Santa Clara vs Rio Ave betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on December 07th, 2024

Santa Clara and Rio Ave will play on Saturday, December 07th, 2024, at 18:00h (UTC), in a Liga Portugal game to be held in Portugal, check the Santa Clara vs Rio Ave betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Santa Clara vs Rio Ave will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Estádio de São Miguel stadium, in the city of Ponta Delgada, with a capacity for 13277 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Santa Clara 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 2.53 goals per match played.

Santa Clara last match

Santa Clara comes from a victory in the last match. The game against Sporting CP, valid for the Liga Portugal, ended with a 0-1. The team coached by D. Filho lined up in the last match with a 5-4-1 formation.

A win for the underdog team was not in the plans, as evidenced by the fact that their win had odds of 13.00. That's why we experienced a surprise result!

Despite the victory, the team did not have a great performance in general. One of the few athletes who achieved some prominence in the match was Allison Safira, who appeared well in the most decisive moments of the game and was a crucial player in the victory of Santa Clara.

Rio Ave 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, Rio Ave, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Moreirense team with a final score of 3-2.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 2.63, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Santa Clara vs Rio Ave h2h

The last time these teams met was for a Club Friendlies match, on 27-07-2024, referring to the 2024 season, which ended with a 1-2 win for Santa Clara.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

The Santa Clara team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Rio Ave team, which won only 2 games.

Santa Clara

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

The Santa Clara team with 24 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Qualifiers, with a campaign of 8 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses.

This means that Sporting Braga team, in 5th place, is close behind in the 13th round with a disadvantage of 1 point.

Santa Clara analysis

Santa Clara at the end of round 12 in Liga Portugal had 15 goals scored and 12 conceded.

The average shooting on goal for the Santa Clara team in the league is not the best. There are only 4.08 per game. This turns out to be another good indication that the team does not usually score many goals or give much work to the opposing goalkeepers.

With 45.17% of ball possession averaged per game over the course of this league, Santa Clara can hardly be said to be the kind of team that imposes its textures on the field. However,in the next match of the season against Rio Ave they will have to come down with a whole different attitude on the pitch, and try to build more scoring chances.

Having a record of 5 wins versus 1 loss, and 0 draws in comparison to the 3 games they won as the visiting team, there’s no place like home for this team.

Best goalscorer from Santa Clara

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Vinicius. The Attacker has already scored 6 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Santa Clara, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Rio Ave

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Rio Ave arrives in this game with 15 points, and in 9th place in the Liga Portugal, having won 4 games in total and lost 5 times, making a total of 3 draws.

Rio Ave analysis

After round 12 of Liga Portugal we count 13 goals scored by Rio Ave and 22 conceded.

Best goalscorer from Rio Ave

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on C. Fernandes Silva so far in the competition. With 6 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Rio Ave to achieve victorious results this season.

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

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Santa Clara is Vinicius, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Rio Ave is C. Fernandes Silva, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Taking into consideration that Rio Ave 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 1.65.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 4.5 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 5.83 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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