SPORTING v RIO AVE
Monday 8th February 2016 – Kickoff: 2000hrs
Football – Portugal – Primeira Liga Betting Tips
Sporting CP have a great chance of overtaking current Primeira Liga leaders Benfica when they play host to 8th placed Rio Ave on monday night as the hosts look to extend their impressive unbeaten run in the Portuguese top flight.
Sporting have strung together a six-match unbeaten run which includes a comprehensive 6-0 victory away at Vitoria Setubal, and indeed, Sporting have lost just once all season to date which was an away defeat at Uniao Madeira just before Christmas.
But on home turf, Sporting still remain unbeaten as they possess a commanding 8-2-0 22/9 record at their Estádio José Alvalade ground while their performances against top half opposition at home read a solid 3-1-0 7/3 with wins over Belenenses, Porto and Sporting Braga.
Visitors Rio Ave registered a 2-1 win at home over Vitoria Setubal last time out in the Primeira Liga, and although they also recently recorded another home win over Uniao Madeira, it’s Rio Ave’s away form that concerns us for this match.
Tonight’s visitors have lost four of their last five away matches within an overall away record of 1-4-4 16/22 and they’ve kept just one clean sheet on their travels all season to date; in addition, Rio Ave have conceded 2 goals or more on 7 occasions from a total of 9 away matches which doesn’t bode well for them at Sporting this evening.
Rio Ave’s away record at top half opposition reads a below-par 1-2-3 9/14, and they possess the worst away record of all the top half teams in the division along with having conceded the most goals too in the top half of the Primeira Liga.
Pick: Sporting AH-1.5 @ 1.74 Bet Victor
