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Rio Ave v AVS : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Estadio Dos Arcos, Vila do Conde

We’ve Liga NOS action to look forward to on Sunday afternoon, as Armando Evangelista and his Rio Ave side host Rui Vítor da Silva Ferreira’s AVS at the Estadio Dos Arcos. Analysing both clubs' last 20 Liga NOS matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the stats, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside the best odds.

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Rio Ave's next match is v Estoril at 20:30 on Saturday 22nd February
AVS's next match is v S. Lisbon at 18:00 on Sunday 23rd February
The last Portuguese Liga NOS meeting between Rio Ave and AVS was on Sunday 16th February 2025
Portuguese Liga NOS
February 16th 2025
Rio Ave 1
1 AVS
 
D. Tıknaz 62'32' J. Mercado Cuero
 
RIO
Shots On
3
3
Shots Off
5
7
Corners
2
4
Possession
61%
39%
Fouls
14
19
Yellow/red cards
6/0
1/0
 
Rio AveAVS
 
C. Miszta
M. Vrousai
O. Richards (J. Reginaldo 63')
N. Abby
A. Ntoi
T. Bakoulas (M. Carvalho Neto 46')
D. Tıknazfootball icon (J. Barradas Novais 86')
O. Pohlmann (J. Salazar da Graça 79')
T. Fontoura Fonseca Morais (A. Inácio da Silva 46')
Clayton
F. Ribeiro Tomé Tavares Bondoso
F. Ochoa Magaña
C. Castro
A. de Jesus Santos
T. Tavares
R. Vela Rodrigues
(G. Mendonça 65') G. Assunção da Silva
G. Domingues Piazon
J. Grau Ciscar
(R. Duarte Ribeiro 87') V. Fortes Lopes
(B. Akinsola 79') football iconJ. Mercado Cuero
(J. Mendes Andrade 79') G. Rodrigues Gouveia

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals
In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Rio Ave are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 47% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.20.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Rio Ave
47%
23/20
8%
5/4
7%
Draw
25%
12/5
3%
11/5
3%
AVS
27%
23/10
18%
23/10
11%
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2
8%
5/1
Rio Ave 1-0
11%
6/1
8%
11/2
8%
Rio Ave 2-1
9%
8/115/2
6%
Rio Ave 2-0
8%
9/1
11%
17/2
12%
AVS 1-0
8%
8/1
10%
15/2
Draw 0-0
7%
8/1
13%
13/2
7%
AVS 2-1
7%
11/1
8%
9/1
9%
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1
12%
12/1
Rio Ave 3-1
5%
18/1
12%
14/1
Rio Ave 3-0
4%
18/1
12%
16/1
13%
AVS 2-0
4%
16/1
11%
12/1
13%
Rio Ave 3-2
3%
28/122/1
AVS 3-1
3%
28/1
15%
20/1
9%
AVS 3-2
2%
40/125/1
10%
Rio Ave 4-1
2%
40/128/1
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
11/10
2%
11/10
2%
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
7/10
2%
4/6
3%
Home 1st Goal
52%
8/11
7%
-
Away 1st Goal
44%
7/5
8%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
8/1
13%
-
BTTS - Yes
53%
10/11
2%
17/20
5%
BTTS - No
47%
10/11
6%
17/20
6%
BTTS - Home Win
22%
15/47/2
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/410/3
6%
BTTS - Away Win
13%
6/1
18%
5/1
14%
Home/draw
73%
1/3
9%
1/3
3%
Away/draw
53%
4/6
7%
8/13
6%
Home/away
75%
3/10
2%
1/3
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
1/3
2%
4/11
3%
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
9/4
8%
19/10
4%
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
11/4
6%
13/5
8%
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
1/4
2%
1/4
2%
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
7/1
11%
6/1
7%
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/12
1%
1/12
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
18/114/1
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/501/66
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/16
2%
1/14
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
9/1
25%
13/2
Home DNB
65%
8/15
6%
11/20
8%
Away DNB
45%
11/8
9%
13/10
8%
Rio Ave win to nil
26%
5/2
8%
-
AVS win to nil
14%
9/2
8%
-
Rio Ave / Rio Ave
22%
13/5
11%
5/2
8%
Rio Ave / AVS
3%
33/125/1
Rio Ave / Draw
6%
14/111/1
8%
Draw / Rio Ave
15%
4/1
5%
4/1
4%
Draw / AVS
12%
6/1
13%
6/1
7%
Draw / Draw
18%
15/410/3
2%
AVS / Rio Ave
3%
25/120/1
AVS / AVS
15%
9/2
15%
17/4
9%
AVS / Draw
6%
14/111/1
8%
Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Rio Ave have played 21 matches so far this season and lay in 11th place in the Liga NOS league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, drawn 2 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Rio Ave have outscored their opponents by 23 goals to 16 goals.

