Portugal - Liga PortugalStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Sporting CP and Rio Ave, taking place on Monday, 25 September 2023, at Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon.
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Sporting CP, Recent FormIn their last match Sporting CP enforced their superiority over Moreirense with a 3-0 home win. In that game they had 73% possession and managed 20 attempts on goal, with 10 on target, compared to Moreirense who had 7 attempts and 1 on target.
Manager Rúben Amorim will be delighted with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 12 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 5 goals conceded in the same period. Their goal scoring streak at home now stands at 18 games in a row, but they have only kept 2 clean sheets in their last 6 games at Estádio José Alvalade.
Their impressive run of form, both away and at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 19 games in a row.
On an individual basis, João Paulinho will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 4 goals in Sporting CP's last 6 league games.
Rio Ave, Recent FormA 1-1 draw and a point gained against Famalicão in their previous meeting will have been considered a fairly decent for Rio Ave last time out. They came away from that fixture with a 57% share of the possession and clocked up 5 attempts on goal with 1 on target, in comparison to Famalicão, who managed 11 attempts on goal, 5 of which were on target.
It seems pretty certain that Luís Freire will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 7 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 8 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
Their recent poor run of form away from home has left them without an away win in 6 games.
With 2 goals scored in his last 6 away games for Rio Ave, Patrick William will be looking to add more goals against Sporting CP in this match.
Last time these two teams met in the league it ended in disappointment for Rio Ave, losing 0-1 to Sporting CP.
Sporting CP have managed to keep a clean sheet against Vilacondenses in each of their previous 3 meetings. Sporting CP will be confident of finding the net in this one against Vilacondenses, with an impressive scoring record of at least 1 goal in their previous 12 encounters between the two sides. In their past 5 meetings, Sportinguistas' defence has been pretty stingy, only conceding 2 goals, so Rio Ave will have to take their chances when they come.
In the last 3 league meetings between the teams, Sporting CP has taken all 3 points and has not lost to Rio Ave in 5 games.
There is only really one injury concern for the Sporting CP manager Rúben Amorim ahead of this clash, with Jeremiah St. Juste (Physical discomfort) missing out, which gives Amorim a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
There is only really one injury concern for the Rio Ave manager Luís Freire ahead of this clash, with Jhonatan Luiz da Siqueira (Thigh) missing out, which gives Freire a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Sporting CP Playing at home | Rio Ave Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | Goals scored | 0.5 |
| 0.7 | Goals conceded | 1.5 |
| 40' | Time first goal scored | 52' |
| 75' | Time first goal conceded | 34' |
| 3.3 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.7 | Subs used | 5 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | - |
| - | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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