Primeira Liga•Position 16

Rio Ave

Form

DLLWL

Points

Next fixtureSaturday 19 Sept · 17:00 UTC

Alverca

FC Alverca Sports Complex · Alverca do Ribatejo

PicksIQ AI Take+2.4pp edge

Over · Total Goals 2.5@ 2.00

Saturday evening brings Primeira Liga action to the FC Alverca Sports Complex, where Alverca carry a lean-but-clear favourite's tag against a Rio Ave side still searching for coherence. Kick-off is 18:00 UK time, and the market reads this as a live home win rather than a mismatch. The market makes Alverca favourites at 1.85 (implied ~54%), and the underlying numbers broadly support that lean.

Team Report: Rio Ave

Rio Ave occupy 16th place in Primeira Liga (4 pts, in the relegation places). Their record reads 1 wins, 1 draws and 4 defeats — a run of results they'll want to improve on at 0.67 points per game. With 5 scored and 14 conceded, they field a side that has struggled for goals in front of a porous defence (GD -9). Across their last 5 matches they have 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats, out of sorts of late.

Season record

Played

Points

0.67 per game

Win %

17%

1W 1D 4L

Goal Diff

-9

Goals For

0.83 / game

Goals Against

2.33 / game

Position

of 18

Form

DLLWL

League position

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
14	Vitória SC	6	1	1	4	-3	4
15	Nacional	6	1	1	4	-4	4
16	Rio Ave	6	1	1	4	-9	4
17	Estoril	6	0	2	4	-6	2
18	Casa Pia	6	0	1	5	-14	1

Top scorers & assists

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