Rio Ave vs Casa Pia betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on November 02th, 2024

Rio Ave and Casa Pia will meet each other in a football match counting for Liga Portugal on November 02th, 2024, Saturday at 15:30h (UTC), in Portugal, check the Rio Ave vs Casa Pia betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Rio Ave vs Casa Pia will occur

The game will be played in the small Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube stadium, in the city of Vila do Conde, with a capacity for 12815 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Rio Ave vs Casa Pia 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 2.48 goals per match played.

Rio Ave last match

In the last match played, Rio Ave met Benfica, in a match valid for the Liga Portugal. The match ended in a loss by 5-0. The coach L. Batalha Freire's on that occasion lined the team up with a 5-4-1 formation.

This defeat was something that was already predicted before the game. The odds for them to win, of 15.00 indicated as much.

This was certainly not the best performance of the season for the defense. João Tomé leads the departmental disaster: with his late interventions and bad passes he allowed many chances to the opposing team's attacks.

Casa Pia last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Casa Pia, who used a 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the Nacional team with a final score of 1-0.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 2.15, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Rio Ave vs Casa Pia h2h

The last time these teams battled against each other in Liga Portugal, Casa Pia ranked 15th place while Rio Ave was in 16th place. Casa Pia took to the field with a 4-2-3-1 tactic, while Rio Ave deployed in a 3-4-3 formation.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 11-02-2024, in the 2023/2024 season of the Liga Portugal, which ended with a 1-0 win for Rio Ave.

The last time these two teams faced off, neither team had a decisive advantage.

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

Rio Ave

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Unfortunately, Rio Ave comes into this game with only 8 points. The team occupies 13th place in the Liga Portugal, saddled with a negative balance of 2 wins, 5 losses, and 2 draws.

With a 1 point advantage over the Arouca team which is in position 14 in the 10th round. Also, it has 1 point less than AVS team that is ranked in the 12th place.

Rio Ave analysis

After 9 rounds, Rio Ave has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 18 goals so far and scored 6 times.

The Rio Ave team comes from a defeat in the Liga Portugal, and its coach Luís Carlos Batalha Freire wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Recent performances have highlighted that Rio Ave is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

Rio Ave average number of shots on goal is 3.33 per match, and this is another important indicator that tells us that the team certainly does not have an irresistible attack, and therefore scores little.

Over the course of the tournament, Rio Ave recorded an average ball possession of 46.44%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Rio Ave will play against Casa Pia, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Increasingly more in tune with his teammates, Demir Ege Tıknaz, who arrived at the club this season, made another fine performance in the team's last game. The midfielder was very good in the game against Benfica, being a key piece for Rio Ave.

Best goalscorer from Rio Ave

C. Fernandes Silva has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 3 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Rio Ave to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Casa Pia

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Casa Pia arrives in this game with 11 points, and in 9th place in the Liga Portugal, having won 3 games in total and lost 4 times, making a total of 2 draws.

This means that in the 10th round, the Gil Vicente team is closing in at 10th place, with 1 point difference.

Casa Pia analysis

After 9 rounds, Casa Pia has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 11 goals so far and scored 7 times.

Recent performances have highlighted that Casa Pia is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

Team with a low scoring efficiency, the average goals scored do not exceed 0.78 per game. With a low score efficiency and playing away from home, this could be decisive for a bad result.

The latest victory for Casa Pia was a team effort, but it was the goalkeeper, Patrick Sequeira, who stood out and played a pivotal role in securing the win. With an impressive 6 saves in the match against Nacional, he further cemented his position as a valuable member of the team and the go-to goalkeeper for future matches.

Best goalscorer from Casa Pia

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

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 2 of the 2 goals scored have this characteristic.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this game, 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.

Taking into consideration that Casa Pia scores an average of 0.5 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.57.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 5.39 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Rio Ave is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.11 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Rio Ave in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.44 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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

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