Home League Performance

Rio Ave have played 10 games at home winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 1 game. They have scored 16 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 15 goals at home.

AVS are in 16th position in the Liga NOS on 18 points having played 21 matches so far this season. AVS are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 4 of those games.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 17 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 7 and won 3. AVS have conceded 31 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Rio Ave
AVS
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
S. Lisbon2216424152 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
3-1A
Feb 23
l
 
3-0A
2
Benfica2216243250 
Mar 16
l
 
5-0A
d
 
1-1A
Apr 27
3
Porto2214442846 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-5A
Mar 16
4
Braga2213541844 
Mar 2
l
 
4-0A
l
 
0-1A
Apr 13
5
Santa Clara221228238 
Apr 19
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
6
Casa Pia22967133 
d
 
2-2A
Mar 30
Apr 19
d
 
1-1A
7
V. Guimaraes227105531 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 27
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
8
Estoril22877-631 
d
 
2-2F
Feb 22
Apr 6
d
 
0-00-0
9
Famalicao226106028 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 9
l
 
2-3F
Mar 30
10
Moreirense227510-526 
w
 
3-2F
Apr 13
May 17
d
 
1-1A
11
Rio Ave Home22688-1226 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
12
Arouca226610-1324 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
Mar 9
d
 
1-1A
13
Nacional226511-923 
w
 
2-1F
May 11
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-1A
14
Gil Vicente225710-1122 
May 17
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
4-2F
15
Estrela Amadora225512-1520 
May 4
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
May 11
16
AVS Away223109-1519 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
-
-
17
Sporting Farense223613-1815 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 2
18
Boavista222614-2312 
Apr 6
w
 
0-2F
May 4
d
 
0-00-0
Win / draw / win form
10
AVS have not won in 10 consecutive away league games
Rio Ave 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
8
Draw
11
L
1
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
AVS 16TH
10 league games
Away
10
Overall
Goals: Scored
7
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
6 / 10
Conceded
8 / 10
Clean sheets
2 / 10
Failed to score
4 / 10
Draw
5
Lost
5
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
3
Draw
8
Lost
9
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for AVS of late. It has been 11 Liga NOS matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Sunday afternoon against Rio Ave.

Rio Ave 11th AVS 16th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Rio Ave will score 1 or more goals
0
33%
1
37%
2
21%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that AVS will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+14
Rio Ave have scored 14% more goals at home than predicted
-29
AVS have scored 29% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2024/2025 season
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Rio Ave
PG (predicted goals)
AVS
1.6
1.1
Attack rating
20%
better
RIO
view stats
Games scored14
14
Failed to score7
7
Scored first9
5
Goals scored23
16
Avg. goals scored1.1
0.8
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal7
11
Conversion rate for15
9
Avg. XG for1
1.1
KickOff rating
+20%
Defence rating
RIO
9%
better
view stats
Games conceded18
15
Clean sheets3
6
Conceded first12
13
Goals conceded35
31
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded13
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
14%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.4
KickOff rating
+9%

Rio Ave v AVS Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
211138
M Vrousai ClaytonM Vrousai Clayton
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Miszta GLK14
2
-
M Vrousai  DEF2113
3
-
A Ndoj DEF5
-
N Abby DEF3
-
O Richards DEF191
4
-
D Tıknaz MID1712
3
1
T. Bakoulas MID1
-
T Morais MID212
1
-
O Pohlmann MID1812
-
K Bondoso MID2121
1
-
Clayton FWD21112
8
-
Subs
M Teixeira GLK
-
J Pedro DEF21
-
K. Kostoulas DEF
-
J Panzo DEF8
2
1
J Novais MID20
1
-
J Graça MID8
-
M Neto MID1611
5
1
K. Zoabi FWD3
-
A Luiz FWD4
-
AVS Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
203210
C CastroJ MercadoJ GrauG Assunção
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Ochoa GLK12
2
-
T Tavares DEF3
-
A Santos DEF4
1
-
C Castro DEF2011
5
-
R Rodrigues DEF13
2
-
J Grau MID1922
7
-
G Assunção MID152
9
1
V Lopes MID1521
2
-
L Piazon MID212
3
-
J Mercado MID2131
2
-
G Rodrigues FWD21
-
Subs
P Trigueira GLK
-
F Fonseca DEF17
5
-
I Rodríguez DEF11
2
-
J Teixeira DEF9
2
1
G. Mendonça MID10
2
-
B Akinsola FWD1811
-
Nenê FWD1221
3
-
R Ribeiro FWD131
-
Z Luís FWD13
-