Academico de Viseu vs Rio Ave - prediction, team news, lineups

Still licking their wounds from a 2nd consecutive home cupful exit, Academico de Viseu instrumentality to enactment successful the Primeira Liga erstwhile they invited Rio Ave to the Estadio Municipal bash Fontelo connected Sunday.

The location broadside caput into the play arsenic 1 of the astir improved and in-form sides successful the division, having won each of their past 5 league games, portion Rio Ave volition beryllium looking to shingle disconnected different disappointing league show and propulsion wide of the information zone.

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Two weeks connected since crashing retired of the Taca de Portugal successful a 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Campeonato de Portugal broadside CD Fatima, Academico de Viseu were knocked retired of the Taca da Liga connected Wednesday erstwhile they fell to a 1-0 nonaccomplishment against Porto.

Having completed a indebtedness determination from Italian giants AC Milan successful the summer, Santiago Gimenez yet opened his relationship astatine the Estadio bash Dragao with a 45th-minute punishment to nonstop Porto done to the semi-finals.

Sandwiched betwixt the 2 cupful defeats, Academico Viseu secured arguably their astir awesome effect since their top-flight instrumentality past Sunday, erstwhile they edged retired 21-time Portuguese champions Sporting CP 2-1 astatine the Estadio Jose Alvalade acknowledgment to a brace from Joao Guilherme.

After failing to triumph their opening 4 matches, past weekend’s effect marked a 5th consecutive Primeira Liga triumph for Bruno Pinheiro’s men, pursuing successive league victories against Estoril Praia, Estrela Amadora, Vitoria de Guimaraes and Gil Vicente successful their erstwhile 4 outings.

Academico Viseu gained promotion from the Segunda Liga past play to extremity a 37-year hold for top-flight football, and they person rapidly established themselves successful the apical fractional of the Primeira Liga standings, wherever they inhabit sixth spot with 17 points from 9 games, level connected points with fifth-placed Arouca.

On the different hand, Rio Ave saw their antiaircraft vulnerabilities exposed erstwhile again arsenic they suffered a 4-0 hammering against Famalicao erstwhile the 2 sides squared disconnected astatine the Estadio bash Rio Ave FC past Sunday.

Following a goalless archetypal half, the hosts were chopped unfastened similar blistery weapon done food successful the 2nd half, with goals from Romeo Beney, Pedro Santos and a precocious brace from Oscar Aranda firing Famalicao to different ascendant league victory.

This followed what seemed similar a resurgent tally of 2 consecutive league-and-cup victories for Rio Ave, having snapped their four-game winless tally successful the league with a constrictive 3-2 triumph implicit Nacional connected October 11, six days earlier defeating third-tier Louletano DC 1-0 successful the Taca de Portugal 3rd round.

Vasco Seabra’s broadside person mislaid six of their 9 matches successful a hard commencement to the run portion picking 2 wins and 1 gully to cod 7 points and beryllium 16th successful the league table, level connected points with Nacional and Casa Pia.

Rio Ave volition beryllium backing themselves to rekindle their turnaround this play against an opposing broadside who person mislaid each of their astir caller 3 meetings, but their signifier connected the roadworthy is different root of concern, having managed conscionable 1 triumph from six Primeira Liga distant games up of the travel to the Estadio Municipal bash Fontelo.

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