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Rio Ave v CD Santa Clara : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 18th Apr, 15:30 BST, Estadio Dos Arcos, Vila do Conde

Friday afternoon sees Armando Evangelista’s Rio Ave and António Jorge Rocha Simão’s CD Santa Clara go up against one another in a Liga NOS battle at the Estadio Dos Arcos. We want to see our users winning on this match, so every statistics you could ever need to make a sound selection is published below. Switch between seventeen betting markets or take our top tip. We have predictions, head-to-head analysis and odds from leading bookmakers for each one.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We don't believe there is a clear favourite to win this match, but what is clear is that the odds suggest it'll have a maximum of 3 goals. Our statistical analysis is inline with them too. Rio Ave and Santa Clara have served up plenty of under 3.5 goal games lately, and key performance statistics point towards an extension of that record. We're confidently predicting under 3.5 goals on Friday afternoon, and the bookmakers have it priced at 1.18.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Rio Ave
35%
15/8
13%
-
Draw
27%
19/10
3%
-
Santa Clara
38%
17/10
17%
-
Draw 1-1
13%
9/2
8%
-
Santa Clara 1-0
11%
6/1
8%
-
Rio Ave 1-0
10%
13/2
12%
-
Draw 0-0
8%
6/1-
Santa Clara 2-1
8%
10/1
10%
-
Rio Ave 2-1
8%
10/1
15%
-
Santa Clara 2-0
7%
11/1
20%
-
Rio Ave 2-0
6%
12/1
13%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
16/1-
Santa Clara 3-1
3%
25/1
24%
-
Rio Ave 3-1
3%
25/1
24%
-
Santa Clara 3-0
3%
25/1
24%
-
Rio Ave 3-0
3%
28/1
29%
-
Santa Clara 3-2
2%
40/1
21%
-
Rio Ave 3-2
2%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
7/5-
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
8/15-
Home 1st Goal
47%
6/5
12%
-
Away 1st Goal
48%
20/21
8%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
6/1-
BTTS - Yes
51%
1/1-
BTTS - No
49%
3/4-
BTTS - Home Win
15%
6/1
13%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3
4%
-
BTTS - Away Win
16%
11/2
18%
-
Home/draw
62%
4/9
8%
-
Away/draw
65%
2/5
5%
-
Home/away
73%
2/5
3%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
4/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
13/8-
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
7/2-
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
2/11-
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
10/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/20-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
22/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/80-
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/10-
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
6/1-
Home DNB
54%
10/11
15%
-
Away DNB
57%
4/5
15%
-
Rio Ave win to nil
20%
10/3
13%
-
Santa Clara win to nil
21%
3/1
14%
-
Rio Ave / Rio Ave
18%
15/4
14%
-
Rio Ave / Santa Clara
2%
33/1
17%
-
Rio Ave / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Rio Ave
14%
5/1
14%
-
Draw / Santa Clara
14%
5/1
9%
-
Draw / Draw
19%
10/3-
Santa Clara / Rio Ave
2%
33/1-
Santa Clara / Santa Clara
19%
7/2
20%
-
Santa Clara / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Rio Ave have played 29 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 5 and won 4. Rio Ave have conceded 39 goals, scored 23, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Rio Ave have played 14 games at home, winning 5, drawing 6 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 21 goals, conceded 22 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Santa Clara lay in 6th place on 46 points in the Liga NOS league table having played 29 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 5 games. They have scored 24 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Santa Clara have conceded 15 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

Santa Clara have played 14 away games, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Rio Ave
Santa Clara
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
S. Lisbon2921625169 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
2
Benfica2922344669 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
5-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-1F
3
Braga2918652460 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
4-0A
l
 
0-2A
May 3
4
Porto2918563059 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
5
V. Guimaraes29121251248 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 27
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
6
Santa Clara A2914411046 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
-
-
7
Famalicao2911108743 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
May 10
w
 
1-2F
8
Casa Pia2911711-340 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
9
Estoril2910910-839 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
2-3A
w
 
1-4A
10
Moreirense299812-735 
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-2F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
11
Nacional299515-1132 
w
 
2-1F
May 10
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
12
Rio Ave Home298813-1532 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
13
Arouca297913-1630 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
Apr 26
l
 
