Alverca vs Rio Ave betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Portuguese Cup match on November 23rd, 2024

Alverca and Rio Ave are scheduled to play against each other on November 23rd, 2024, Saturday, in a Portuguese Cup match to be held in Portugal, check the Alverca vs Rio Ave betting tip and prediction to win with your bets.

We are now at the tournament stage where the teams from the lower divisions that managed to win the past matches try to stay alive, having to face theoretically stronger teams from the Segunda Liga or even from the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

It's at this stage that the bettors can start paying attention to the surprise teams, which aren't usually favorites in their matches, studying their last games in the competition, in comparison with the current form of the teams from the upper echelons, which start their way in the Portuguese Cup at this time.

The game takes place in the small Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca stadium, in the city of Alverca do Ribatejo, with a capacity for 7705 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Alverca vs Rio Ave betting tip 2024/2025

In the matches for this competition, there are always different match facts. And, if wins are always needed to get to this stage (including overtime and/or penalties), we have to look at other criteria that makes them get here. Alverca performance to this stage is 6 goals scored and still 2 against.

On the other hand, Rio Ave come this far with 3 goals scored and 1 conceded.

The last encounter between these teams was a Portuguese Cup game on 24-11-2019, in the 2019/2020 season, that ended with Rio Ave winning 1-0.

And while we're on the historical factor, it's important to point out that it's always pertinent to consider the history of relevance in the competition, so for this game it doesn't make that much difference, as neither team has had the honor of adding a Portuguese Cup trophy to their respective trophy cabinet.

Regarding the current form of the teams, based on statistical data, we can assume that as far as the last 5 matches played are concerned, both present a similarity in the number of victories obtained, with 2 wins.

Alverca

In the Segunda Liga, the Alverca formation has 2 wins, 3 defeats and 6 draws, thus obtaining a total of 12 points after 11 rounds, ranking them in 13th place. Adding to this data, the Alverca team goes with a total of 11 goals scored and 15 goals conceded.

Alverca come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Benfica II, valid for the League 2 Portugal, ended with a 2-1. The team coached by V. de Albuquerque Botelho da Costa lined up in the last match with a 3-5-2 formation.

On the last matchday of the premier competition of Portuguese football, the team of Alverca faced and beat the team of Pero Pinheiro, with a score of 3-0, in a game counting for the 3rd Round putting them in the game against Rio Ave.

Let's focus on the aspect that matters the most, which is scoring goals, and evaluate it now. We can see that Alverca, in both their principal domestic tournaments (Segunda Liga and Portuguese Cup), has successfully scored a total of 17 goals in this 2024/2025 season.

Whereas, the Alverca team's defense and goalkeeping now adds up to a total of 17 goals conceded this season in their two main domestic competitions.

Rio Ave

The visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Rio Ave, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Boavista team with a final score of 0-2.

On the last matchday of the premier competition of Portuguese football, the team of Rio Ave faced and beat the team of Atlético CP, drawing 1-1 after 90 minutes played and with a 0-2 win in extra time, in a game counting for the 3rd Round putting them in the game against Alverca.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Score market betting suggestions

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

In order to generate a good prediction on the goal market for this match, we must first analyze the average number of goals in each team's games this season. Thus, we were able to obtain that in their matches, the Alverca team scores a total of 3 goals on average and accumulates a total of 1 goals conceded.

On the other hand, in the matches of Rio Ave, they score an average of 3 goals per match and conceed a total of 1 goals. As both teams have an average of over 2.5 goals in their matches this season, we are convinced that good bets can result from this market. Therefore, our choice for this match in the goal market is Over 2.5. Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Over 2.5 market are quoted at 2.15.

Corners market betting suggestions

The corners market can help a favorable return on your bets, the average team corners per game are 5 corners.

Individual Analysis of Corner Kicks

In order to generate a good prediction in the corner kicks market for this match, we must first analyze this average individually in each team's games in this season. Thus, we have that Alverca can obtain, on average, a total of 5 corners in its favor in each match.

On the other hand, in games where Rio Ave is present, this team obtains an average of 5 corners. We are convinced that this selection is a good bet, as both teams have an individual average of corner kicks per match that is above 9.5 corners this season.

Cards market betting suggestions

On the Rio Ave side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card once this season, very different from Alverca who saw no red card. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.