Benfica Rio Ave betting prediction

After 11 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, the home team is in the 4^th position, havinf won 39 points so far. In the last match, they have tied in an away match against Farense by (0‑0), after in the previous match they have tied (1‑1) an away match against Moreirense. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 22 goals scored and 17 conceded; against 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss at their stadium, with 33 goals scored and 11 conceded. In their last match, for the UEFA Europa League, they got an away loss against Arsenal by (3‑2). In the last 10 home league matches Benfica has a record of 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, so they have won 23 points out of 30 possible.

In this competition, they haven’t lost any of the last 6 home matches. In their home matches there are a few frequent results: at half‑time 1‑0 (4 out of 10 matches) and after the 90' 2‑0 (4 out of 10 matches). Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, as 9 of the last 10 for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 20 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 5 times, but have turned the score around in 2. In the last 10 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (46'‑60').

The Benfica team is having a trulty forgettable campaign in this edition of Liga NOS, where they had the hope of returning to be champions, reaching the 21st round in 4th place of the leaderboard, with 39 points, 15 away from Sporting's leadership and already four points behind Braga (3rd) and five points behind FC Porto (2nd). On the last round of the championship, the team coached by Jorge Jesus, who has been challenged by the red fans, stumbled again and lost points, by not getting better than a draw (0-0) in the visit to Farense, where created more and better goal opportunities, even though it was far from the ideal display. This Thursday, Benfica lost to Arsenal (2-3) and failed in another main objective of the season, being eliminated from the Europa League in the Final 32 round of the competition.

Confirmed Lineup: Helton Leite, Álex Grimaldo, Jardel, Lucas Veríssimo, Rafa Silva, Diogo Gonçalves, Adel Taarabt, Julian Weigl, Luca Waldschmidt, Haris Seferović, Everton.
Coach: R. Schmidt.