Week 8 brings us a match on Oct 2nd, where Rio Ave will host Santa Clara in a clash of these two evenly matched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Rio Ave is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Gil Vicente. Gonçalo Rodrigues scored the first goal for Rio Ave in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Abdul-Aziz Yakubu added another in the 71st minute . Rio Ave looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while santa Clara is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Paços de Ferreira. Gabriel Silva Vieira struck first for Santa Clara in the 7th minute on a feed from Ricardinho, but Matchoi Bobo Djalo got the equalizer for Paços de Ferreira in the 53rd minute earning them at least the one point. Santa Clara looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Santa Clara is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Rildo Gonçalves de Amorim Filho and Matheus Babi each only have 1 goal in their last five. Rio Ave is fortunate enough to have Abdul-Aziz Yakubu in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 5 goals.