Rio Ave
0 - 2
Sporting Lisbon

Augusto (23'), Aderlan (38'), Coentrao (65'), Brandao (90+4')
Tarantini (62')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Goncalves (34' pen.), Paulinho (63')
Mendes (26'), Feddal (42'), Palhinha (74'), Neto (90+3'), Coates (90+4')

Preview

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Primeira Liga clash between Rio Ave and Sporting Lisbon, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sporting Lisbon win with a probability of 58.42%. A draw had a probability of 24% and a win for Rio Ave had a probability of 17.61%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Lisbon win was 0-1 with a probability of 14.01%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (11.81%) and 1-2 (9.47%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.23%), while for a Rio Ave win it was 1-0 (6.67%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with an 11.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Sporting Lisbon would win this match.

Result
Rio Ave	Draw	Sporting Lisbon
17.61%	23.97%	58.42%

Both teams to score 44.91%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

45.27%

54.72%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

23.96%

76.04%

Rio Ave Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

55.14%

44.86%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

19.17%

80.82%

Sporting Lisbon Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.46%

18.54%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

50.21%

49.79%

Score Analysis

Rio Ave 17.61%

Sporting Lisbon 58.41%

Draw 23.96%

Rio Ave	Draw	Sporting Lisbon
1-0 @ 6.67% 2-1 @ 4.5% 2-0 @ 2.67% 3-1 @ 1.2% 3-2 @ 1.01% Other @ 1.55% Total : 17.61%	1-1 @ 11.23% 0-0 @ 8.32% 2-2 @ 3.79% Other @ 0.62% Total : 23.96%	0-1 @ 14.01% 0-2 @ 11.81% 1-2 @ 9.47% 0-3 @ 6.63% 1-3 @ 5.32% 0-4 @ 2.8% 1-4 @ 2.24% 2-3 @ 2.13% 0-5 @ 0.94% Other @ 3.06% Total : 58.41%