📊 Form Guide

Rio Ave

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Rio Ave prepare for this match coming off the back of a 0-0 Primeira Liga stalemate versus Gil Vicente.

In that match, Rio Ave managed 44% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 2 on target. On the other side, Gil Vicente got 13 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

In their preceding 6 games, Sotiris Silaidopoulos's Rio Ave have scored a combined total of 7 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.17.

Taking a look at their past results, Rio Ave:

• haven't won against Sporting Lisbon in their previous 10 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 home league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 3 league matches.

Sporting Lisbon

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Sporting Lisbon will come into the clash following a 5-1 Primeira Liga win as they beat Vitória Guimarães in their most recent game.

In that match, Sporting Lisbon managed 51% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 10 of them on target. For Sporting Lisbon, the goals were scored by Inácio (9'), Bragança (23'), Maximiliano Araújo (45'), Luis Suárez (61'), Guilherme (74') and Zeno Debast (85' Own goal). At the other end, Vitoria SC had 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

Rui Borges's Sporting Lisbon have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 10 times throughout their previous 6 matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during those same matches adds up to 6.

Their past results show that Sporting Lisbon:

• are undefeated by Rio Ave when they have played them away from home in the previous 7 league games. An impressive run.
• are undefeated in their previous 26 league matches away from home. A simply stunning run of away results.

↔️ Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head results going back to 06/02/2023 tells us that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Rio Ave. They’ve not been able to get any victories at all whereas Sporting Lisbon have dominated them, finishing as winners in 83 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

In all, 20 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 from Rio Grande and 16 belonging to Sportinguistas. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.

The last league match between these sides was Primeira Liga match day 16 on 28/12/2025 and the score finished Sporting Lisbon 4-0 Rio Ave.

On that day, Sporting Lisbon managed 59% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 12 of them on target. The goalscorers were Luis Suárez (34', 60', 61') and Maximiliano Araújo (53').

At the other end, Rio Ave had 5 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

The referee was Carlos Macedo.

🧠 Prediction

We believe that Rio Ave will likely be able to breach the defence of this Sporting Lisbon side, but one goal may not quite be enough to give them the result that they want.

We therefore reckon that it will be a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 winning score for Sporting Lisbon when the referee blows the final whistle. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Andre Moura, 07:05 06/05/2026