1-0A
14
Gil Vicente296815-1626 
May 17
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
15
Estrela Amadora296815-2026 
May 4
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
16
AVS2941114-2623 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
17
Sporting Farense294916-2021 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
May 17
18
Boavista294619-2818 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
Win / draw / win form
Rio Ave 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
10
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rio Ave0 - 2Boavista
Rio Ave2 - 3Benfica
Rio Ave2 - 1Braga
Rio Ave1 - 1AVS
Rio Ave2 - 2Porto
Rio Ave0 - 3S. Lisbon
Rio Ave2 - 1Nacional
Rio Ave2 - 2V. Guimaraes
Rio Ave3 - 2Moreirense
Rio Ave2 - 2Casa Pia
Rio Ave1 - 1Famalicao
Rio Ave2 - 2Estoril
Rio Ave1 - 0Arouca
Rio Ave1 - 0Sporting Farense
Rio Ave1 - 1Benfica
Rio Ave2 - 1V. Guimaraes
Rio Ave1 - 1Arouca
Rio Ave3 - 0Gil Vicente
Rio Ave0 - 0Braga
Rio Ave3 - 3S. Lisbon
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ARio Ave2 - 0Moreirense
HRio Ave0 - 2Boavista
ARio Ave1 - 2Casa Pia
HRio Ave2 - 3Benfica
ARio Ave0 - 1Famalicao
HRio Ave2 - 1Braga
ARio Ave1 - 2Estoril
HRio Ave1 - 1AVS
ARio Ave1 - 1Arouca
HRio Ave2 - 2Porto
ARio Ave2 - 1Sporting Farense
HRio Ave0 - 3S. Lisbon
ARio Ave1 - 1Gil Vicente
HRio Ave2 - 1Nacional
ARio Ave0 - 1Estrela Amadora
HRio Ave2 - 2V. Guimaraes
ARio Ave0 - 1Santa Clara
HRio Ave3 - 2Moreirense
ARio Ave2 - 0Boavista
HRio Ave2 - 2Casa Pia
Santa Clara 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
6
D
2
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
V. Guimaraes2 - 0Santa Clara
Gil Vicente0 - 1Santa Clara
Boavista1 - 0Santa Clara
Estrela Amadora0 - 0Santa Clara
AVS1 - 2Santa Clara
Porto1 - 1Santa Clara
Famalicao1 - 2Santa Clara
Arouca1 - 0Santa Clara
S. Lisbon0 - 1Santa Clara
Nacional2 - 0Santa Clara
Moreirense1 - 0Santa Clara
Benfica4 - 1Santa Clara
Casa Pia0 - 2Santa Clara
Estoril1 - 4Santa Clara
Benfica3 - 0Santa Clara
Braga5 - 3Santa Clara
Estoril3 - 0Santa Clara
Porto2 - 1Santa Clara
S. Lisbon3 - 0Santa Clara
P. Ferreira1 - 0Santa Clara
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSanta Clara0 - 1S. Lisbon
ASanta Clara0 - 2V. Guimaraes
HSanta Clara1 - 0Nacional
ASanta Clara1 - 0Gil Vicente
HSanta Clara1 - 1Moreirense
ASanta Clara0 - 1Boavista
ASanta Clara0 - 0Estrela Amadora
HSanta Clara0 - 1Benfica
ASanta Clara2 - 1AVS
HSanta Clara2 - 1Casa Pia
ASanta Clara1 - 1Porto
HSanta Clara2 - 3Estoril
HSanta Clara0 - 0Sporting Farense
ASanta Clara2 - 1Famalicao
HSanta Clara0 - 2Braga
ASanta Clara0 - 1Arouca
HSanta Clara1 - 0Rio Ave
ASanta Clara1 - 0S. Lisbon
HSanta Clara1 - 0V. Guimaraes
ASanta Clara0 - 2Nacional
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Rio Ave since 2019
Rio Ave
Santa Clara
Goals: Scored
5
6
Games: Scored
4 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
0 / 4
RIO
1
D
1
SCL
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rio Ave
Rio Ave1 - 0
1 - 2Santa Clara
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Santa Clara
League games at Santa Clara since 2018
Santa Clara
Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
3
6
Games: Scored
3 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
2 / 5
RIO
3
SCL
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Santa Clara
Santa Clara1 - 0
0 - 2Rio Ave
Santa Clara1 - 0
0 - 1Rio Ave
1 - 3Rio Ave
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for CD Santa Clara of late. It has been 8 Liga NOS matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Friday afternoon against Rio Ave.

Rio Ave 12th Santa Clara 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Rio Ave will score no more than 1 goal
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Santa Clara will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+19
Rio Ave have scored 19% more goals at home than predicted
-5
Santa Clara’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2024/2025 season
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Rio Ave
PG (predicted goals)
Santa Clara
1.2
1.3
Attack rating
8%
better
RIO
SCL
view stats
Games scored20
18
Failed to score9
11
Scored first12
15
Goals scored32
28
Avg. goals scored1.1
1
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal7
9
Conversion rate for14
12
Avg. XG for1.1
1.1
KickOff rating
+8%
Defence rating
RIO
SCL
30%
better
view stats
Games conceded25
19
Clean sheets4
10
Conceded first17
12
Goals conceded47
28
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1
Avg. shots/game conceded12
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against14%
12%
Avg. XG against1.7
1
KickOff rating
+30%

Rio Ave v Santa Clara Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2613310
M Vrousai ClaytonM Vrousai Clayton
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Vrousai  DEF2613
4
-
K Bondoso FWD2621
1
-
T Morais FWD264
1
-
Clayton FWD25132
9
1
O Richards DEF241
4
-
O Pohlmann MID2312
-
J Novais MID23
1
-
B Aguilera MID2231
3
-
D Tıknaz MID2112
5
1
C Miszta GLK19
2
-
M Neto MID1911
6
1
J Panzo DEF121
3
1
J Graça MID11
-
A Ndoj DEF10
-
J Tomé DEF9
-
A Luiz FWD91
-
K. Zoabi FWD8
-
N Abby DEF6
-
F. Petrasso DEF5
2
-
T. Bakoulas MID5
2
-
V Gomes MID51
-
V. Ferreira de Sousa FWD5
-
J Pedro DEF21
-
T. Medina FWD2
-
Santa Clara Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
289510
G BatistaV LopesM PereiraV Lopes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Batista GLK28
2
-
MT DEF2811
2
-
A Firmino MID271
5
1
P Ferreira MID273
9
-
G Silva FWD2742
1
-
V Lopes FWD2791
10
-
S. Pena De Lima DEF2621
7
1
Calila DEF2611
8
-
L Rocha DEF25
7
-
L Soares DEF251
5
1
F Venâncio DEF24
4
-
M Pereira DEF235
7
1
S. Lobo Araújo MID2311
3
-
J. Augusto Mourão Costa FWD183
1
-
Klismahn MID173
1
-
D. Borges da Silva MID13
-
R. Oliveira António FWD94
4
-
G Ramos DEF4
1
-
Matheusinho MID3
-
H Habraão DEF1
-