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Sporting Farense v Rio Ave : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 25th Jan, 15:30 BST, Estadio de Sao Luis, Faro

José Albano Ferreira da Mota and Luís Carlos Batalha Freire meet in the Liga NOS on Saturday afternoon, as Sporting Farense face Rio Ave at the Estadio de Sao Luis. We've analysed both clubs' last 20 Liga NOS matches, as well as trends within the competition and the betting market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds.


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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
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Sporting Farense
44%
--
Draw
27%
--
Rio Ave
29%
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Draw 1-1
13%
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Sporting Farense 1-0
13%
--
Rio Ave 1-0
10%
--
Draw 0-0
9%
--
Sporting Farense 2-1
9%
--
Sporting Farense 2-0
8%
--
Rio Ave 2-1
7%
--
Rio Ave 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Sporting Farense 3-1
4%
--
Sporting Farense 3-0
4%
--
Rio Ave 3-1
2%
--
Sporting Farense 3-2
2%
--
Rio Ave 3-0
2%
--
Rio Ave 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
42%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
58%
--
Home 1st Goal
50%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
48%
--
BTTS - No
52%
--
BTTS - Home Win
17%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
12%
--
Home/draw
71%
--
Away/draw
56%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
--
Home DNB
63%
--
Away DNB
48%
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Sporting Farense win to nil
26%
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Rio Ave win to nil
17%
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Sporting Farense have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Sporting Farense have conceded 22 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Sporting Farense have played 8 games at home, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 13 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Rio Ave lay in 10th place on 20 points in the Liga NOS league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 8 games against teams below them in the table, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 9 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Rio Ave have conceded 6 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Rio Ave have played 9 away games, winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 0.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sporting Farense
Rio Ave
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
S. Lisbon1713223441 
l
 
0-5A
Feb 2
Jan 18
l
 
3-1A
2
Porto1713132940 
Feb 16
l
 
2-1A
Feb 2
l
 
2-0A
3
Benfica1712232738 
l
 
1-2F
Mar 30
Mar 16
l
 
5-0A
4
Braga179441131 
Mar 16
l
 
2-0A
Mar 2
l
 
4-0A
5
Santa Clara171016231 
May 17
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 19
l
 
1-0A
6
V. Guimaraes17674425 
d
 
2-2F
May 11
d
 
2-2F
Apr 27
7
Casa Pia17665-124 
Apr 6
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2A
Mar 30
8
Moreirense17647-322 
l
 
1-2A
Jan 19
w
 
3-2F
Apr 13
9
Famalicao17485020 
May 4
w
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
Mar 9
10
Rio Ave Away17557-1020 
Jan 25
l
 
1-0A
-
-
11
Gil Vicente17476-719 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 27
May 17
d
 
1-1A
12
Estoril17467-1018 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 9
d
 
2-2F
Feb 23
13
Nacional17449-1016 
Feb 9
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
May 11
14
Estrela Amadora17449-1316 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 13
May 4
l
 
1-0A
15
AVS17296-1115 
Mar 2
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 16
l
 
1-0A
16
Arouca174310-1515 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 23
w
 
1-0F
Feb 9
17
Sporting Farense H17359-1214 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Jan 25
18
Boavista17269-1512 
Apr 19
d
 
