RIO AVE v ACADEMICA
Monday 28th September 2015 – Kickoff: 2100hrs
Football – Portugal – Primeira Liga Betting Tips
Rio Ave will be looking to grab all three points when they host rock-bottom Academica on Monday night in the Portuguese Primeira Liga, as the hosts look to bounce back from defeat last time out at their Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube ground.
Rio Ave went down 2-1 to Sporting Braga which is no disgrace as their opponents currently occupy second place in the division, but Rio Ave will want to take advantage of Academica’s poor season here tonight which could lift the hosts up into early Europa League reckoning.
Rio Ave’s home record stands at 1-0-1 2/2 but tonight is a great opportunity to chalk up another win.
Visitors Academica currently sit bottom of the pile with no points to their name after the first five matches of the new campaign, having lost all five encounters to date. In fact, Academica have managed to score just one goal so far while their heaviest defeats have actually been on home turf with losses to Vitoria Setubal 0-4, Sporting Braga 1-3 and Boavista 0-2.
Meanwhile, away from home, Academica appear to be more defensive-minded despite losing both clashes on their travels to date with defeats at Pacos de Ferreira 0-1 and Nacional 0-2 amidst an early overall away record of 0-0-2 0/3.
By the way, Academica are without an away win from their last seven on their travels and they’ve failed to score in five of these matches during this sequence.
To sum up, I believe Rio Ave can claim all three points here but I think it’ll be settled by a single goal margin – Rio Ave could win this perhaps 1-0.
Back Rio Ave to win and under 2.5 @ 3.00 sportingbet
