Farense vs Rio Ave betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on January 25th, 2025

Farense and Rio Ave will meet each other in a football match counting for Liga Portugal on January 25th, 2025, Saturday at 15:30h (UTC), in Portugal, check the Farense vs Rio Ave betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Farense vs Rio Ave will occur

The game takes place in the small Estádio de São Lúis stadium, in the city of Faro, with a capacity for 12000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

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

The Liga Portugal has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.87 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.61 goals per match played.

Farense last match

Farense is coming off a draw. In its last outing they faced Moreirense in a match valid for Liga Portugal, and the match ended 0-0. The eleven coached by A. Marreco Gouveia played in a 3-4-2-1 formation.

The favorite to win the match was the rival team, that's why the draw (odd 3.10) in the end can be considered a positive result.

One of the best on the field of Farense was certainly Jaime Pinto, with a performance well above the average one expressed by his team. He himself, with his sense of position and his excellent plays, was crucial to his team in bringing home a positive result.

Rio Ave last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Rio Ave, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Sporting CP team with a final score of 0-3.

This defeat was something that was already predicted before the game. The odds for their win, 9.50 indicated as much.

Farense vs Rio Ave h2h

The last time these teams played against each other was in Liga Portugal, where Rio Ave was at 16th place while Farense occupied 13th place. Rio Ave went in with a 3-4-3 formation while Farense opened their game with a 4-2-3-1 tactic.

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 17-08-2024. The match was valid for the 2024/2025 season of the Liga Portugal, and it ended with a 1-0 win for Rio Ave.

The last time these teams played, victory was hard-won.

The performance of the Rio Ave team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Farense team.

Farense

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

The Farense team with 15 points currently occupies the 16th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Relegation Play-off, with a campaign of 3 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses.

Which means that AVS team, at position 17, is in close pursuit with the same score, in the 19th round.

Farense analysis

Farense after 18 matchdays have scored 11 goals and conceded 23 goals, and therefore shows a negative goal difference.

Farense seems to be facing a problem in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could be an indication that they are struggling to generate good scoring opportunities and need to improve their attacking performance.

his average possession rate in the league is 38.61%, which means that the team usually can't take the initiative in the game and has a more reactive style of play. Therefore, for this match Farense vs Rio Ave 2024/2025, the team should make an effort to keep the possession and be able to attack the opponent.

Best goalscorer from Farense

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Marco Matias. The Attacker has scored 2 times in the current season and has helped Farense come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Rio Ave

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Rio Ave arrives in this game with 20 points, and in 12th place in the Liga Portugal, having won 5 games in total and lost 8 times, making a total of 5 draws.

In the 19th round, the team holds the same amount of points that the Famalicão which is just above, in the 11th place.

Rio Ave analysis

We have reached matchday 18 in Liga Portugal and at the moment Rio Ave has made 18 goals and conceded 31.

The average number of shots towards goal for Rio Ave is not among the best, with only 3.67 a match. This is a good indicator that the team does not have a very good scoring average, and does not engage the opposing goalkeepers too much.

The team has shown its limits in attack, scoring 1 goals per game on average in the league. When we also consider that it will be playing away, we can imagine how the oddsmakers are not on its side.

Rio Ave is a more offensive team than Farense, having 1518 attacks vs. 1386 from Farense, having scored 18 times, in comparison, Farense converted into goal 11 times.

Best goalscorer from Rio Ave

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is C. Fernandes Silva. He has scored 9 times in the current season and has helped Rio Ave come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Some study shows us that between 75-90 minutes is where most goals occur, this can be a good bet for those who follow the live game.

Corners Top Betting Tips

For favorable betting results, note that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 4.56 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Farense has an average of 2.7 yellow cards per game over the 18 rounds, while Rio Ave has an average of 1.9. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.94 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Rio Ave side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 time this season, very different from Farense who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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