonense where he scored 9 goals in half the season, Tamble Foldago Monteiro made a series of appearances but has still not been decisive (0 goals, 0 assists). As a reminder, as a striker, Clayton (10 goals in the league) fled by signing in Greece with Olympiakos. In his suitcases, he took his Brazilian compatriot Andre Luiz (7 goals, 5 assists in the league).

Substitute against Santa Clara, Jalen Blesa (6 goals in 8 appearances since his arrival this winter) will be operational today. Opposite, the red lantern will be without the Habs Antoine Baroan (no appearance since his arrival from Rapid Bucharest), injured. Of the 19 goals scored in the league by AFS, 4 came from veteran Nene (42 years old). He will be a good addition today like the duo Tomane (3 goals in the league) and Diego Duarte (3 goals in the league).