In a mid week match in week 19, on Monday Feb 6th, Sporting CP and Rio Ave will play a match in Vila do Conde in a meeting of these two mismatched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. Rio Ave is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Vizela. Abdul-Aziz Yakubu struck first for Rio Ave in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty, but Fabio Samuel Amorim Silva got the equalizer for Vizela in the 55th minute on a penalty Finally they completed the comback in the 64th minute on a goal by Igor de Carvalho Juliao to cap off a wild match. Rio Ave is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Sporting CP, recorded a 5-0 blowout win against Sporting Braga. Hidemasa Morita scored the first goal for Sporting CP in the 9th minute, then Hidemasa Morita added another in the 46th minute In the end, Sporting Braga couldn’t muster any offence and Sporting CP ran away with the shutout win. Sporting CP is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches.
Sporting CP and Rio Ave last played eachother at the Estádio José Alvalade on Saturday Aug 13th. Sporting CP was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Pote scored the first goal for Sporting CP in the 36th minute, then Matheus Luiz added another in the 67th minute In the end, Rio Ave was frustrated by Sporting CP’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sporting CP ended the match with the shutout victory.
Sporting CP’s most prolific scorer has been Pote. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. Leonardo Ruiz and Aderllan Santos are the top scorers for Rio Ave in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.