Preview: AVS vs. Estrela Amadora - prediction, team news, lineups

AVS and Estrela Amadora are successful enactment for the past clip successful 2024 erstwhile they spell caput to caput astatine the Estadio bash Desportivo das Aves successful circular 16 of the Portuguese Primeira Liga connected Saturday.

The Tricolores, who person mislaid each of their six league games connected the roadworthy since the 1-1 gully astatine Braga successful August's play opener, volition caput into the play looking to extremity this dire tally and adjacent retired the twelvemonth connected a affirmative note.

Match preview

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AVS were progressive successful a stock of the spoils for the 3rd consecutive crippled arsenic they played retired a goalless gully with Boavista erstwhile the 2 teams squared disconnected astatine the Estadio bash Bessa past Saturday.

A full of 22 shots were fired successful the game, but with some teams fluffing their lines successful beforehand of goal, neither goalkeeper would extremity up picking the shot retired of the backmost of the net, with a gully being a just effect upon reflection.

While AVS person shown resilience successful caller weeks, they person present gone 9 back-to-back games without a triumph crossed each competitions, claiming 4 draws and losing five, including a somewhat disappointing 3-2 decision against Campeonato de Portugal outfit Lusitano Evora successful the Taca de Portugal 4th circular connected November 23.

Daniel Ramos's men person besides failed to sensation triumph successful immoderate of their past 10 Primeira Liga matches, losing 4 and playing retired six stalemates — a tally stretching backmost to September 14, erstwhile they scraped a 1-0 triumph against Rio Ave connected location turf.

Having gained promotion from the 2nd tier past term, AVS person struggled to enforce themselves successful the large leagues arsenic they beryllium 14th successful the Primeira Liga standings with 13 points from 15 games, conscionable 2 points supra rock-bottom Arouca.

On the different hand, Estrela Amadora maintained their awesome location signifier arsenic they held connected to spot retired a 1-0 triumph implicit Rio Ave astatine the Estadio Jose Gomes connected Monday.

After 20-year-old Tiago Gabriel roseate highest to caput location Alan Ruiz's country successful the 36th minute, the hosts turned successful a coagulated displacement successful defence to repel Rio Ave and manus them their seventh league decision of the campaign.

Estrela person present won 3 location games connected the trot, seeing disconnected Nacional, Arouca and Rio Ave, and are unbeaten successful each of their past six matches successful beforehand of their supporters, picking up 4 wins and 2 draws since losing back-to-back games against Famalicao and Casa Pia backmost successful August.

While Jose Faria's broadside person been impenetrable astatine location of late, they person struggled for results connected the road, wherever they person mislaid each of their past 4 outings crossed each contention — conceding 15 goals and scoring conscionable erstwhile — and person managed the fewest fig of points successful the league this play (1).

Having secured a 14th-placed decorativeness past season, Estrela person endured a topsy-turvy archetypal fractional of the season, claiming 4 wins and 3 draws from their 15 Primeira Liga matches to cod 15 points and beryllium 12th successful the table, 1 constituent down 11th-placed Rio Ave.

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Team News

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AVS volition instrumentality to the transportation without the services of Georgian midfielder Giorgi Aburjania, who has missed each of the past 7 games since coming disconnected with a thigh wounded against Famalicao connected November 3.

He is joined connected the club's wounded array by 20-year-old goalkeeper Lucas Moura, who continues his agelong travel to afloat fittingness aft picking up a enarthrosis occupation backmost successful March.

Following their coagulated antiaircraft show against Boavista, we should spot an unchanged backmost 3 of Christian Castro, Ignacio Rodriguez and Baptiste Roux, with Vasco Lopes, Lucas Piazon and 41-year-old Nene starring the attack.

As for Estrela Amadora, seasoned defender Miguel Lopes has missed the past 2 matches done wounded and the 38-year-old is besides retired of contention for Saturday's clash.

Fellow defender Ferro came disconnected injured midway done the Tricolores' clash against Arouca connected December 9 and the 27-year-old is besides expected to beryllium retired this weekend's matchup.

AVS imaginable starting lineup:
Bertelli; Rodriguez, Castro, Roux; Afonso, Silva, Mendonca, Fonseca; Lopes, Piazon, Nene

Estrela Amadora imaginable starting lineup:
Brigido; Travassos, Gabriel, Drame, Lima; Cordeiro, Jesus; Luiz, Ruiz, Nilton; Kikas

We say: AVS 1-1 Estrela Amadora

It has been a dissapointing extremity to 2024 for AVS, who volition beryllium looking to drawback their nine-match winless tally and stitchery momentum up of the commencement of the caller year. Estrela, meanwhile, person blown blistery and acold successful caller weeks, and portion their signifier connected the roadworthy leaves a batch to beryllium desired, we foretell they volition clasp retired for a stock of the spoils astatine the Estadio bash Desportivo das Aves.

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