1-1F
Apr 6
w
 
0-2F
Win / draw / win form
Sporting Farense 17TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sporting Farense2 - 2V. Guimaraes
Sporting Farense0 - 1Gil Vicente
Sporting Farense1 - 0Estrela Amadora
Sporting Farense1 - 2Benfica
Sporting Farense1 - 0Estoril
Sporting Farense0 - 1Arouca
Sporting Farense0 - 5S. Lisbon
Sporting Farense1 - 2Moreirense
Sporting Farense1 - 3Portimonense
Sporting Farense3 - 2Estoril
Sporting Farense1 - 3Benfica
Sporting Farense2 - 0Boavista
Sporting Farense1 - 1Rio Ave
Sporting Farense0 - 1Moreirense
Sporting Farense1 - 1Famalicao
Sporting Farense1 - 3Porto
Sporting Farense1 - 0Gil Vicente
Sporting Farense0 - 0Estrela Amadora
Sporting Farense1 - 2V. Guimaraes
Sporting Farense2 - 0Arouca
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASporting Farense0 - 0Santa Clara
HSporting Farense2 - 2V. Guimaraes
ASporting Farense2 - 1Famalicao
HSporting Farense0 - 1Gil Vicente
ASporting Farense1 - 1Boavista
HSporting Farense1 - 0Estrela Amadora
ASporting Farense1 - 1Casa Pia
HSporting Farense1 - 2Benfica
ASporting Farense0 - 2Braga
HSporting Farense1 - 0Estoril
ASporting Farense0 - 0AVS
HSporting Farense0 - 1Arouca
ASporting Farense1 - 2Porto
ASporting Farense0 - 2Nacional
HSporting Farense0 - 5S. Lisbon
ASporting Farense0 - 1Rio Ave
HSporting Farense1 - 2Moreirense
HSporting Farense1 - 3Portimonense
ASporting Farense0 - 2Gil Vicente
HSporting Farense3 - 2Estoril
Rio Ave 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
12
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
W
1
Draw
9
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gil Vicente1 - 1Rio Ave
Estrela Amadora1 - 0Rio Ave
Santa Clara1 - 0Rio Ave
Boavista0 - 2Rio Ave
Benfica5 - 0Rio Ave
Braga4 - 0Rio Ave
AVS1 - 0Rio Ave
Porto2 - 0Rio Ave
S. Lisbon3 - 1Rio Ave
Portimonense2 - 2Rio Ave
Vizela1 - 1Rio Ave
Estrela Amadora2 - 2Rio Ave
Boavista0 - 0Rio Ave
Sporting Farense1 - 1Rio Ave
Moreirense0 - 0Rio Ave
Famalicao2 - 1Rio Ave
Porto0 - 0Rio Ave
Chaves0 - 0Rio Ave
Benfica4 - 1Rio Ave
V. Guimaraes1 - 0Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
ARio Ave0 - 5Benfica
HRio Ave1 - 1Famalicao
ARio Ave0 - 4Braga
HRio Ave2 - 2Estoril
ARio Ave0 - 1AVS
HRio Ave1 - 0Arouca
ARio Ave0 - 2Porto
HRio Ave1 - 0Sporting Farense
ARio Ave1 - 3S. Lisbon
HRio Ave1 - 1Benfica
ARio Ave2 - 2Portimonense
HRio Ave2 - 1V. Guimaraes
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Sporting Farense since 2020
Sporting Farense
Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
1
2
Games: Scored
1 / 2
2 / 2
Clean sheets
0 / 2
1 / 2
D
1
RIO
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sporting Farense
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Rio Ave
League games at Rio Ave since 2021
Rio Ave
Sporting Farense
Goals: Scored
6
4
Games: Scored
3 / 3
1 / 3
Clean sheets
2 / 3
0 / 3
FAR
1
RIO
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rio Ave
Rio Ave1 - 0
3 - 4Sporting Farense
Rio Ave2 - 0
Goal Statistics
Sporting Farense 17th Rio Ave 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Sporting Farense will score no more than 1 goal
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Rio Ave will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-22
Sporting Farense have scored 22% fewer goals at home than predicted
-38
Rio Ave have scored 38% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.0
average goals scored
0.6
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2024/2025 season
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Sporting Farense
PG (predicted goals)
Rio Ave
1.3
1
Attack rating
FAR
RIO
24%
better
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Games scored9
11
Failed to score8
6
Scored first7
7
Goals scored11
18
Avg. goals scored0.6
1.1
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal12
7
Conversion rate for8
14
Avg. XG for0.8
1.1
KickOff rating
+24%
Defence rating
15%
better
FAR
RIO
view stats
Games conceded13
14
Clean sheets4
3
Conceded first8
10
Goals conceded23
28
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded12
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
7
Conversion rate against12%
14%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.5
KickOff rating
+15%

Sporting Farense v Rio Ave Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Sporting Farense Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17226
R VelhoD PovedaM MatiasNeto
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Velho GLK17
-
C Falcão MID161
4
1
Neto MID161
6
-
Pastor DEF151
1
-
L Áfrico DEF15
5
-
M Moreno DEF14
3
1
M. Miranda Oliveira Menino MID141
2
-
D Poveda FWD1421
1
-
E Baldé FWD1311
1
-
M Matias FWD1122
-
Álex Bermejo FWD111
2
-
A Jorge DEF10
4
-
D Poloni DEF91
-
F Soares MID9
1
-
T Tómané FWD91
1
-
R Barbosa MID7
1
-
Álex Millán FWD7
1
-
R Silva DEF61
3
-
G. Bastos Almeida MID6
-
J. Gomes Pinto FWD6
1
-
R. Boaventura Morais DEF51
-
Talys DEF3
-
A Seruca MID3
2
-
J Velásquez MID21
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Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17925
A SantosClaytonClaytonClayton
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Santos DEF17
3
-
Clayton FWD1792
5
-
J Novais MID16
1
-
K Bondoso FWD1611
-
T Morais FWD161
1
-
M Vrousai  FWD1612
3
-
O Richards DEF141
2
-
B Aguilera MID142
2
-
O Pohlmann MID131
-
Amine MID13
2
-
P William DEF121
4
1
F Ronaldo FWD121
-
C Miszta GLK9
-
A Hassan FWD91
3
-
Jhonatan GLK8
1
-
R Pantalon DEF8
1
-
J Tomé DEF7
-
J Panzo DEF7
2
-
V Gomes MID51
-
J Graça MID4
-
F. Petrasso DEF2
1
-
T. Medina FWD2
-
M Nóbrega DEF1
-
K. Zoabi FWD1
-