Vitoria de Guimaraes vs Rio Ave 23.12.2023 Prediction: Liga Portugal

Match Overview

Rio Ave travel to the Estadio Dom Afonso Henriques to take on Vitoria de Guimaraes in a match in the Liga Portugal on Saturday. Rio Ave will feel that they will have to play out of their skins to battle it out given that the home supporters will not make life easy for them by any means. However, Vitoria are known for their counter-attacking style of football too.

Key Highlights 

At the time of writing. Rio Ave are ranked in the fifteenth position of the league table with 12 points to their name whereas Vitoria are perched upon the fifth position of the same standings with 26 points inside their kitty. Despite the wide difference between the two teams in the matter of points, this game will be quite closely contested between them.

Injury Report

It is a matter of great coincidence that neither Vitoria nor Rio Ave have any major absentees in their respective squads owing to injuries. This means that they will be able to select their best possible starting lineups for this game.

Prediction

Neither Vitoria nor Rio Ave appear to be the favourites to win this game. We expect BTTS (both teams to score) in this game. In the last four matches that have been played between the two teams, Vitoria de Guimaraes have kept a clean sheet in three. They conceded just one goal in the other. It has to be said that the home team have a sizeable advantage in this game.