In a weekend match on Sunday Aug 28th, in week 4, Porto will travel to Vila do Conde to battle Rio Ave in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. 15th placed Rio Ave is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Estoril. Rodrigo Martins struck first for Estoril in the 6th minute, then da Costa tied it up for Rio Ave in the 61st minute . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Porto, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Sporting CP. Evanilson scored the first goal for Porto in the 42nd minute, then Mateus Uribe added another in the 78th minute on a penalty kick In the end, Sporting CP couldn’t muster any offence and Porto ran away with the shutout win. Porto is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Both Mehdi Taremi and Ivan Marcano have been the hottest scorers for Porto in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Rio Ave hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Silva Filho and Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, and they each have 1 goal.